HoustinoJillian
name's JUSTIN
just like the title says, i'm headed to my first event, in west virginia. details when i come back.
off to my first autox..
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FoeSho
New Member
Good luck, you will have alot of fun!!
shomesomesho
G-force addict
Yep, best of luck show them who's boss!!
nc89sho
S13 Sellout
good luck, what club are you racing with?? the blue ridge region hosts a driving school in WV once a year i might attend it next year.
HoustinoJillian
name's JUSTIN
well i'm back, by the 5th and 6th runs i had some consistent 61s but i'm still taking too wide of a line. i also need to get my 17x7s running, hopefully thatll help. i ran in street modified, so got my butt kicked by a guy in a civic hatch that ran 49s, but he also was the fastest car of the day. ~30 drivers, 6 passes each. once the website i found out about it on is back up i'll find official results (it got hacked), but i was pretty pleased for my first event.
HoustinoJillian
name's JUSTIN
to make some sense of how i fared for the first time:
even though its comparing cars and drivers, here's how i did compared to everyone else, i'm pretty sure the kid in the evo was there for the first time too.
(note this isn't in order of time or anything, but i wasn't the slowest of the day haha)
Event #3 08/06/2006
Chris Buntrock 27 STS Civic 52.298
Josh Matta 21 SM Civic 49.449
Ted Weidner 1 ES Miata 52.545
Fr. Murphy 92 SM2 Miata 49.762
Mark Sanner 65 GS Celica 53.651
Brian Salo 86 STX 240 53.031
Kent Douglas 41 STS2 CRX 53.340
Ethan Conner 89 BS M3 52.163
Mike Baldauff 97 DS 328 54.268
Dan Ennis 13 SM2 Miata 50.784
Matt Marks 7 STS Focus 55.237
Jimmy Chow 1 DSP 240 53.442
Ben Shelly 61 BS M3 54.027
Andy Jamison 23 FSP Min 54.837
Walt Peterson 1 DM Albatross 50.518
Sean Banerjee 22 GS CRX 56.588
Nathan Baldauff 79 DS 328 56.992
Nick Gidomer 17 STS Focus 57.074
Brad Peghar 50 STS Integra 57.467
Rege Kaminski 44 FS Camaro 56.965
Alicia Rockwell 136 GS Eclipse 58.374
John Holzer 72 FS Mustang 57.688
Joe McMullen 1 CP Frankenstang 55.117
Terry Holstein 57 BP Vette 55.571
Brother John McMullen 48 CP Frankenstang 56.401
"Shot from a" Cannon Roberts 561 BM Solo V 52.262
Jay "The Weasel" Gyger 9 FP Beetle 57.407
Justin Van Denend 1 SM Taurus 61.084
Jeremy Davidson 1 SM Evo 61.482
George Roberts 100 BM Solo V 55.204
even though its comparing cars and drivers, here's how i did compared to everyone else, i'm pretty sure the kid in the evo was there for the first time too.
(note this isn't in order of time or anything, but i wasn't the slowest of the day haha)
Event #3 08/06/2006
Chris Buntrock 27 STS Civic 52.298
Josh Matta 21 SM Civic 49.449
Ted Weidner 1 ES Miata 52.545
Fr. Murphy 92 SM2 Miata 49.762
Mark Sanner 65 GS Celica 53.651
Brian Salo 86 STX 240 53.031
Kent Douglas 41 STS2 CRX 53.340
Ethan Conner 89 BS M3 52.163
Mike Baldauff 97 DS 328 54.268
Dan Ennis 13 SM2 Miata 50.784
Matt Marks 7 STS Focus 55.237
Jimmy Chow 1 DSP 240 53.442
Ben Shelly 61 BS M3 54.027
Andy Jamison 23 FSP Min 54.837
Walt Peterson 1 DM Albatross 50.518
Sean Banerjee 22 GS CRX 56.588
Nathan Baldauff 79 DS 328 56.992
Nick Gidomer 17 STS Focus 57.074
Brad Peghar 50 STS Integra 57.467
Rege Kaminski 44 FS Camaro 56.965
Alicia Rockwell 136 GS Eclipse 58.374
John Holzer 72 FS Mustang 57.688
Joe McMullen 1 CP Frankenstang 55.117
Terry Holstein 57 BP Vette 55.571
Brother John McMullen 48 CP Frankenstang 56.401
"Shot from a" Cannon Roberts 561 BM Solo V 52.262
Jay "The Weasel" Gyger 9 FP Beetle 57.407
Justin Van Denend 1 SM Taurus 61.084
Jeremy Davidson 1 SM Evo 61.482
George Roberts 100 BM Solo V 55.204
nc89sho
S13 Sellout
pretty good for your first time out. autocrossing these things is tricky
HoustinoJillian
name's JUSTIN
Shoaz
Studly dood
Autocross is difficult, even if you know what you're doing. I consider it much harder than road racing, actually, to do well.
There are some good driving books and some good on-line references for sorting out technique (like the Physics of Racing series). The biggest difference in time will come from tightening the nut behind the wheel, then sort out mods to the car after that.
As long as you have fun, though, time doesn't really make that much difference. Don't let anyone tell ya otherwise!
Good work for a first time, though, especially in a Taurus.
There are some good driving books and some good on-line references for sorting out technique (like the Physics of Racing series). The biggest difference in time will come from tightening the nut behind the wheel, then sort out mods to the car after that.
As long as you have fun, though, time doesn't really make that much difference. Don't let anyone tell ya otherwise!
Good work for a first time, though, especially in a Taurus.
