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| Bleyseng |
 Mar 22 2003, 06:03 PM
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Aircooled Baby!  Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
Saturday morning the rain stops, the sun even is coming out!!!
Drive all the way to the AX, just in time to register. Switch the tires to the Kumho's and go to the drivers meeting, My group runs first, Hmmm, that looks like maybe a rain cloud coming, Get the car in to grid and Holy Shit its pouring!! Result of 5 runs, 3 with 180-360 spins 1 slow run without hitting any cones or spinning maybe good for 5th place 1 re-run cuz I wuz flagged off the course for dragging a cone? oh well, I spin on that run too! So as my group is done the sun comes out and drys the track for the stock group. Now they are running the top times of the days without trying!! Other than that the car handles sweet but look out for the wet spots and rivers on the course. Saw Eric Fry, Dave Ellison, Chris Reale, Kevin Powers, and Chris Geoff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif) |
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| Bleyseng |
Mar 23 2003, 09:21 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Usually the November event is the bumbershoot autox and it's cold. At Bremerton if it stops raining the damn wind (about 10-20 mph)will dry the course out pretty quickly because its soo sloped. I was doing ok just couldn't handle the sweepers at either end. I need to try that suggestion of driving in a 60' circle to get use to the way the car steers under throttle. It's waay different now with tires and suspension mods.
It was funny talking to Eric Fry as he was running Hoosiers and really sliding around but I think Blair still managed to beat him by a few 1/100's. He is running a 2.7l like you JP and all that power doesn't help. Dave, all you missed was getting soaked and then freezing your ass off cuz of the wind! There wasn't any hot coffee either as the concession stand people didn't show up! Geoff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) |
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Bleyseng Autocrossing in the rain sucks...... Mar 22 2003, 06:03 PM
boxstr I bet the bumpers looked good..
CCLinDAMPLOO Mar 22 2003, 06:12 PM ChrisReale Started to drizzle when my group began. Never rea... Mar 22 2003, 06:21 PM Bleyseng Yeah, everybody noticed that and how the car handl... Mar 22 2003, 06:22 PM ChrisReale Yea, I was working at station 2, and both dave E. ... Mar 22 2003, 06:31 PM Bleyseng Yeah, I worn my 914club t-shirt but it was too col... Mar 22 2003, 06:45 PM Dave Cawdrey Sleeping late... missed out on a ride <_< Oh we... Mar 22 2003, 07:09 PM rhodyguy it was that bitter wind coming down slope from the... Mar 22 2003, 08:45 PM J P Stein I don't have to go stand in the rain till next... Mar 22 2003, 09:54 PM airsix ... Mar 22 2003, 10:10 PM Rob Ways :shoot2kill: :shoot2kill: :shoot2kill:
Bummer ... Mar 23 2003, 12:22 AM
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