Da Groj

What? No school wrap-up thread?

Well, thanks to Ron Rice, the Results are posted.

Quick analysis (differences in raw times w/o cones, top and bottom two tossed) shows an average of 2.43 seconds improvement overall. Nice!

Another successful FAST autocross school... which is good, because it could be the last one for a while.

Great job, today everyone!

garage west wrote:Great job, today everyone!

Indeed.

The improvements look really good all the way down the time sheet.

Thanks guys for a wonderful event!
I think this old dog actually learned a few new tricks....

Just finished logging and reconciling event credits from this weekend. Lots of event credits were earned and used, still a bunch more on the books.

Remember, if you were a school instructor, you earned an event credit. If you were a school worker, you earned two event credits.

Thanks again to all who helped. These event credits don't come close to the value of your time and experience!

It was pretty exhausting being a courseworker, being on your feet for so long. But, I was surprised at seeing the marked improvement of the students as they progressed. I would volunteer for the school again.

Huge thanks to the organizers, instructors and courseworkers for this event. It was an awesome time and I learned a ton.

Cant wait to get out to more events in the future to further my skills

Thanks again for the hosting the school really learned a lot, wish I could have gone on sunday too, looked like a fun course layout.

A HUGE thank-you to everyone who spent their Saturday helping us improve our driving skills. It was a real treat for me to participate. It was also about the nicest group of people I have ever met. I hope to get involved in future events and get to know everyone better. Then the real fun begins... trash talking!

Just to put another one out there, I got this in email this morning:

Loren,
Just wanted to thank you for the amazing day on Saturday at the FAST novice school. Great job! I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the school and am glad i was able to attend.

Best Regards,
Scott DeMarco

aw614 wrote:Thanks again for the hosting the school really learned a lot, wish I could have gone on sunday too, looked like a fun course layout.

Andrew -- we think part of your car did attend Sunday...we found a black plastic vent cover marked as a VW part. If you're missing something, I think it's in the trailer next time you make an event.

It was a blast to be part of the instructor team! Very satisfying to see everyone improve throughout the day. Of course Team 3 showed the most improvement. ( Not verified, but hey, what's an Autocross thread without a bit of trash talk'n ) I hope we developed a few new AutoX addicts!

Scott

Jamie wrote:

aw614 wrote:Thanks again for the hosting the school really learned a lot, wish I could have gone on sunday too, looked like a fun course layout.

Andrew -- we think part of your car did attend Sunday...we found a black plastic vent cover marked as a VW part. If you're missing something, I think it's in the trailer next time you make an event.

Yeah, Loren emailed me about it last night, I dropped it probably when I was taking my stuff back to my car after I finished my last runs of the day and forgot all about it as it was part of the stuff I had in my trunk, i almost forgot a floor mat.

Excellent way to spend a day at the autox

Thanks to everyone involved in making the novice school such a rewarding experience. I learned a lot, not just about autocrossing, but about the people who are part of FAST. I saw plenty of smiles on everyone's faces throughout the whole day.

In the words of Austin Powers: “Shagging-Groovy”.

snookwheel wrote:Of course Team 3 showed the most improvement.

But did you have anyone score a class win when it counted the next day? Group 1 did....

I thought being an instructor was about restraint and tact...ok...one of our guys got FTD in the school...course he also got FTD before school too. Ringer??

Seriously, what fun it was to hop from car to car. Many different levels of accomplishment-bit of a challenge.

I was completely worn out that evening-hopefully the 'students' faired better.

I will say the school is a durability testament for the cars...surprised more didn't have issues.

Thanks for the opportunity!

Tim

I know of one that had issues

They can be fixed..............

Tim_M wrote:Seriously, what fun it was to hop from car to car. Many different levels of accomplishment-bit of a challenge.
I was completely worn out that evening-hopefully the 'students' faired better.
I will say the school is a durability testament for the cars...surprised more didn't have issues.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Tim

My sentiments exactly. Totally dragging ass by day's end. Based on the smiles I think our group learned the most important lesson = to have fun.

Doug