SCCA National Event, Crows Landing Options

[Randal]

Live broadcast and results here: http://sololive.scca.com/

Drove down to see the event with Richard Linsdall in his new Tesla. Nice trip and during the day we sat in that supercar with the AC on. Nice.

Anyway, Crow's Landing is a GREAT venue. Not sure why I've heard negative comments about this place as it's HUGE and has a great surface. Not necessarily tire friendly, but grippy.

Like 280 cars and drivers. My first time to see a national event. They are run extremely well.. so well organized.

Watched Bill Charron run in the morning yesterday. I think the surface was dirty and he wasn't hooking up, but he'll be at it again this morning -right about now I think. I think he was good for a low 60 second time yesterday, but not sure what running the course backwards will equate to in time today. Although watching the live feed it seems like times are maybe a bit faster this morning.

Just watching the live feed: Bill didn't run with the EM group, so maybe he isn't running today or has a mechanical. Shoot.

Also got to hang out and watch Britain Smith and Brad Roberts drive the yellow 914. They ran late in the afternoon when the course was clean. Car looked good, but the course (more later about this) was tough to master and you only got three shots to win the prize. Hard to drive that monster smooth on a course that is nothing but slaloms. Also had some performance issues when the ground cable got loose and fell off. TTOD day car, excluding the carts, no question. So much power, but with the slalom setup tough to take advantage.

And the course, unfortunately a poor design. Nothing but slalom courses from the start to the end with two sweepers for turn arounds. It didn't flow and had nothing interesting from a drivers perspective. Who ever designed the course should be made to sit down and read Roger's book on SCCA autoxing.

Sure would have liked to run this event, but maybe next year.

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My former (and most likely future) codriver is up there right now laying the smackdown on C-Street. He said the course was very transitional yesterday, but they completely switched it up and it's a total power course today. That should help Britain n Company do well. I'm not sure if the day to day contrast was intentional, but since it's based on combined fast times from Saturday and Sunday, it should balance out well.
The SF region crew is still working some bugs out, I'm sure. They haven't hosted a national event in many years, and there's a lot to know about it. Kudos to them for rising to the challenge. But I've worked side by side with the national crew putting on Pro Solo events down in So Cal for the past 4 years, and at National Championships in Lincoln. They do a great job of making sure any gaps left by the region are filled to ensure a good event.
Good luck today, Britain, Brad and my buddy Jeff Stuart.
Mark D.

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[richardL]

[Randal]

Wow, looks like Britain had a great first run and was right there with Andy. Must have had a mechanical or something as Brad didn't get his first run.

Nice going Britain for a car that is still being sorted. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

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T 1 141 Andy McKee 1993 Mazda RX7 grabber
58.179(1) DNF 66.921(4) 114.198
57.680 56.404 56.019
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T 2 197 Britain Smith 1974 Porsche* 914 Yello Avon*
63.275(2) 65.019(3) DNF 120.961
57.686 DNS DNS (6.763)
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3 25 Tom Exley 1987 Mazda Rx7 Turbo Si Avon
65.367(1) 63.159 62.227 123.016
DNF DNF 60.789 (2.055)
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4 97 Brad Roberts 1974 Porshe* 914 Yellow Avon*
65.756(1) 62.762(1) 67.992 No Time
DNF DNS DNS
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5 41 Teresa Neidel-Mc 1993 Mazda RX7 grabber Hoosier
66.994(5) 64.135(1) 66.341(2) No Time
DNS DNS DNS


What brand of car was Brad driving?

[Randal]

And Scott Fraser looks to be running fast in the Boynton GT-2! Might be a fun one to watch at Parade next week where he'll be running in the same car. He was only .400 off Andy in XP. Man, that is smoking!




2014 Crows Landing Champ Tour
June 13-15, 2014

**** UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (INFORMATIONAL ONLY) ****

PRONTO TIMING SYSTEM

Class standings for SSP [11 Cars] (11:23:13 AM)

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T 1 26 Joel Villarreal 2001 Chevrolet* Corvett Hoosier
60.633 62.873(1) 59.322 114.493
61.796(2) 55.171 58.041(1)
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T 2 59 Ryan Johnson 2006 Lotus* Elise Red Hoosier
58.375 62.673(2) 63.475(3) 114.792
57.145 56.417 59.257(1) (0.299)
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T 3 99 Scott Fraser 2002 Porsche* GT2 grey Hoosier
62.462(1) 61.898(1) 60.709 117.143
57.813(1) 57.219 56.434 (2.351)
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T 4 199 Rob Boynton 2002 Porsche* GT2 Seal Hoosier
63.186(1) 61.217 60.393 117.656
57.536 57.263 57.797 (0.513)
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5 42 Craig Nagler 2004 Chevrolet* Corvett BFGoodr
63.845 67.025(2) 62.045 120.829
60.376 58.784 58.993 (3.173)
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6 181 Mitch Fagundes 2012 Audi* R8 Black Hoosier
65.061(1) 62.004 61.978 123.153
62.633(2) 61.175(1) 62.116(2) (2.324)
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7 98 Jeff Glorioso 2003 Chevrolet* Z06 blu Hoosier
66.716 63.826 64.336 124.067
63.887(1) 62.414(1) 60.241 (0.914)
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8 188 Andre Marconett 2000 Dodge* Viper GTS G Hoosier
73.677(1) DNF 65.065 125.930
63.232(1) 61.529 60.865 (1.863)
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9 81 Ralph Elder 2012 Audi* R8 Black Hoosier
71.696(4) 66.318(1) 66.078(1) 126.492
67.392(3) 66.765(2) 60.414 (0.562)
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10 88 Warren Madsen 2000 Dodge* Viper GTS G Hoosier
70.205 DNF 65.916 127.689
DSQ 64.010 61.773 (1.197)
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11 49 Gary McDaniel 2001 Chevrolet* Corvett BFGoodr
77.163(1) 67.942 67.215 131.845
DNF 71.974 64.630 (4.156)

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Andy broke his car on Sat. Those times you see for Sunday were run on a borrowed Corvette!!! Andy can drive. Not sure what happened to Brit on Sunday.

The warm weather and high winds took their toll on me. I decided not to run on Sunday. I need to rest up for Parade and save the tires. My tires look like they have been cleaned with a fine grit belt sander. Never seen anything like it!

Nice photo Richard, thanks!

[Randal]

Britain had a mechanical, broke the exhaust before the turbo. Sure would have like to see him and Brad make a few more runs on Sunday.

Well Packwood is coming up soon.