Reno SCCA AutoX Events #1- #2 (April 8-9)
 

Well, the course is set...You all will not be disappointed!!! :cool: Should be an absolute blast to drive. As you may or may not know, Sperry and I are the event chairs for this weekend, which means we have a lot of responsibilty. I want to thank the crew that helped us set the course this morning, Eric, Tyson, Mike, Dean, you guys rock.

Also, just a reminder, we could use some help setting up and taking down all weekend, so if possible it would be great to have a few SECCS members show up early and help us with the course Saturday and Sunday Morning. We will be getting going around 7 tomorrow, to make sure all is in order.

Thanks in advance everyone...

Oh, and we can revert to this thread for discussion on this weekend's event...

Go!!

Oh, and the course hasa been swept by a street-sweeper thing, so the tarmac is very clean and in good condition, so traction should be a bit better this weekend.

:banana:

I give the track about 10 runs before the gravel shows up. :(

Yeah, at least it's starting out clean...I have a feeling AWD will be a big advantage this season, as the surface continues to deteriorate :cool:

I'll be early to help Sat & Sun with setup and pickup on Sat. What time do you esstimate the first run group will be done on Sunday, I have to get back up the hill for early afternoon. Konan posted a schedule for run groups on Sat & Sun from a wallet schedule is it correct? I can also bring all by snow shovels or snow blower if you need :lol:

Enjoy, everyone, can't wait to hear how it goes. I'll pray for some sun, no snow!

(Sorry to say I will have to miss this weekend, wasn't able to find someone to stay home for me.:( )

As far as weather, tomorrow should be blustery with a few showers here and there, but pretty dry for the most part. Sunday looks to be a little wetter. :(

See you all out there! I can't wait to see the new course. I think Scott said Matt designed it right?

Yup, here are the maps... though there are some changes we made when we set it up, so don't take it as gospel.

I'd like a more realistic representation of the track, those pictures simply won't do.

This was the track I had the most fun with last year. Matt also gave my first ride in an STi and made me fall in love with autocross. <3

I was gonna say, those look familiar!!

Thanks a Bunch Matt and Dean and all who are designing the course !

I'll be driving down in what looks to be snow and i put my summer tires just a few hours ago with Ansel. he will also be driving down on summer tires. we are gonna leave here at about 6:50 ish , but we may not get there until 8:30 depending on road conditions. I can certinaly help with post track clean up though.

Thanks for posting the course or what May be the course. if there is lots of snow i dought i'll have time for a walk through.
and Uhm, the red one turns back over onto it self. (which looks scary at first if you think about when the 2nd car will be going) but i'm sure there's a safe way to deal with that .

oh and ** Snacks ** i just went out and bought some soda, apples and grapes, and shoveled some snow into my cooler. its blue and white. anyone in seccs feel free to grab what ever out of there if you are hungry / thirsty.

Does anyone have any SECCS stickers i can put on my cooler (it may help for members to see it )

:) hopefully i can fall asleep . i'm overly excited.

I posted a video last year of this run. Its fun.

http://www.seccs.org/forums/showthre...t=mike%27s+run

Hey its mini Suzuka again!

Alex and I watched that video over and over again. I really don't think watching it beforehand did me any good, but watching it now is a kick in the pants.

So it's official, I have STi envy. Alex's car makes mine feel like a Civic.

Thanks to EVERYBODY since we had fun and nobody got hurt...even with a near head-on. :eek:

Dude, there were like 6 no-shows to Bully's from SECCS... wtf guys?

Other than that, damn fine day. :)

+1 for damn fine day. That track was fun! Sorry about Bully's, definately next time.

I hope some of the pictures I took today look alright. If I borrowed your camera you can email them to me (in <10MB zip files per email) at veryverywrong@gmail.com and I'll post up the good ones (assuming there are some). :)

They made me take the groceries out of the wagon before my run.

most of you are probably driving there or there already, but i'll try to come out this afternoon. and my brotherinlaw will be co-driving. oh and yesterday was another awesome time, even though i wasn't driving as well as i wanted.

I left just after lunch, and almost fell asleep on the way home. I wouldn't have survived Bully's. :|

yeah, i was too lazy for bullys too. likewise for today.

Why didn't you come out Biscuitt ?? didn't have the time to tighten all your lugs ? :P j/k

Today was a blast, the course is a Lot of fun :) both yesterday and today great tracks ! It's amazing how much time i was able to drop when i looked ahead on parts of the course instead of driving with tunnel vision.

Heard somebodiy had a picture of me lifting up the rear wheel on the grocery getter. If that someone has the time, please post. Thanks D.

i remember seeing a wagon lifting up a wheel. that's neat trick you can do there :D

Figure, if you do the math, three tires on the gound is less friction then four... :?:

yes, and friction slows you down :P sounds like a good way to reduce the rolling resitance of your tires. /silliness

I could barely make it through HALF of Saturday, let alone Bully's, or Sunday for that matter! I was F'ing exhausted!

It was, another awesome weekend though! I do wish I had the energy to make it out on Sunday, but it just wasn't happening!

Now that my AVS ES100s are BALD on the inside edge, I guess it's time to get some new Auto-x tires together in the next 4 weeks...

1 pic for posterity

Nice!

That would be a picture I took with Kevin's camera. I hope some of the pics I took on Alex and Kevin's cameras turned out good! Post em up guys!

I need to work on that too.

You took 34 pics. Of those, 4 had a whole car in them, and 6 more had part of one. :p Noober!

Your camera takes about 4 seconds before you can take a 2nd pic, other than that, :oops: yah I guess I shouldn't quit my day job.

I'm bringin my craptastic camera next time. It has its own problems, but at least I'm used to it.

Hey guys, I just came out for the first time on Sat. Have to say, that frickin rocked. Was way too tired to show up at Bully's though, maybe next time. I'll be back out for some more! Thanks to Pete for letting me ride a run with him.

Steve
(Red WRX)

Right on dude! See you in May, unless you can make it to some weekly meet's at that same Bully's. :)

Actually my camera blows goats (and other random animals) My fault i should have taken 60 seconds and explained a few of the options on the camera. looks like they are all taken in 640X480 and they all have a massive blue tint (i don't even know which flash settings to use) . the video was really the best option with that camera (?!?) i'll have to see what proggies i have installed at home and batch out some thumbnails and make a lil gallery for them. (the angles and timing of photos is quite nice ) :)

Results posted anywhere yet?

Not yet

he's busy, with his 10 hour days.

who's laptop were we looking at @ claimjumpers? if they want to email me the data i can upload it to a public server and post the url here.

That's the SCCA's laptop.

And the problem isn't posting the results, the problem is that the results need to be audited and sorted. Posting takes all of 4 seconds.

Anytime. Good job cutting off more than 4 seconds between runs. Talk to any of us between runs, we would all be more than happy to help out.

Ah yes, I was going to try and jump in the car with you, but you seemed like you were getting good instruction from someone else already. But like Pete (Forgotten) said, feel free to ask any one of us, and if we aren't too busy I'm sure most would be glad to help out (even those of us like me who aren't as fast as the rest of the group :p)

I must say I'm really impressed with everyone that came out. Everytime I see you guys out there thorwning down sweet times it makes this club that much more fun.

I seem to always think the next year of auto-x is going to be less fun or slow down. I have been proven wrong every year.

Remember don't get discouraged if your times were not where you would have liked them to be. You WILL get faster and have an even better time that next time you are out, and the next time, and the next time, you get the point.

And, you can do a lot in a stock car! Mods don't make you a better driver although they can in theory get you better times.


Well done everyone.


edit: I was almost the next kahmis. what could have been....

You, Pete, Brian and Chris (in no particular order) are the early contenders for the title this year.

I'd like to a see a Top 20 take-over by the club.

muhaha.

btw: street tires are ruining auto-x. 710's ftw. for life!:)

Fixed.

bah I meant to type ruining.

I know... I fixed that too. :p