11/10 SPC Turnpike Course Event

snookwheel · Postby **snookwheel** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:41 pm

As usual, a great time! Thanks Jim and Ed for a fantastic well run event, I loved the course but it didn't love me. Nice to have a long run at SPC. The downside....... Mary took away her keys and I have to sleep in the garage... Who narc'd me out?

you would think that after all these years, I'd be cut some slack

Two left turns...... Oh well, I blame it on the election.

Solar · Postby **Solar** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:45 pm

Another great FAST event in the books, what a fun day ! Weather was perfect, course was a ton of fun, and Jim and Ed did a great job making everything work. Super job guys !

Can't remember driving a course at SPC that used up pretty much all the allotted space available, and lasted more than 30 seconds, and was a little scary on paper, but turned out to be a really fun course. I was very happy with my driving today, "but" seems like someone in S5 class was a little happier than I was with their driving. Good job Matt for breaking my year and a half or so win streak; no disrespect to anyone else driving in S5, but it's been a while since I finished second. Now Matt has to worry about me being hungry for my next win, so watch out my friend, I'm coming after you.

We have a really good group of people out there, both being the veteran FAST guys and the people we see now and then, and the new guys as well. Everyone pitched in and seemed to have a ton of fun.

Looking forward to Brooksville !

rab · Postby **rab** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:27 pm

Great job! The course was intimidating on paper but a blast to run! Thanks for a well run and fun event!

Postby **Loren** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:38 pm

Yep, Jim & Ed put together a solid event. While we "only" got 4 runs, they added up to around 4 minutes for most people. Compared to the usual 6 runs on a 35-second course at SPC... the total seat time was actually more!

Results, results... who's got the results?

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:41 pm

Like I got the chance to tell Jim:

"Your course is so much fun I actually forgot to do the pregnant part on the 3rd run." That was my 47.786DNF second run that would have beaten Howard had timing not figured it out:)

Shamu loved it. Sorry "The Baron" got called away. This wasn't a "Mustang" course timewise but it was a barrel of fun to steer around using the rear wheels again

eborn986 · Postby **eborn986** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:02 pm

Another fun event! Thanks to everyone that made it happen. I've got a few pictures up from today, not nearly as many as last month.

Hope everyone enjoyed my theatrical driving today

and hope to see everyone at Brooksville next month!

http://eborn.imgur.com/all/

garage west · Postby **garage west** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:29 pm

Nicely done, everybody! Big ups to the Evil Genius for a super-fun course and the event chairs for making it happen! Special thanks to The Native Steve Frank for handing me my ass today in M2. I had almost forgotten what it looked like, but here it is, pasty-white and in my face. Well done, sir!

Postby **Loren** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:46 pm

Results (thanks, Ron!)

nc4me · Postby **nc4me** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:53 pm

Everything about today was great. Loved the course, I did see a few people get lost, but they seemed to be fine the next run. The new guys I spoke to said they had fun and they, their friends, and girlfriends were incredibly helpful and nice. They volunteered to clean up and shared their personal stash of paper towels when ours were not put out during lunch (I grabbed some from the trailer once I found out ours were awol and all was well again in the land of FAST). The supercharger whine from the Lightning was awesome! I can't wait to see everyone in december. Just remember, that as of right now there are only 9 openings remaining for December. The course is already done as are pretty much all of the rest of the preparations. See the December thread in the upcoming section here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1425

Solar · Postby **Solar** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:26 pm

Loren wrote:Results (thanks, Ron!)

Wow some crazy times ! Gotta give my bro Steve Frank some props for finishing in the top 5 overall !

Good driving my friend and thanks for the mojo ! But next time please don't spread that mojo to thin to my class competition next time.

Postby **Loren** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:28 pm

Championship Points have been updated. I think I'm also done with my homework now.

Rosko · Postby **Rosko** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:49 am

That was an insane course layout, but fun in the end. Thanks everyone!

Just to confirm what I heard afterwards, was it better to start the slalom on the left both times?

yamaha731 · Postby **yamaha731** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:10 am

That course looked amazing really bummed I had to leave but It took all day to find a set of 205/50/17. What are the odds she blew a tire Friday afternoon and then another yesterday. atlest Doug can hold his head high for a few more weeks untill brooksville.

Jeremy · Postby **Jeremy** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:00 am

Here is my video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXFmnqlSU4g

Happy that I was the fastest v6 Mustang.

How are you supposed to see around the giant a-pillars on new cars? I had to guess where most of the apexes were because I could not see them at all.

Solar · Postby **Solar** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:32 am

Rosko wrote:

Just to confirm what I heard afterwards, was it better to start the slalom on the left both times?

I don't think it really mattered all that much, just depended on how fast you exited the turn going into the slalom decided your line. I really didn't see a huge advantage going right on the second time through, there was enough room to easily make that left turn heading towards the finish, at least for me and the people I was riding with anyhow. I know that if I tried to enter it on the right, I would've had to scrub off a ton of speed before the turn entering the slalom that I couldn't afford to lose with my car.

matkub · Postby **matkub** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:35 am

Great day, Awesome course , Excellent results. Thanks everyone!

rojna · Postby **rojna** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:36 am

Awesome layout, my favorite

My best run : http://youtu.be/X3-4QLEmHMw

PICTURES from group 2

islandmon · Postby **islandmon** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:02 pm

Jeremy wrote:Here is my video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXFmnqlSU4g

Happy that I was the fastest v6 Mustang.

How are you supposed to see around the giant a-pillars on new cars? I had to guess where most of the apexes were because I could not see them at all.

Looking ahead (at 90 degrees or more on the tightest turn was important on this course. Twice I made the same mistake and exited thru the double cones at the top of the turn rather than complete the turn inside!

I tried to trim the few monents of indecision and panic in this video to loop on You Tube: http://youtube/S0q3YIXz14Y

(using the free version of Real Player and am unable to shortern frame sequence time to less than a second so a Pause Annotation at the end of the video will cause it to loop endlessly)

islandmon · Postby **islandmon** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:03 pm

Thanks to everybody who showed up, helped out, pitched in, cooperated and tolerated Ed and I.

See you in December.

garage west · Postby **garage west** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:24 pm

Working on getting videos processed and uploaded. My ancient MacBook and 1 mbps upload speed are conspiring against me.

Loren: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWeS33UPGJQ