Great UFO autox today, Down at the Marina Options

[Randal]

Well it ended up being sunny for all the run groups today. Dennis Hale designed a great course and everyone had fun.

Not sure who won, but probably the A Mod guy with the big wings.

I was the tire warmer for Greg McNair, with his black buggy and fast engine. Tough shoehorning a bigger guy, like me, into that machine, but I actually made it around the course and warmed his tires.

The buggies are crazy fast, but with the bias weight issue they have a hard time turning. I managed, at the wrong time, to hit the throttle, go straight and totally miss the back corner, then went off course into official NAVY territory and totally embarrassed myself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

But the course was great. Wish I had 222 out there.

Can't wait till I get some new tires and get back out in my machine.

[Randal]

Well it ended up being sunny for all the run groups today. Dennis Hale designed a great course and everyone had fun.

Not sure who won, but probably the A Mod guy with the big wings.

I was the tire warmer for Greg McNair, with his black buggy and fast engine. Tough shoehorning a bigger guy, like me, into that machine, but I actually made it around the course and warmed his tires.

The buggies are crazy fast, but with the bias weight issue they have a hard time turning. I managed, at the wrong time, to hit the throttle, go straight and totally miss the back corner, then went off course into official NAVY territory and totally embarrassed myself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

But the course was great. Wish I had 222 out there.

Can't wait till I get some new tires and get back out in my machine.

I don't know what differential Greg is running in his black buggy.

But you have to wonder what could be done to get one of those buggies to turn?

[grantsfo]

Well it ended up being sunny for all the run groups today. Dennis Hale designed a great course and everyone had fun.

Not sure who won, but probably the A Mod guy with the big wings.

I was the tire warmer for Greg McNair, with his black buggy and fast engine. Tough shoehorning a bigger guy, like me, into that machine, but I actually made it around the course and warmed his tires.

The buggies are crazy fast, but with the bias weight issue they have a hard time turning. I managed, at the wrong time, to hit the throttle, go straight and totally miss the back corner, then went off course into official NAVY territory and totally embarrassed myself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

But the course was great. Wish I had 222 out there.

Can't wait till I get some new tires and get back out in my machine.

I don't know what differential Greg is running in his black buggy.

But you have to wonder what could be done to get one of those buggies to turn?

Greg was turning. He has figured out weight transfer secret. He uses little short bursts. Front end was diving just as he was turning. It's all in technique. Buggies deny the slow in fast out strategy. They work better sliding into turns with no power and then blasting out full throttle.

Having said that I m pretty sure I could make big improvements on the current setups. But that would be so un buggy like!



This post has been edited by grantsfo: Sep 22 2011, 11:59 PM