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2011 SCCA National Thread |
grantsfo |
Jun 21 2011, 04:53 PM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
Hey who else is coming for the fun at Nationals this year? This is my first one! whoo hoo! I have NRF ....Nationals Rookie Fever! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
I see J is signed up. Is Brit still planning to go? Any other teeners going to attend? https://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/eve...A2D9F971EB7FA2B This post has been edited by grantsfo: Jun 21 2011, 04:54 PM |
J P Stein |
Jul 16 2011, 07:52 AM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
The toughest part of most any SCCA AX is gettin' er' done in 3. That is one reason PCA/Porsche folks stay away and why national level SCCA guys excel at these events. At our local SCCA events, we'll get 4-6 runs but only the first 3 count....."Only 3 runs" the Porsche guys complain and never learn to deal with it.
National events are actually easy as they are so well organized.....just make damn sure you show up for run/work assignments ahead of time....and follow orders. A friend once got lost at the Nationals on the pit return road... bout 3/4 mile she said..... and got her fastest run thrown out. She is a past National champ in her class. Taint much slack there, eh? Working the cones takes a bit of re-learning. Cones are numbered and reported to the station boss (who records them) by the runners. The runners have to be on their toes as the cars come every 20-25 sec (or less (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ). I ran for cone #150 (among others) at Packwood one year. That SOB musta got whacked 30 times & got wiggled twice that much......tough on an old fart in 90 deg weather. One thing I learned: Running a sneaker cone is to be avoided. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) BTW, the Packwood NT is on this weekend & it's raining. Brit borrowed some 4 year old Hoosier rains but dosen't run tiil the first afternoon group. 286 folks entered this year...a good turnout ....just 1 less than the best I've seen. WTF is up with the Colorado NT? |
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