Jan 13 post-event

Discuss past FAST events. How did it go?
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Postby WAFlowers » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:24 am

I had a great time despite some of the worst driving I've done in a year! :evil: My head just wasn't in it and I was doing all sorts of novice-type mistakes; the sorts of things I'd been working out of the students the day before.

Maybe they just passed the bad habits on to me. :shock:

Sure was fun in the rain despite the even worse times I recorded for those last 2 runs. The final run where I got the back-end to hang out from the last turn-around all through the straight and into the finish still has me grinning! :D
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Postby kickslop » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:48 am

deadmeat wrote:Or maybe if you guys want me to, maybe I could upload two directories...

One directory of the photos all in their original size, and another directory of all the photos about 1/4 or 1/5 the size, and then you can reference the photo number to the other directory? I dunno.

-meaty
That would be very helpful. That way we can at least batch download all of the small ones and view them in a slideshow to the find the ones we care about.
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Postby Alizarin » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:22 pm

kickslop wrote:Quite possibly my worst driving in 2 years, and on my only reasonable run I lost all ignition power from half way around the last turn all the way to the finish line.

I've repeatedly proven to myself by now that my driving needs work. Kenny beats me every time in his WRX with less horsepower and less braking power. I'm totally fine with that, but not by the margin he beats me (regardless of my excessively crappy times this time). Something's broken on my end!
Sounds like we need to swap cars for a run next event.
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Postby sippycup313 » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:52 pm

im up for swapping cars who wants a slow focus and ill take a fast anything :P
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Postby 03M3 » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:16 pm

meaty for president Yellow_Colorz_PDT_02

love the hi-res photos!
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Postby sippycup313 » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:43 pm

he's got my vote awesome pics ill take the vice pres spot
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Postby deadmeat » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:10 pm

Thanks for the compliments guys, but I can't take all the credit.

Some of the photos were taken by the group I was with, I think I only took the last 700 or so photos, which would be for the most part, the runs of group b and c, though some of group b were also taken by Greg Sullivans (99) roommate Buddy.

All of group C I think were taken by me, except when I went for a ride in the s2000 ;)

I haven't had a chance to look through them like I usually do, otherwise I'd pull out the good shots, and post 'em up.

-meaty
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Postby Native » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:41 pm

Well done, Meaty, and Sippycup! Really appreciate your sharing the pix.
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Postby Agent » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:01 pm

It sounds like it was alot of fun. It even looked like more fun when I took a peek at how everything was going on Saturday. I can't wait to get this car fixed so I can come out there and join you all. I am so dissapointed in my car I can't even explain it. My wife says she saw a tear at 11:40pm on saturday night as I got back from the last unsuccessful drive, right at the moment hit me that there was no way I could put electrical tape over an intake boot. I got the intake boot, but the car is still running horrible.
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Postby y4ngel » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:13 pm

Had a great time, here is the thread I started in FL s2ki about the event.

Includes Pictures and VIDEO!!

:D

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=558056" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby MusicalDeity » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:31 am

Actually... what Derek isn't telling you is that I tend to take a lot of the pictures at the events as well...

Thanks for the credit... Jerk

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