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EDIT: This event is postponed to September 30 and confirmed. It's on!

Y'all know the 2018 FAST Championship begins with the next event on September 23rd 30th, right?

Sho' nuff! We'll be layin' it down at Brooksville, and you don't want to miss it. Go register, already!

Registration & Event Info

Basic event details:

• This is a FAST Open autocross, that means that it is open to all licensed drivers.
• Novices and first-timers are encouraged to enter!
• Pre-registration is REQUIRED for all Drivers AND Guests. We can't let you in the gate if you're not registered.
• Driver entry fee is $39.00, guest entry fee is $7.50.
• This will be a split-format event. You can enter the Early session 8am-12pm or the Late Session 12pm-5pm, or both.
• Snacks and cold beverages will be provided for all registered drivers and guests.

S5 is lucky...I won't be able to make this one.

Native wrote:S5 is lucky...I won't be able to make this one.

Woohoo! That puts me one position closer to the podium! Anybody else gonna stand down and let me have some points?

I'm out of town during the classic, so this open event is the first I can attend of this season. I'll try to make it a full season this time around.

With the changes I've made to my car, I will be in a mod class for the first time in 5+ years! Combine that with the classing changes and I'm in M1. This will be interesting!

Somehow, I think you'll manage, Gerry. The new Miata has proven very capable... and with the right mods, it's pretty amazing.

Loren wrote:Somehow, I think you'll manage, Gerry. The new Miata has proven very capable... and with the right mods, it's pretty amazing.

No doubt! The car is great and it's definitely faster than its driver. I stopped caring what class I was in and just modded the car to where I wanted it to be. Nothing too crazy, just some tasteful stuff, but enough to put me in the mod category. I've been wanting to push my car and see what it can do now, so I'm very much looking forward to this one!

Here's what I've done:
- Flyin Miata sway bars
- Wheels and tires that are not teflon coated
- Flyin Miata springs with their upgraded bump stops
- GoodWin Racing ceramic coated header
- RoadsterSport Super-Q muffler to tone the header noise down
- Koni Sport shocks
- Upgraded shock tower brace; makes it possible to adjust the Konis and adds lightness
- An alignment
- OpenFlash Tablet tune
- EBC Yellow Stuff brake pads
- Stubby antenna - MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE!

couple of new leaks developed. luckily it was a few o-rings and it's good as new. got the new wheels and tires on too. now I have a front end vibration, hopefully it's just a weight that fell off.

excited to start and to play for a full season!

Hey - looking forward to this - even a double register (first in a long time)! May also be bringing some neighbors finally too.

Looks like T Shirts are really in super demand this coming season. I got an oil change in both cars, filled with cheap gas and washed them. Drew replaced his clutch with some Cheerios pucks. Randy put new O-rings and some possibly bigger rims? So that will slow him down as they weigh more. Loren installed a suspension not involving slinkys and decent wheels and tires. Steve is the season's very 1st slacker. Nate has moved to M2 so that must mean he took out the "lift kit"? The only thing Gerry hasn't improved is the seat? Whoa!! Too bad it will still run out of 2nd gear at 50mph...no help.

Attached is what you are vying for next August. I know it looks a little like I got stabbed in the back with a Ferrari gated shifter but it's a Mirage. Like smoke and mirrors. Loren never repeats a design or a car. Just hope you don't end up in the OA standings every event behind that Mirage. That's way worse than losing to the Fastiva.

I hope you all fare better than McGregor did last month. (No I really don't.)

In for the morning session, can't wait to get back in action.
Dan

You guys in M1 can breathe a little easier. I have sold the Silver Bullet. Have not found the next car yet but hopefully will before this event. But if not I may be begging for a ride. Guess I need to change my avatar.

twistedwankel wrote:I know it looks a little like I got stabbed in the back with a Ferrari gated shifter but it's a Mirage.

No, that photo is, indeed, my hand. But it was taken long before I bought the Mirage! I took that photo in the S10, and then photoshopped the hell out of it, and found a random gated shifter photo on the interwebs.

My design inspiration was this, but I didn't like the awkward unnatural bend in the wrist... thus, I took an actual picture to start with.

That picture looks like someone driving a right hand drive car and still shifting with their right hand.

AScoda wrote:That picture looks like someone driving a right hand drive car and still shifting with their right hand.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

The back stories are always interesting!!

jbrannon7 wrote:You guys in M1 can breathe a little easier. I have sold the Silver Bullet. Have not found the next car yet but hopefully will before this event. But if not I may be begging for a ride. Guess I need to change my avatar.

Joe,

Don't worry. I will need an extra driver in R class to boost my season points on 23rd. Don't rush into a lemon!! I love lemonade but not fond of sour cars.

Doug

Please provide clarification on the minimum age to participate. My son is 16 and licensed to drive, can he register to drive at this event or do we need to wait one more year?

16 w/ license is the requirement. But, being under 18, he will also need a parent present to sign an insurance waiver for him.

Now that this Irma lady has blown out of town, can we get a course map?

When I get power back!