FAST Classic - Dec 17 w/ FROC competition

dbeng · Postby **dbeng** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:02 am

Pictures or it didn't happen!

dbeng · Postby **dbeng** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:05 am

Oh and Happy Thanksgiving to all the FASTees and your families

Dan

Postby **Loren** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 1:22 pm

dbeng wrote: Pictures or it didn't happen!

FASTiva 2.0

ImpostorDan · Postby **ImpostorDan** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 4:38 pm

Hmmm, more fender colors.

dbeng · Postby **dbeng** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:14 pm

Loren wrote:

Now all you need is a white one and we can make an FAST style Italian Job!
I vote Loren as Michael Caine.
Doug can be Noel Coward's character

Dan.

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:51 pm

FASTiva 2.0[/quote]

To an unknowing observer they might think the red Fastiva is the parts car for the kaabluey which looks rather straight and shiny from this angle.

Dave-ROR · Postby **Dave-ROR** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:14 pm

Loren wrote:On this day of Thanksgiving, I have something for you FROC types to be thankful for.

We just bought a parts car for the FASTiva. It is a running and driving car, I drove it home from Sarasota. Be very, VERY thankful that we're not sadistic enough to do the FROC in this car! Dead shocks and struts all around, but the right front is so bad that it has a hair trigger. The car will drive straight and be okay until you hit a little bump, or initiate a left curve, or the wind changes direction... then it COLLAPSES instantly and the car pulls violently to the left. Every shift was an adventure! Driving over 45 was terrifying!

No. You won't be competing in that. You're welcome. (although it would be freakin' hilarious to watch!)

But shouldn't the regular drivers of FASTiva compete in that one instead? That would be evil haha

RedBRZ80 · Postby **RedBRZ80** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 3:51 pm

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 1:47 pm

Hmmm. I just checked our Dec calendar and we have an xmas dinner party to take my wife to mid day on the 17th for her club. Won't be going to this one after all.
Doug

Postby **Loren** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:13 pm

Ah, the perils of autocross in December.

AScoda · Postby **AScoda** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:52 pm

Not sure that a free dinner would be considered a peril.

cab33 · Postby **cab33** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:33 am

About how many runs will people get that are not involved in the FROC?

Postby **Native** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:07 am

Classic events are usually in the neighborhood of 8.

Postby **Loren** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 11:59 am

12 days left to register. Lots of open spots to run the Classic. Only 5 spots open to run the FROC.

Postby **Loren** » Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:21 am

randalllindner wrote:I need a sponsor for the Dec 17th event. I have attended 3 auto cross events since September. My biggest problem is that I work in Costa Rica and my time in my home
in Bradenton Florida is limited and does not allow me to run as often as I
would like.

In my younger years (from age 15 to 25) I had a lot of experience in
competitive driving. I was sponsored by Frontier Ford in Oval dirt
track stock cars and B fueled Drag racing.

The only reason I have stated the above is because I have only been
able to attend 3 autocross events with my first being in September in
Orlando and in short, I would like to attend the Dec 17th event.
It is my understanding that this event is a Classic run and I do not have the 5 events needed to participate.

Looking at the Fast events calendar and my work schedule in Costa Rica,
this is the last possible events that I can attend until April or May of 2017.

If you are a coffee drinker, will be glad to bribe you with a few bags of the best coffee from Costa Rica

Be happy
Randy Lindner

I just moved this post from another thread. (you'll find it on the previous page of this one, it's a few days old)

Somebody help this guy out!

Postby **Loren** » Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:58 am

Aaaaand, here's the course map! It should look very familiar if you were at the November 6th event. It's very, very similar, but not quite the same. We wanted a "known good" course for the FROC, but that course was just slightly too fast in that it required a 3rd gear shift in the FASTiva. So, we tighted it up in a few places to make it a little more interesting to drive (can't be "flat out" in the FASTiva, might have to lift here or there) and hopefully negate the need for the 3rd gear shift.

Hi-Res PDF Course Map

Amphoteric88 · Postby **Amphoteric88** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 3:08 pm

My brother Ed and I shall be at this Classic; though he's ditched the white Prizm in favor of a red Tercel. Our first Classic event! We're stoked

Postby **Loren** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:14 pm

Tercel, good choice! I had one for a while... loved that stupid car! It had a good "feel" to it. Hard to explain to people who don't "get it". Very light, nimble... crappy 4-speed... it drove sort of like my old Triumph Spitfire, except it was FWD.

ImpostorDan · Postby **ImpostorDan** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 9:01 pm

I completely learned how to drive stick on my best friends hand me down Tercel (free from his sister)! Looked a lot like this...

Postby **Loren** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:18 am

I set up a spreadsheet last night to handle the points calculation for the FROC.

Remember, each run counts! So, I have to enter the time for each run. Then once each driver has completed a run, I can sort by time and assign their finish position. The spreadsheet automatically assigns points based on finish position. Makes it a lot easier for me.

We'll be prepping the car this Saturday afternoon. If any of the FROC drivers are interested in helping, shoot me a PM or an email.

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