FAST Open Autocross - June 4 - Tampa Bay Downs

Postby **Loren** » Wed May 25, 2016 1:27 am

And don't forget to share the Facility Map with any guests you've invited to come watch!

nts80 · Postby **nts80** » Wed May 25, 2016 1:22 pm

This course looks great!

Cool Rod · Postby **Cool Rod** » Wed May 25, 2016 8:19 pm

Note to self: remember to come to a complete stop!

Jamie · Postby **Jamie** » Wed May 25, 2016 8:36 pm

I am sorry I'm going to miss this course. (And I'm really sorry not to be beating Philip on this course!)

Postby **Loren** » Wed May 25, 2016 10:15 pm

I could be bribed to run your car in S4 to give Philip a challenge.

Carracer · Postby **Carracer** » Wed May 25, 2016 10:49 pm

OK, if my math is right, I need to win to make it a 1v1 battle for the last event ( 52 Jamie / 51 Me ). If I place 2nd ( 48 points ) then I'll need help to win the championship.
Suddenly I'm on tire rack...

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Wed May 25, 2016 11:31 pm

puncturina wrote:
The role of Debby Downer is being played by Eva, today.
Yeah, from the way I sound, you'd never guess it was my favorite venue, would you?

Eva,
Tell them how far this place is from your and Doug's house

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Wed May 25, 2016 11:57 pm

Carracer wrote:OK, if my math is right, I need to win to make it a 1v1 battle for the last event ( 52 Jamie / 51 Me ). If I place 2nd ( 48 points ) then I'll need help to win the championship.
Suddenly I'm on tire rack...

A bevy of tiny violins is tuning up for Philip if he doesn't "squeak" by to win the top tee shirt in the next two events. I for one think he will choke the chicken and cone EVERY run for the next two events no matter what tires he runs. Physics will win in the end.

Postby **Loren** » Thu May 26, 2016 1:06 am

Carracer · Postby **Carracer** » Thu May 26, 2016 11:29 am

twistedwankel wrote:
Carracer wrote:OK, if my math is right, I need to win to make it a 1v1 battle for the last event ( 52 Jamie / 51 Me ). If I place 2nd ( 48 points ) then I'll need help to win the championship.
Suddenly I'm on tire rack...
A bevy of tiny violins is tuning up for Philip if he doesn't "squeak" by to win the top tee shirt in the next two events. I for one think he will choke the chicken and cone EVERY run for the next two events no matter what tires he runs. Physics will win in the end.

Well now I will hit cones. But only if you are working that corner station

jev61 · Postby **jev61** » Thu May 26, 2016 3:54 pm

twistedwankel wrote: I for one think he will choke the chicken

I didn't think Doug meant Philip would miss his girlfriend.

Jamie · Postby **Jamie** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:29 pm

twistedwankel wrote: Physics will win in the end.

I'm not counting on that...I've seen him drive, and physics doesn't enter into it. At least not the kind I learned!

Loren wrote:I could be bribed to run your car in S4 to give Philip a challenge.

Well, it'll just be sitting in the TIA economy garage, doing nothing....

Postby **Loren** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:48 pm

We interrupt this trash talk for a public service announcement:

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Get registered! Make sure your friends are all registered!

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Fri May 27, 2016 1:42 pm

This will be a crazy competitive event. M2 has pretty much all the high rollers showing up for our viewing pleasure.

With 21 early run experienced FN runners in Late session there should be plenty of rides available to learn the course for those in doubt.

Philip is going to run with tires wrapped in electrician's tape to try and win S4 since Jamie is out of town and he doesn't feel threatened.

Glad to see our old friend Nate back with the Blue Whale. Always fun to watch them duke it out in F3 with those Foxbodies. Your consolation will be that Brian beat me by 3 seconds when we co-drove his Shelby clone last time.

If you can stay closer than that in your old cars you will get my

The REAL contest I won't see since they run in the Early heats will be the "skinny" wide body Prius GT3 vs the Hemi Jeep in S0. I assume one has a lock on MPG but the other has a lock on AWD and torque on the sometimes sandy surface in the early morning couple of runs.

This course looks like a Contessa riding on a man's shoulders to me.

The level of detail on this map tells me Loren could make a living laying out subdivisions.

CaptainSquirts · Postby **CaptainSquirts** » Fri May 27, 2016 2:01 pm

twistedwankel wrote:The REAL contest I won't see since they run in the Early heats will be the "skinny" wide body Prius GT3 vs the Hemi Jeep in S0

You won't be missing much. The Prius is completely stock, a first timer, and placed in the wrong class. But hey, at least I got someone new to sign up to try out Autocrossing for their first time.

Postby **Loren** » Fri May 27, 2016 2:48 pm

I'll probably fix that classing at some point.

Jamie · Postby **Jamie** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:07 pm

twistedwankel wrote:Philip is going to run with tires wrapped in electrician's tape to try and win S4 since Jamie is out of town and he doesn't feel threatened.

He can't afford to slack off too much...Jason is bringing his NB out again. I could come home and find myself with a better margin going into July....

Carracer · Postby **Carracer** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:41 pm

Also, Tyler will have real tires and 4 other people that want to win. Also, last time I raced at TBD I was super slow until Jamie gave me some pointers. M2 will be fun to watch but I'm curious who will set FTD.

CaptainSquirts wrote:
twistedwankel wrote:The REAL contest I won't see since they run in the Early heats will be the "skinny" wide body Prius GT3 vs the Hemi Jeep in S0
You won't be missing much. The Prius is completely stock, a first timer, and placed in the wrong class. But hey, at least I got someone new to sign up to try out Autocrossing for their first time.

Anyone who brings a Prius to an autocross is a hero in my book!

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:17 pm

CaptainSquirts wrote:
twistedwankel wrote:The REAL contest I won't see since they run in the Early heats will be the "skinny" wide body Prius GT3 vs the Hemi Jeep in S0
You won't be missing much. The Prius is completely stock, a first timer, and placed in the wrong class. But hey, at least I got someone new to sign up to try out Autocrossing for their first time.

Too bad, my imagination was tweeked!! Good for you rallying a new comer. (I assumed an error but was fun to dream of such a duel taking place.)

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Fri May 27, 2016 4:29 pm

I just spent the last 2 weeks learning how Philip trains for an event:

I drove nothing but a Wrangler ragtop in RWD and a GMC AWD SUV over twisty MA cold roads. The first sharp entry ramp I took accelerating the SUV leaned so far it sort of scared me with a load of kids in the car. Didn't see that coming. Go bump stops. Do NOT lift. I forgot all my cars have a low center of gravity, grippy tires and good handling. It doesn't help that sitting up high gives you a false sense of speed. Oops. So there you are. Want to drive on the bump stops like Philip does? Go practice with any off road vehicle for a couple weeks on some twisty asphalt with trees right next to the road.

Yea, I think at some point Jason got a new lightened windscreen too.