Post 11-13 SPC Event

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Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby jev61 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:47 pm

I get to be first! :lol:

What an outstanding course today, I liked the cross over and run the loop twice. I would have paid extra for another run or two today! Thanks for an outstanding day auto-xing!
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby Jeremy » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:03 pm

Fun course. I would like to thank the organizers, course workers, my mom, my chief mechanic Charles, God, and all the people that beat me and did not rub it in my face. :)
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby aw614 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:49 pm

I had a great time, wish I took more pics, but I ended up riding a lot more.

I gotta work on my slaloms, I feel those are giving me trouble, I need to practice those, losing a lot of time there, Definitively going to do another autox. It was great talking to everyone and getting pointers

I am currently uploading my pics to fb and will probably post the public link for them.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby wbeers690 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:39 pm

welll i guess i wont take any of those thanks jeremy :) ...FTD bitches.. im going to live it up while i can cause idk when ill make it to another event let alone do really good lol
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby cpages2 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:00 pm

had a blast today. First time running in an Auto-X in forever. My Miata did way better then I thought she would.

I will post some pics and videos once I have it all uploaded.

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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby aw614 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:03 pm

Here are pictures from the first group
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby nc4me » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:04 pm

Jeremy wrote:Fun course. I would like to thank the organizers, course workers, my mom, my chief mechanic Charles, God, and all the people that beat me and did not rub it in my face. :)
I would like to thank the same people including Jeremy's mom :rolling: j/k. Sorry I was not one of those people that could contain themselves. I know Charles's car was having issues when you drove which hindered your times.

It was nice to finally beat Drew.

Congratulations to Bill on FTD.

It was a fun day. See you all in December.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby Loren » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:29 pm

I have to admit that I had an attitude about this course (and still do, because it was hard for novices to follow), but it really was a fun course to drive! Or maybe I'm just enamored with my "new" Miata?

Jamie and Brian put on a well-run event, as always.

Oh, and Ron and I have been discussing some potential ways to reduce the timing problems. Much of the problem today, we believe, was due to the distance of both the start AND the finish from the trailer. Our directional antenna can handle ONE of the timer heads being quite a distance away, but that requires the OTHER one to be closer. In this case, the start was about 200' and the finish was close to 300'. Anyway, we continue to learn the quirks of our timing system and we're working on it!

Edit: And I'd also like to thank Jeremy's Mom.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby puncturina » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:49 pm

Thanks to all. I really enjoyed the course. Wish we could have had at least 5 runs. For all the time we wasted in run group 4, we could have had 5 runs each and ended at the same time, if everything had gone smoothly. Yeah, yeah, I know, nothing ever does.

Just have to apologize to everyone in the last run group. The timing system was giving us fits. I'm sure everyone thinks the people working timing were idiots, but I've worked timing several times, and it's never been so bad as it was today. The system was not registering starts, not registering finishes and extending times to the next car to cross the finish, tripping phantom times, omg. The system had a mind of its own today.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby Loren » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:02 pm

A secondary timing problem that we seem to have hit late in the day today was the sun getting low enough in the sky to trigger false starts. Figure that this is probably the first time we've run this late in the day (from a sundial perspective) since we've had this timer, so it's the first time we've experienced it.

We also lost 15-20 minutes to waiting for a "full-course" coolant spill to sufficiently dry in the last run group. So, yeah... stuff happens.

Thanks for sticking it out, Eva! Timing is a stressful place to be sometimes.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby Native » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:07 pm

puncturina wrote:The timing system was giving us fits. I'm sure everyone thinks the people working timing were idiots, but I've worked timing several times, and it's never been so bad as it was today.
Who cares? I got 2 re-runs 'cuz of it... :snicker:
Seriously, no one thinks y'all were idiots - word of why an event is held up spreads pretty quickly - we all knew it was timer equipment issues, not operator error.

The course was quite fun to drive - good flow and rewarded good car placement and thinking/looking ahead. But it also tripped up a lot of folks. And not just noobs, and not just at the crossovers/decision-points.

I had a great time today. Very nice to see everyone, tag along for a few rides, and just hang out 'til that 4th run group. First chance I had to really work out my new suspension, and I'm pleased so far. Now I just gotta make a few adjustments and learn to drive it better...
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby Loren » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:08 pm

Results

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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby dropped top » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:18 pm

puncturina wrote:Just have to apologize to everyone in the last run group. The timing system was giving us fits. I'm sure everyone thinks the people working timing were idiots,...
NO ONE thinks anything ill of the timing people! We all realize that our timing system has quirks that need to be ironed out. Thank you for putting up with our quirks on your watch. Despite the lapse in activity, I had a great time. The coarse was interesting and fun. Wish we could have gotten more runs but that's always the case! :D Thanks to the co-chairs, the workers, the timing people (that deal with the problems), and all the competors, it was a blast!

..what the hell, I'll thank Jeremy's ma, too.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby Solar » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:21 pm

Can't get to my PC so I have to post from my phone short and sweet.

Thank you for everyone that helped out today, all of you were great, didn't here one complaint about who had to do what or they weren't doing it etc.

No one thought that the people working timing were at fault for the timing delays. Like Steve said, some of us got extra runs :) !

I will post more tomorrow when I can use my PC, and thanks again for everyone that pitched in from start to finish, you all are awesome !
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby rojeho » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:24 pm

I wasn't in the class but I was in grid so I'll thank Jeremy's Ma.

Great event. Thanks to all of the organizers and workers.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby rojeho » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:32 pm

And a special thanks to Ron and Loren for same day results.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby rojna » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:14 pm

I just cant catch a break .. second again :grin:
Loved the course, had a great time.

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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby garage west » Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:58 am

Loved the course. Top ten finish for me today, first time ever. Congrats to Bill on FTD. Any excuses I had that involve blaming my equipment have now evaporated.
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby Miata GT » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:14 am

Another awesome event!
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Re: Post 11-13 SPC Event

Postby shakedown067 » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:13 am

Thanks Jamie for laying out a fun and challenging course for SPC! Was a great time as always! My mother-in-law couldn't have had more fun if she wanted to. It's always fun to be able to share the experience.

Whoa, just a tad wide here. Thanks Andrew for the pix!
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