Nobody running auto-x this season?

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Jul 9, 2007 | 10:30 AM
  #1  
I know some of us have some more pressing issues than beating up our cars.....(kids, houses..etc..etc..)
I just don't remember this board being quite this dead.

gdmax, Bejay any of you guys running this season?
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Jul 9, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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you know my excuses. I might jump back in later in August/September once the house/moving stuff is settled....
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Jul 9, 2007 | 03:51 PM
  #3  
I have been running all season pics are at:

http://community.webshots.com/user/GabeD1
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2090553013

and im in the DSP sections at
www.teamwtf.com
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Jul 9, 2007 | 07:21 PM
  #4  
Ran with NNJ on May 26th.

Check out the pics:





BTW, I'm trying to organize an auto-x meet on NYC local board, anyone would like to join? (was ganna post it here first, but figured non of you guys will want to drive that far )
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Jul 9, 2007 | 07:39 PM
  #5  
Quote: Ran with NNJ on May 26th.

Check out the pics:


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my track tires just saw that pic and now they have locked themselves in the closet......
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Jul 9, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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btw, that's an awful lot of dive-in for having coilovers....are you using the standard springs on the BCs or did you uprate them?
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Jul 9, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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Quote: btw, that's an awful lot of dive-in for having coilovers....are you using the standard springs on the BCs or did you uprate them?
nope, those are standard 8k - front/6k - rear. I don't think it's a dive-in though, I got my front ride height set to 26" (which is equivalent to 1.9 - 2.0" of drop)
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Jul 9, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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It's a bit hard here, but here's how it looks when there are no lateral forces acting on the car:

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Jul 10, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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Quote: my track tires just saw that pic and now they have locked themselves in the closet......
because you won't accept them if they come out of the closet?
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Jul 10, 2007 | 10:27 AM
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Quote: Ran with NNJ on May 26th.

Check out the pics:





BTW, I'm trying to organize an auto-x meet on NYC local board, anyone would like to join? (was ganna post it here first, but figured non of you guys will want to drive that far )
NNJ as in Atco?
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Jul 10, 2007 | 01:28 PM
  #11  
Raceway Park @ Englishtown NJ http://autox4u.com/nnjr.htm
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Jul 10, 2007 | 01:35 PM
  #12  
Quote: Raceway Park @ Englishtown NJ http://autox4u.com/nnjr.htm
I went out to Atco once, but never went that far out......
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Jul 10, 2007 | 02:54 PM
  #13  
Just 2 local events for me as I've got a 24ft pool install and family stuff goin on. Here's a friends video (inside MR2) of the Milwaukee Natl Tour last weekend. Fun courses to be sure.
Saturday Natl Tour course
Sunday Natl Tour course
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Jul 11, 2007 | 07:49 AM
  #14  
Quote: Just 2 local events for me as I've got a 24ft pool install and family stuff goin on. Here's a friends video (inside MR2) of the Milwaukee Natl Tour last weekend. Fun courses to be sure.
Saturday Natl Tour course
Sunday Natl Tour course
how did he get a G-meter to show up on the video? I don't think I've ever seen that aside from pro racing. That's cool as hell, that's for sure.....
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Jul 11, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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Quote: how did he get a G-meter to show up on the video? I don't think I've ever seen that aside from pro racing. That's cool as hell, that's for sure.....
More and more data aquisition systems are doing that for amateur now. Usually in the $500-$1000 level. I'm actually toying with the idea of taking my basic Auterra feed and laying it onto a independent video (el cheap) just to get speeds, RPM's, etc. to show up.
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Jul 11, 2007 | 11:21 PM
  #16  
I'll probably start later this season...many issues and excuses--none of which are that great to be honest...but nonetheless, I am avoiding someone who frequently autocrosses locally whom I don't want to see anymore...so that is part of it...
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Jul 12, 2007 | 06:43 AM
  #17  
Quote: I'll probably start later this season...many issues and excuses--none of which are that great to be honest...but nonetheless, I am avoiding someone who frequently autocrosses locally whom I don't want to see anymore...so that is part of it...
gay lovers spat?
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Jul 12, 2007 | 08:59 AM
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haha....very funny...
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Jul 16, 2007 | 07:09 PM
  #19  
I ran a high speed event in Lone Pine, CA. Its like an auto-x but much faster and much longer.




And this in-car video:
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...t=DSCN0752.flv
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Jul 16, 2007 | 08:00 PM
  #20  
Quote: I ran a high speed event in Lone Pine, CA. Its like an auto-x but much faster and much longer.




And this in-car video:
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...t=DSCN0752.flv
gawd...it must suck to be a course worker there. Looks like the perfect course for a beefy land-yacht......lots of straights, hardly any technical sections.

I need a course like that around here
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Jul 17, 2007 | 04:25 AM
  #21  
Quote: gawd...it must suck to be a course worker there. Looks like the perfect course for a beefy land-yacht......lots of straights, hardly any technical sections.

I need a course like that around here
Then bring your a$$ to FedEX, I was on the limiter in second at three places last sunday. I should have even shifted into third. It was all sweepers and slaloms, no tight turns like the ripken course.
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Jul 17, 2007 | 01:19 PM
  #22  
Quote: gawd...it must suck to be a course worker there. Looks like the perfect course for a beefy land-yacht......lots of straights, hardly any technical sections.

I need a course like that around here
road trip after the house stuff is done?
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Jul 17, 2007 | 05:18 PM
  #23  
Quote: road trip after the house stuff is done?
our house is now "under contract" closing August 1st.

bid on the "new" house has been sent, will get the counter tomorrow.

by the end of august, the GT6 should be towed up here.

by the end of auguet 2009 it should be ready to hit the track.
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Jul 17, 2007 | 05:18 PM
  #24  
Quote: Then bring your a$$ to FedEX, I was on the limiter in second at three places last sunday. I should have even shifted into third. It was all sweepers and slaloms, no tight turns like the ripken course.
yeah, if it wasn't impossible to actually GET IN to FedEx events....
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Jul 17, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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I want to see video of the GT6 in action that will be sweet
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Jul 18, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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Quote: I want to see video of the GT6 in action that will be sweet
I'll let you see it in a few years when it's actually track-worthy. With a new house and a baby on the way, it's not going to be done quickly
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Jul 18, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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Quote: I'll let you see it in a few years when it's actually track-worthy. With a new house and a baby on the way, it's not going to be done quickly
you can get all sorts of stuff done trying to move into a new house with a pregnant wife...and then afterwards with a little one....oh wait a minute....dammit.....
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Jul 19, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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Quote: no tight turns like the ripken course.
Ripken? tight turns?

You need to run at the Boeing lot sometime.
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Jul 19, 2007 | 07:11 AM
  #29  
Quote: Ripken? tight turns?

You need to run at the Boeing lot sometime.
No one on this board but me knows what you are talking about.....

I actually finished top 3-5 once in GS at Boeing....unfortuneately I didn't know you could get a "trophy" for that.....however.....that was before the Mini-invasion....

How are you Norm? Irish was just running at Ripken....I might make a trip down in Aug or Sep....
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Jul 19, 2007 | 07:46 AM
  #30  
Quote: you can get all sorts of stuff done trying to move into a new house with a pregnant wife...and then afterwards with a little one....oh wait a minute....dammit.....

well I don't anything about that right now, all I worry about is getting $30K in loans every year just to pay for this ****ing school...
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Jul 20, 2007 | 12:26 PM
  #31  
Quote: How are you Norm? Irish was just running at Ripken....I might make a trip down in Aug or Sep....
I haven't been quite as active this year. Other family business and a dropping tolerance for heat/humidity have conspired against me.

Irish must have picked up an AI event, because Philly Region hasn't been there since March 17.

Where Philly Region has been running quite a few times lately is at Warminster Community Park. It's an abandoned runway site, so the courses are basically slalom/lane change for a quarter mile or so out, U-turn, and repeat on the way back. But the courses have been fast. Got a couple more there, if that venue is closer for you.


Norm
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Aug 6, 2007 | 10:23 PM
  #32  
From last weekend, July 28th.

Chicago Region/Milwaukee Region "Border Challenge".

See my other thread "I took home first in EP!" for details.











--Evan
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Aug 7, 2007 | 06:21 AM
  #33  
Quote: From last weekend, July 28th.

Chicago Region/Milwaukee Region "Border Challenge".

See my other thread "I took home first in EP!" for details.











--Evan
Don't waste your pics in here.....start your own thread....
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