PCA-GGR had their first AX of the season today at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. All the reports of rain and surf and wind were wrong. Althoug cool, it was a beautiful sunny day for the most part.
Andrew Blyholder took TTOD in his 914 on a course designed by our own Fiid. Fiid was able to run his Suby powered 914 as well. That motor sounds great when stretching it's legs. I'm afraid Fiid's gonna need more tire under those fenders....
I was able to instruct a student in a Cayman today. Nice car!
And for Fritz' first AX, he didn't do too bad. After 1.5 years of AX exile, it was a blast competing again.
2 run groups and 10 runs total.
Really a great day for all!
Bill P.
I hate weathermen.
Glad you guys had a good day. We were kicking ourselves.
Dan,
Although cool in the morning, the sun was out all day. Clouds in the horizon all around us, but sunshine on top of us. And only ~60 cars (half the normal size).
Fiid designed a very challenging, technical course. Lots of twists with high speed sections. Damn it was fun!
Andrew Blyholder's TTOD was 1:02.5 or something like that. Most of the field was running ~1:10's or 1:11's.
10 runs of over a minute each. Great job Fiid!
Bill P.
QUOTE (nine14cats @ Mar 11 2006, 07:45 PM) |
PCA-GGR had their first AX of the season today at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. All the reports of rain and surf and wind were wrong. Althoug cool, it was a beautiful sunny day for the most part. |
QUOTE (nine14cats @ Mar 11 2006, 07:52 PM) |
Andrew Blyholder's TTOD was 1:02.5 or something like that. Most of the field was running ~1:10's or 1:11's. Bill P. |
QUOTE (J P Stein @ Mar 12 2006, 07:42 AM) | ||
And Bill P's times were? |
QUOTE (grantsfo @ Mar 12 2006, 08:12 AM) |
With my new six I will be happy if I get within 2-4 seconds of Andrews times this year. |
Weather forecast was AGAIN 100% wrong...I passed cuz I didnt want to run in the rain....oh well. Season is young. Kudos to Andrew for ttod and Fritz getting back out.
Greg
QUOTE (grantsfo @ Mar 12 2006, 08:12 AM) | ||||
If Bills times were anywhere within 3 seconds of Andrew he was screaming. If he was within 5 seconds he was still fast. With my new six I will be happy if I get within 2-4 seconds of Andrews times this year. |
It was an awesome day.
I posted pictures (I took 250 - all of the RED rungroup (which was where Bill & Fritz were running)) here:
http://www.fiid.net/modules/gallery/pca-ax-2006-1
Lessons for the day:
1) My tires suck and in addition - I don't have enough rubber. The Ecsta 712s seem to be inferior to the Yoko Intermediates I've been running until now.
2) What works for an 80hp 1.7 doesn't work for a 180hp 2.0 turbo (mainly around rear suspension). I need some beefier springs in the back, and probably need to get some flares sorted out relatively quickly.
3) My alignment/ride height is terrible.
4) Throttle steer is fun. So is going sideways. I have to learn to drive all over again though - totally different experience with all that power.
5) Guages read better when grounded properly.
6) The cooling system actually works - even though the fan kicks in kind of late (I have a fix in mind for that.)
I was hoping for some better times - but the areas for improvement are pretty obvious at this point.
All in all - it was a blast!
Oh yeah - my best time was a 1:14:1something.
I drove by and watched for awhile. Loved that layout!
The results are here:
http://pca-ggr.org/acresults/031106.html
Bill is back on form; he actually did pretty well considering he had to completely lift off in several places on the course due to Candlestick's elevation changes.
Our other members also did well on fiij's course.
Congratulations to all!
QUOTE (fiid @ Mar 12 2006, 12:07 PM) |
It was an awesome day. I posted pictures (I took 250 - all of the RED rungroup (which was where Bill & Fritz were running)) here: http://www.fiid.net/modules/gallery/pca-ax-2006-1 Lessons for the day: 1) My tires suck and in addition - I don't have enough rubber. The Ecsta 712s seem to be inferior to the Yoko Intermediates I've been running until now. 2) What works for an 80hp 1.7 doesn't work for a 180hp 2.0 turbo (mainly around rear suspension). I need some beefier springs in the back, and probably need to get some flares sorted out relatively quickly. 3) My alignment/ride height is terrible. 4) Throttle steer is fun. So is going sideways. I have to learn to drive all over again though - totally different experience with all that power. 5) Guages read better when grounded properly. 6) The cooling system actually works - even though the fan kicks in kind of late (I have a fix in mind for that.) I was hoping for some better times - but the areas for improvement are pretty obvious at this point. All in all - it was a blast! |
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