July 1st Open

[Carracer]

Pictures! Mostly Run groups 1,2, and 3 and a little bit of 4. HUGE thanks to everyone that spotted for me, braving the tall grass and the mud.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsm3BQ67Y

[Carracer]

My only clean run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2dURkMJSe8

I didn't best a single sector in that run according to my GPS. My last run should have been clean, I think my brakes need attention again. I stab the brakes and can't get the nose down fast enough.

[jbrannon7]

Pictures! Mostly Run groups 1,2, and 3 and a little bit of 4. HUGE thanks to everyone that spotted for me, braving the tall grass and the mud.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsm3BQ67Y

Great photos again Philip. I like this one.

[Loren]

I scared the cone so bad it jumped straight up!

[jev61]

Alright, better late than never. Videos from Saturday. First up is Sara's best run, she wasn't on her A game, distracted with a new driver and overheated tires.
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.vance.7 ... 708670337/

And next is my fastest dirty run, took me four runs to figure out the fast line and then I clipped a cone doing it.
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.vance.7 ... 665589260/

We'll try again in two weeks if the weather holds.

[jaball77]

Sigh... Anyone want to by a 2nd place S4 car?

Congrats to Philip for demonstrating that talent, seat time, and hard work can overcome questionable equipment!

[CaptainSquirts]

Toasted clutch for lunch was really unappetizing. So stank.

That's an expensive lunch... You just burn up some material or is it toast toast?

[dbeng]

I had a great time at this event. Really enjoyed the course.

For the morning runs in my car I am happy that I was able to incrementally improve my time on each run again as I did at the last event. However, unlike the last event where I ended up last in class, this time I came away with a legitimate 3rd place sticker despite all the Miata competition in S4.

The afternoon was a complete blast running in Doug's Corvette. Thanks again Doug for letting me loose in one of the most different cars as you can get from my Mazda 3 It was fun trying to tame that torque in a RWD car where everything is opposite to what I am so familiar with. I had a few slides when applying a little too much power out of a turn but nothing out of control and I'm pleased I didn't embarrass myself. Again, I improved in each run and unfortunately didn't quite beat the time I set in my car but with just a few runs to get familiar with the car I'm happy with how it went. I think this picture sums it up

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Dan

[AScoda]

That's an expensive lunch... You just burn up some material or is it toast toast?

Imma go with both.

It's a goner. Slipped all through run 2. Cooked it but good.
It had started slipping in 5th and 6th if I got on it on interstate, passing someone, etc. Went downhill really fast.
Made it home fine, but did slip a little going up ramp onto the interstate, not even trying to accelerate.

[twistedwankel]

That's an expensive lunch... You just burn up some material or is it toast toast?

Imma go with both.

It's a goner. Slipped all through run 2. Cooked it but good.
It had started slipping in 5th and 6th if I got on it on interstate, passing someone, etc. Went downhill really fast.
Made it home fine, but did slip a little going up ramp onto the interstate, not even trying to accelerate.

Whoa. You need the Exidey Stage One organic clutch pack available from various thugs. Be moderately Gentle for 500-1000 miles and reap the rewards. "Holy Shit." Ask Phillip. Take lady to far away places and drive in town. You will be rewarded for many years to come. Avoid grass.

[twistedwankel]

M3 Joe Vance 1 0 9 0 4 4 0 9 0 9 0 6 0 6 0 9 0 6 63 5 58 M3 Tyler Williams 6 4 6 9 3 6 0 4 3 3 0 6 0 2 52 8 44 M3 Loren Williams 9 0 3 0 9 0 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 52 9 43 M3 Kurtis Clauser 0 9 9 9 4 4 35 35

In my humble opinion. I think Joe, Tyler or Kurtis will offer a co-drive (since my cars don't run in that class). Brass balls build men and pawn brokers. Pawn Brokers balls hang 15ft above the sidewalk and they have 3 of them. I will lend them $10 for their balls against Loren.

The Mayor (who pays people $10 to beat him in his own car)

[twistedwankel]

I had a great time at this event. Again, I improved in each run and unfortunately didn't quite beat the time I set in my car but with just a few runs to get familiar with the car I'm happy with how it went. I think this picture sums it up

Dan Corvette.jpg

Dan

Dan B. gave butterfly kisses to the grass. He is awesome. He had a great time. FAST is all about fun (loosely associated with kicking butt too).

I never sandbag. I sometimes sort of suck or lack motivation?

Try me. $10. (Farm Truck needs a $15000 indemnity policy to even touch my cars.)

The Mayor

[AScoda]

Whoa. You need the Exidey Stage One organic clutch pack available from various thugs.

I'm gonna need more stages than that.
This thing's got like, 500 mass/distances of twist-able force.
And that is without even any stickers!

[twistedwankel]

It had started slipping in 5th and 6th if I got on it on interstate, passing someone, etc. Went downhill really fast.
Made it home fine, but did slip a little going up ramp onto the interstate, not even trying to accelerate.

My original factory clutch lasted until 84k and went very fast also. As you said slipping in OD gears badly. Sadly there wasn't enough meat on the original flywheel to turn it down so had to buy a new one of those too. Yikes. Another gift from Ford owning 35% of Mazda back then. I remember when you could turn drums and flywheels at least 3-4 times before having to buy new ones. You could even press a new starter ring on too. Now rotors and flywheels are all throw away items? Or no one has the lathes anymore? Unfortunately my car still uses the old fashion pilot tool for alignment not the "cassette" system of other manufactures = plug and play. RX8 uses a Miata trans so maybe system is the same for both? RX8 uses a heavy cast weight to counter balance the crankshaft is all.

[Solar]

Doug, I believe Drew still has his polit bearing extraction tool, I think it's called a drill.