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SCCA National Tour, Report from Milwaukee |
Dave-O |
Jul 3 2006, 08:16 PM
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Is winter done yet? Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 26-August 03 From: Minneapols, MN Member No.: 1,082 |
Well...a relatively stock 914 has competed in a National SCCA event for the first time in...well a long time.
I took my STS2 914 to Milwaukee for the National Tour event this last weekend. For those of you who don't know how these events work, it is a two day event. You run a different course each day. You are allowed three runs each day, they take your fastest run from each day and add them together to give your final time. The friday before they have a short practice course that you can run for $2 a run as many times as you like. I arrived on Friday, got the car unloaded, did some practice runs, got the car teched, and registered. They have five heats and I didn't run till the fifth heat, so I had a lot of time to kill. It didn't matter because 22 fellow autocrossers from the autocross club in Minneapolis made the trip over, there was plent of fun off the course as well! On my first run I wasn't pushing the car nearly as hard as I could. Miller park is a very nice and smooth venue. Also, after hundred of runs on the course before me, there was a ton of rubber down. Your shoes would stick to the pavement when you walked on it! (I think most of this was from a monster C-prepared 1970 Cuda (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) . I improved on my second run but I knew there was way more time out there. I thought I really nailed my third run but ended up with a slower time. Sunday was pretty much the same story, except I was unable to improve on my first run. The only thing that I can come up with is that my falkens were overheating, causing my runs to be slower. I finished 5th out of 7 in the class. I didn't mind being 5th but I really wish I could have cut the time gap between me and the leader(s). (fyi, Andy Hollis is a multi time national champion) In the end, it was just a great event. I would STRONGLY reccomend that you make a national tour event if there is one nearby. 914's may not be the most compeditive cars in the SCCA anymore, but I had fun regardless. Also, SCCA people really do love 914's, I had people talking to me and admiring my car all weekend! Here is a picture of my car heading into a slalom. I guess I really am learning to look ahead! Attached thumbnail(s) |
Dave-O |
Jul 4 2006, 07:52 PM
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Is winter done yet? Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 26-August 03 From: Minneapols, MN Member No.: 1,082 |
They're 6.5" Minilites. There was a LOT of grip after all the rubber that was laid down over the two days.
XP was a very interesting class. There was a 2004 MR2 spyder that was supposidly built as a DP car. This weekend it ran (and won 1st and 2nd in) XP as well as DM. It is very well prepared and also very well driven. There was also the supercharged Miata built by a member of the local club in Minneapolis. It will be quick (340 rwhp and 11" slicks) but it still has some sorting to do. The cool CP Cuda ran in XP as well and took the 3rd spot. Otherwise there was a SM STi. I think on this course you would have had trouble just because of the horsepower difference. Put an STi drivetrain in that thing and then come to play! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) On a local level I do pretty well with the 914 in STS2. I was pretty close to the CRX on both days even though he had a big horsepower advantage. But I really got schooled by a couple early Miatas. Again for this weekend the STS times were faster than the STS2 times which doesn't make any sense...but I guess they have a quite a bit more development behind them. |
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