March 14th Championship Post Event

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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby twistedwankel » Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:15 pm

Jason Ball 1 0 1 4 1 4 6 6 23
Kurtis Clauser 3 4 0 6 4 2 4 23
Ron Rice 1 0 6 0 1 1 2 3 0 9 23
Sean Schenck 0 0 1 9 9 2 1 1 23

RON doesn't it just totally grab your gonads that an S2 driver kept you from 24:)

Motivational seminar. Go RON you slacker:)
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Professional_Slacker » Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:30 pm

Loren wrote:Championship Points have been updated. With 4 events left in the season, there is still much left undecided. And there's a FOUR WAY tie for first place in M2!

WOO HOO! I have 3 points, y'all are in trouble now. :lol:
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Rosko » Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:09 am

Carracer wrote:Pictures: As with all the pictures I post here, feel free to use them if you like them. I really had fun taking pictures at this event, wide range of different cars to look at :)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pj3d3ar6kori ... lvwha?dl=0

Great pics, man! The first couple of them really capture what autocross is about. I liked the pics of the people as well. We don't see enough of those, typically.

There were some really cool cars. I'm not a particular Toyota fan, but Dave's MR2 is awesome, as well as the AE86. I had never seen one in real life. The 280Z was also pretty sweet, as was that outrageous Malibu.

There are autocrossers that show up at drag strips. And now I know there are drag racers that show up at autocrosses! :)
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Rosko » Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:40 am

I had a good time, and got to hang out and talk with autocross friends, old and new. The events don't happen without a 100% volunteer effort, so thanks to everyone.

I loved the big turnout in S4... 15 cars... so many little hatchbacks, turbo and otherwise (and Miatas too!).

Good to meet Kevin in the other ST. He improved by 10 seconds throughout his runs. I hope he keeps it up.

Also good to meet Jim in the black, first gen Mazdaspeed 3. He sounds exactly like John Goodman. It's uncanny.

Keep it up, Josh! You're getting faster and faster!

Sorry Trevor Renson couldn't attend this one. I like having to bite my nails through the afternoon session, waiting for the results to post! :)

Oh, and how 'bout that weather! :sunny:
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Inspecta » Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:33 pm

Rosko wrote:I had a good time, and got to hang out and talk with autocross friends, old and new. The events don't happen without a 100% volunteer effort, so thanks to everyone.

I loved the big turnout in S4... 15 cars... so many little hatchbacks, turbo and otherwise (and Miatas too!).

Good to meet Kevin in the other ST. He improved by 10 seconds throughout his runs. I hope he keeps it up.

Also good to meet Jim in the black, first gen Mazdaspeed 3. He sounds exactly like John Goodman. It's uncanny.

Keep it up, Josh! You're getting faster and faster!

Sorry Trevor Renson couldn't attend this one. I like having to bite my nails through the afternoon session, waiting for the results to post! :)

Oh, and how 'bout that weather! :sunny:
I did like seeing S4 full and with a lot of unfamiliar faces! Setting up and running in the am session was a nice change.

Thanks Chuck, I am trying new things, I think the new front sway is the biggest improvement for the money so far. I love it when my little 1.6 can hold its own against other heavier hitting cars! Although, it looks and sounds like fun to drive that ST.

My fastest clean run was my first. One and done! Lol


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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby jaball77 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:13 pm

twistedwankel wrote:Jason Ball 1 0 1 4 1 4 6 6 23
Kurtis Clauser 3 4 0 6 4 2 4 23
Ron Rice 1 0 6 0 1 1 2 3 0 9 23
Sean Schenck 0 0 1 9 9 2 1 1 23

RON doesn't it just totally grab your gonads that an S2 driver kept you from 24:)

Motivational seminar. Go RON you slacker:)
Well crap. I guess I have to keep showing up. :derp:
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby speedweasel3000 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:14 pm

This was my first autocross ever, and i had such a great time. I accomplised my goals of keeping the cones up, and not being last. I can not wait for the next event.
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Native » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:56 pm

Payton, glad you had a good time! There's lots more where that came from...
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby MadmanMark » Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:19 am

Thanks for the reminder Steve! :cool: My drag racer mentality never thought about taking out the nitrous to go racing! It was not on ever during the event (or I would've flown through the parking lot even faster). It will be left in my garage next time (4/12).
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Native » Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:55 am

Thanks Mark. Wasn't trying to single you out. It's something that happens once in a while, and the tech inspectors, who aren't the same guys each time, need the reminder too.
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Professional_Slacker » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:22 am

yeah, that whole "no pressurized container over 200PSI" rule messed up my whole plan for my first FAST event. I had to go buy a small air compressor instead of using the AL50 scuba tank I usually use.
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Dave-ROR » Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:52 pm

Rosko wrote:
Carracer wrote:Pictures: As with all the pictures I post here, feel free to use them if you like them. I really had fun taking pictures at this event, wide range of different cars to look at :)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pj3d3ar6kori ... lvwha?dl=0

Great pics, man! The first couple of them really capture what autocross is about. I liked the pics of the people as well. We don't see enough of those, typically.

There were some really cool cars. I'm not a particular Toyota fan, but Dave's MR2 is awesome, as well as the AE86. I had never seen one in real life. The 280Z was also pretty sweet, as was that outrageous Malibu.

There are autocrossers that show up at drag strips. And now I know there are drag racers that show up at autocrosses! :)
The 280Z, Malibu and AE86 were some of my favorite cars there too. All cool cars you don't often see at an autocross these days.
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Loren » Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:10 pm

Dave-ROR wrote:The 280Z, Malibu and AE86 were some of my favorite cars there too. All cool cars you don't often see at an autocross these days.
Fixed that for you.

We get very few cars that are even older than 1990 any more. But, I guess 1990 was 25 years ago, wasn't it?
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Jeremy » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:01 pm

I am getting dizzy from all the avatars showing cars running at Brooksville. They all look the same to me, and a lot of silver cars to make it even worse.
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby nc4me » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:51 am

Jeremy wrote:I am getting dizzy from all the avatars showing cars running at Brooksville. They all look the same to me, and a lot of silver cars to make it even worse.
Better!? At least it's red!
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Native » Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:08 pm

Jeremy wrote:I am getting dizzy from all the avatars showing cars running at Brooksville. They all look the same to me, and a lot of silver cars to make it even worse.
I couldn't agree more.
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby Loren » Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:24 pm

I see what you did there. 8-)
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Re: March 14th Championship Post Event

Postby dbeng » Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:27 pm

Native wrote: I couldn't agree more.
:rolling: :grin: :snicker: Love it!!
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