June 12th Brooksville

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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby Jeremy » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:36 pm

I loved the course. I nominate Chris for perma-chair. He told me today how much he loves being the event chairman.
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby Jeremy » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:44 pm

Chris approves of this event.
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby snookwheel » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:47 pm

I heard the same!! X2, lets make it official! Chris is perma-chair! :D Way to set the bar Chris. Fantastic course and well run event!
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby JoshMcg » Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:06 pm

I'll third that. Great course!

And thanks Jeremy for sharing the camera and getting the videos uploaded in record time.
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby yamaha731 » Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:07 pm

GREAT event I had an awesome time my car not so much Its not sounding to good right now no oil pressure and sounds like i bent a few lifters Yellow_Colorz_PDT_13
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby Jamie » Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:16 pm

BigBlue wrote:If you missed today, you missed a great day. Maybe a wee bit on the hot side....
A wee bit indeed...I took a lesson from the dog when I got home and stretched out on the cool tile floor!

Pretty funny site leaving the course -- everyone by the trailer took off, and right in the middle of the runway was a full bag of garbage. Found it does fit in the front seat of a Miata....
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby Native » Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:27 pm

Bummer, sounds like I missed a doozy.
The videos were great - thanks for doing that Jeremy!
I particularly liked the one of Chris - exemplary job of looking ahead: head turns, steering wheel follows, repeat. And Adam was right on top of those cones. Nice.

As far as I know, July needs a chair - y'all keep bugging Chris, or maybe he'd co-chair with someone and share his awesomeness?
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby garage west » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:07 pm

I had a great time today! Big ups to event chair and everybody else that made it happen. Good times! Edit to say I really dug the course! More, please.
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby snookwheel » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:18 pm

The Estrogen Express / Chick Power! Not my words... Mary and Liz's own words. (Her fastest time!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mnZ6kffj1s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

in car video w/ Mary Coaching....: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ5UH0iCudA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A SMOKING FAST 42.791! Nice job Mo!

My best run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffiBZwpkc5o" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Did I mention we loved the course?

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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby nc4me » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:31 pm

Thanks for the nice comments. I actually won't be chairing any more events. I'm taking a 4 year break while I go back to school to become a CPA hopefully. I'll be working full time and going to school full time, which means no time to chair events.

Chairing events is a great gig, seriously! Someone, please step up and chair July!

It was a fun, insanely hot day. I want to thank everyone that helped out, especially the guys that stayed and helped load the trailer.

The course was interesting, if I do say so myself. When I drew the course I originally had some off the offsets more extreme, which would've made you slow down a bit more. I decided to open it up and make it more deceptive, in my opinion. This course was all about the driving line and setting up for corners. Certain things look like they can be taken on a given line, which they could, but it wasn't the fastest line, by FAR! If the proper line was taken, the course was insanely quick, with good flow and very little braking except in a few key spots. If the proper line wasn't taken there was a huge price to pay. The evidence will be seen in the results. From less experienced guys to really experienced guys. The times dropped a lot as the course was figured out. Chuck Ray dropped almost 3 seconds from his first to last run. Normally chuck gets faster by about 2 seconds, but today the drop was larger. Evan Warner dropped a lot and broke into the 46's if I recall correctly. Super long story short. It was about placement today more than anything else. Although having a lot of bravery comes in at a close second. If you were able to floor it after the cones with the lay downs on the way back, all the way through the finish (It was possible if you were in a car with not to much power), you were brave. That was no easy task, but was insanely fun!

I'll see you in July at SPC!
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby Alizarin » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:44 pm

Chris, enjoyed the course. Thanks for making sure there was a green pepper pizza for lunch that I could help demolish. Jeremy, I wish I had asked you to film one of my runs. I hope everybody stayed hydrated as much as they could. I've had 2 Gatorades since I got home and just keep drinking water.

Results!

Congrats to Chuck for having the fastest street tire time! Good game everybody.
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby snookwheel » Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:00 pm

nc4me wrote:Thanks for the nice comments. I actually won't be chairing any more events. I'm taking a 4 year break while I go back to school to become a CPA hopefully.
That is GREAT NEWS Chris! (not the not chairing part... The back to school/CPA part!) Best of luck with that plan. No doubt you will make it happen.

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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby nc4me » Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:03 pm

Thanks for the vids Jeremy. I think your camera makes people lose control of their car. In almost all of the vids, people lose control.
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby snookwheel » Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:20 pm

Alizarin wrote: Results!
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Woo Hoo! FTD!.... I don't know what to say.... first I want to thank all the people that made this possible.... Todd B. for not showing up, Howard for selflessly igniting his car last week..... Charles for being on vacation.... Jeremy? Without all your help, it may not have been possible. Thank you.... Sniff, sniff.. I am overcome.... gotta go.

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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby garage west » Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:49 pm

snookwheel wrote:
Alizarin wrote: Results!
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Woo Hoo! FTD!.... I don't know what to say.... first I want to thank all the people that made this possible.... Todd B. for not showing up, Howard for selflessly igniting his car last week..... Charles for being on vacation.... Jeremy? Without all your help, it may not have been possible. Thank you.... Sniff, sniff.. I am overcome.... gotta go.

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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby Native » Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:38 pm

Scott, thanks for not pointing out that we "really love you."
Congrats to Chuck for having the fastest street tire time after Jeremy! Good game everybody.
I fixed that for ya. :wink:
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby Gregbj8 » Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:40 pm

Thanks Jeremy and Scott for the tips on how to go fast. Great course and a great group of guys, loads of fun.

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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby Jamie » Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:53 pm

Alizarin wrote:Thanks for making sure there was a green pepper pizza for lunch that I could help demolish.
Jill liked what was left of that pizza, too.
Jeremy, I wish I had asked you to film one of my runs.
Why...you wanted to lose control? :)
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Re: June 12th Brooksville

Postby WAFlowers » Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:11 pm

Jamie, thanks for letting me drive your car. It reminded me of what is so wonderful about a Miata. It also taught me what is so wonderful about race rubber.
Jamie wrote:Pretty funny site leaving the course -- everyone by the trailer took off, and right in the middle of the runway was a full bag of garbage. Found it does fit in the front seat of a Miata....
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