What a fun event! I still can't believe I have an FTD sticker
Big thanks to Loren for letting me drive his car. It has now spoiled me.
More pictures and video will be coming later today, I decided I would try a bit of editing this time.
I couldn't find any pace in the practice session, I was bad in the first slalom and all over the rev limiter for ~25-30% of the course and every time I tried "3" it felt like it was WAY to tall. Well, as it turned out, my 3rd gear shift was actually a 5th gear shift... I found this out on my second night run by accident
I rode with Josh and noticed how he was doing the first 4 slalom cones a lot better than me. I was lifting in the wrong spot and not keeping close on the left side of the car. I copied him as best I could and it felt fast.
After sorting all that I was deep into 3rd gear and was almost full throttle to the turnaround on my last runs. I lifted a tiny bit at station 2.
When I came to the turnaround on my 29.9 run I hit the brakes just after the cones before station 3. That was the first time I was a little scared driving at an autocross. Actually that was also the fastest I have ever been up to at an autocross. The rear of the car felt like it was on ice. I finished braking at about 15 feet before the apex of the turnaround and let the car roll for a few feet then it was full throttle again.
I lifted a bit but not much in the next section, I did my best to make sure that when the slalom opened up I was on the line so that I won't need to lift. I found the rev limiter again but it didn't matter as I was braking early for the element with the yellow cone wall. I think this is how I made a lot of time. By braking early and hard I was full throttle at the yellow cone wall and stayed that way until finish and I hit the rev limiter again as I crossed the timing lights.
I't is amazing how much fun I had all day, it was the most fun I have ever had at an autocross and that wasn't even including the driving
Big thanks to everyone that organized this great event.
