I'll post a link to the course design, which seemed like a purpose designed course (to me) favoring HP. As it ended up it was a very technical course that challenged everyone to figure it out.
Personally I really liked the course. Here is a video of the course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfM96I1GpYs
The little 36 year old 914 "222" did OK, managing to keep ahead of all the 2000 cars, including a few with bunches of hp and modifications, as well as everyone else until Wayne with his rocket ship Ford Fiesta got by me on his very last run.
Congratulations Wayne. Nice going. Fun to watch your car operate.
Sorry I couldn't stay for the PM runs and keep the competition going, but had a gig in SF. Man was the city crowded, so many people.
Here is the course map: http://lpr.pca.org/ax/2011/lprax7/2011_ax7.pdf
They put a slow down set of cones in the straight, but it hardly did much. Top of third gear before having to jam on the brakes for that first turn. But no one ran over the US Navy divider cones, so all was well.
Thanks again to LPR for running a great event. LRP is so organized!
Awesome drift course! I stopped worrying about times and set on carrying longest drifts I could, tons of room. I didn't find it to be technical at all? If you wanted to go fast just tighten up lines and don't over drive! I didnt have that in my playbook with a drift car on skinny streets.
222 is still not performing up to its potential from what I observed. Larry in Street tire stockish RSA was within 2 seconds. Wayne is a relative AX rookie in a street legal car that weighs few hundred pounds more than 222. It makes me sad to see a 1600 lb 200 hp race car barely clear cars driven to the event. What can we do to improve handling of these cars so they better compete with newer cars? 914s race cars used to easily clear street going cars by 4 seconds. Now they barely beat them? Guess 914s have reached that vintage stage of thieR ?
Ended up talking to Chris Hamilton down at the Marina about course design and asked him if he had ever read Roger Johnson's SCCA course design book.
I don't have Chris's email, but here is the link to a great book.
IMHO should be required reading for all "course designers." Also every course I've designed I sent to Roger for critique and he is nice enough to respond and give great feedback.
http://delta-scca.org/club/maps/courses/course_design.pdf
Morning times were always useless at Marina. With the cement heating up and the course getting better known by your 10th run, the typical best times (> 90%) were in the last quartile.
I agree with Grant. The new cars are so advanced and forgiving, it won't be long before a race ricer shows up in a Nissan and starts competing....
Randal, Be honest! Larry and I heard two nasty misshifts from first to 2nd at the start. One was one of those ugly grindy types. You need more solid mounts or somethin! Chris, please help Randal out! I really don't want to beat him in a Japanese street car that weighs more than twice as much as his lightweight 914 racer. I have stopped running DOT R tires at events he attends just to assure he maintains 914 superiority at ax events. But eventually I will show up on Hoosiers and I might have to quit early if you can't help him make that thing shift right!
You are exactly right Chris.
"So in the sprit of competition I shifted right in the middle of the right 90 degree corner and hit reverse and had to regroup on the clock. But never mind that ended up being my fastest run. BTW the second to third and back again worked perfect."
As I mentioned earlier your new set up worked great throughout the course. Never had any issues with the second to third or back shift. Looking forward to putting in your new bushing on the firewall as well. I will wait for that modification until after the Medford Enduro.
BTW lots of competition up there from the hill climb folks. They like HP and good handling cars so a fun group. Basically a great opportunity to run with the big boys or go home.
A few of the cars that will be
running the Enduro:
These two are identical Z06's. Real American Iron and very fast on the hills.
And if you want light and fast try this one:
And if you want a bit heaver (1900#) and fast:
Or a pair of these running e-mod:
That looks like some real stiff competition.
I think its great that a 914-4 can be competive with such a variety of automobiles.
BTW, the shift linkage and firewall bushing are now available on my website and, as always, over the phone if you prefer to use a credit card.
http://www.tangerineracing.com/whats_new.htm
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