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Too excited...
I know, I know - I've told everybody a thousand times that I'm doing my first autocross this weekend, but I thought I'd share my excitement with everybody again!
Two coworkers, veteran autocrossers, will be bringing their cars - an ESP WRX and (I think) an STS Eclipse GS-T. And I talked another friend (and coworker) into bringing his Impulse RS. Woohoo! I have had fleeting thoughts about bringing both the SVX and Justy and driving both in the autocross, but that's nonsense. I couldn't do that to my SVX. The Justy's in my garage right now, waiting for me to come home and prep it. And by 'prep' I mean remove all the garbage filling the back of the car. I already gave it a once-over while it was up on stands a few weeks ago - everything was ready to go! I wanted to take it to a muffler shop and have them replace the muffler with a piece of pipe. The muffler has a hge hole in the bottom, so it's not doing anything anyway. Not like the car would be any louder. I didn't get around to it. I also wanted to have it aligned. Ah, well.
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Speaking of autocross, here's a photo someone took of me at my last auto-x:
Warning, 2.30MB (It's also my background) Hope you have fun!
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Nice photo - but, believe it or not, I was hoping to see the Justy.
Why do you only have a number written on the car? I usually see the car's class after the number.
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Nobody puts their class on the car. That's all taken care of ahead of time. (registration)
The SVX is in G-Stock. Not sure what class the Justy is in.
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I wanted to see the Justy also!!!!!!!!! When did Canada get thier independence from the U.K.? I always wondered why they drive like us in Canada, but they drive backwards in Australia. They were both former colonies.
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One word
Islands... or in OZ's case.... very big island.... same with japan
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Re: One word
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No it's just to remind us that we're not in Germany or Italy or Greece ....... Kenn, still driving backwards |
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be safe, have fun!
Kelli
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Hey, so I survived my first day. So did the Justy. I'll fill everybody in on Monday after I'm done with day two! WOOHOO!
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take some pics! good luck and have fun - think of how cool it will be to tell people that they just got smoked by a Justy!
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I hopefully got a few pictures today. I can't say for sure whether or not any of them will turn out.
The weather was dreadful - 30s, windy and raining all day.
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Okay, so both the Justy and I survived our first weekend of autocrossing. I'm very proud of my results - yesterday I came in 4th out of 6 in a combined H-stock novice and G-stock novice field, being beaten by only the G-stock novice drivers.
After my last official run yesterday, I thought that I really could not make the Justy go around that course any faster. Then I rode in another veteran driver's Eclipse for a fun run. That one run taught me a lot. I guess I just needed to be taught just how far a car could be pushed. He rode in my car immediately after, and I took 2.6 seconds off my best official run. Anyway, the Justy is, indeed, competitive. I need to knock off a few seconds, but I know I can make up some of the deficit with some decent tires.
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2005 RX-8 Grand Touring 2005 Outback 2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 wagon END OF LINE Last edited by Mr. Pockets; 11-17-2003 at 12:19 PM. |
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Noice!
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