Lovelock Autocross - Aug 30/31
 

Okay, who's coming to Lovelock!? Reno SCCA finally confirmed the event is a go, so those who are attending need to make hotel reservations.

I plan on going, so who wants to share a hotel room with me? I figure we can cram 3 or 4 people into a room to save some money. I can bring an air matress for myself, so a room w/ two double beds should be fine for at least 3 (at $12/night), but 4 people drops the price to $9/night each.

2nd issue, are we going down Friday night for the welcome party? It'll mean a second night in the hotel. I'd like to go down and party on Friday, mostly so we won't have to drive a long way Saturday morning then race immediately.

One other thing to consider, this is the weekend right before the trip to Laguna Seca for the ALMS race.

FYI: The Hotel's phone number is 775 273-2971. You can ask for the SCCA rate ($36/night) which is half the regular price.

Here's the Reno SCCA Announcement:

I won;t be going :(

Let me go through everything tonight before I confirm. I don't wanna miss another one, but gatta make sure first.

:(

I think I am in. I will find out on monday or tuesday. Is there anything special about this race or is it just another race with some perks that is a way out?

Okay, I've got a room (non-smoking, 2 queen size beds) reserved for two people Aug 29 and Aug 30 in Lovelock at $36/night. So whoever's coming can cram in there with me!

What hotel? Do you have a number? I am going to get a room both nights also I believe.

You're welcome to share mine, it you'd like. If you want your own tho, the number is listed at the top of the thread.

We may be able to figure something out, but Evan, Colin, Ben, and some more people may be coming also. May need as much room as possible. I know that will b Evan's last autocross in the RenoSCCA and it will be Ben's first autocross in his 2.5rs. And I will be having 2 drivers on my car.

Wow, holy crap... so how come when I asked "who's coming" no one said anything!? :lol:

well I am SOL.
Can not make it, my partner is going out of town I think. So unless I close my store those days I can not go. :(

I wanted to make sure first. I have to reserve the room today. Should be a fun outing though.

Is Evan going somewhere?

WAIT!!! Where is Evan going ?? last Auto-X ??

Evan is going to Utah at the end of the month, Colin is moving to Flagstaff at the end of the month and JC is going back to school soon. Everyone is leaving....... :(

WOW.. that sux... Well I hope they still keep in touch via SECCS.ORG .
I wish them The best !!! :D

OKAY. I have my room reserved for Friday and Saturday night. I have the 2 bed also. So who ever needs a spot let me know. Gonna be a blast.

Hotel includes - Pool, Bar, Casino, and food. Sounds good ot me.

Is anyone doing the banquet on saturday night?

I'm hitting the banquet... I figure, there aren't too many choices in Lovelock, might as well dine with the group!

If you even remotely plan to go to the banquet, please email Dave Deborde TODAY and let him know...

They really need to get a decent count to the hotel...

DDeborde@aol.com <DDeborde@aol.com>

uh it looks like my job is going to schedule Overtime this weekend on me, bastards, I probably won't be able to Lovelock it. :cry:
My job is really starting to get in the way of my life.

So is anyone sharing a room w/ me?

I know Colin, Evan, Ben, and a few other people might caravan up with me.

Matt are you going? Sergio? Britten? Mike?

Nope, I'll be in the Black Rock :twisted: . Good luck guys.

On my trip home Sunday, I saw some people heading to Black Rock already:
http://www.seccs.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=581

Yeah, I saw a bunch of hippies in their crappy busses painted with happy thoughts driving up 80 on sunday night. :lol:

..happy thoughts of burning a big stick in the middle of the desert :lol:

Hell yeah!!!! I can't wait... 8)

You'd rather light a fire than race your STi.

hippy. :P

Ut oh.....big chance I may not make it either this weekend.

Hhahahaaha! My excuse is that it's not broken in yet...I would love to race, but I can't miss B Man, I've been going for 5 years now, and it just wouldn't be right not to go...BTW, we're all hippies you know, We all have soobies!!!! hahahaha

Tree hugger

That's funny, my "hippie Subaru" gets 15mpg in the city, won't pass smog, is loud enough to frighten birds away, vents brake dust that is a known carcinogen, and has 300hp! I must be the coolest hippie evAr! :lol:

Now that should be your new title, teh Coolest Hippie evAr!!!!



Hippie.

:lol:

noway man... Doink fo Life! Represent y0!

SO????how did Lovelock go??? Did we have fun?

Yah, what the heck happened out there?

:lol: :lol: Tyson !!! Thats funny man.. I never thought about that .. "WALMART" lowering their prices.. :lol:

Lovelock was dope!

The track consisted of three legs, one out a taxiway, one down the runway, and one back in the taxiway. The wierd part was that because the runway was "active" when a plane came in, we'd have to run around tossing cones off the runway so the plane could land! Luckily we only had two planes come in... one early before the event started came in to refuel, and another later during the 2nd run group (iirc) for a touch and go.

The Saturday course was really difficult. Tons of cones and DNF's. It had a lot of long, fast straights interrupted by very tight, narrow chicanes and hairpins. Very difficult, but not necessarily "unfair" or a BS hard course. You could go fast, but only if you had a lot of balls to really push it on the straights and lots of precision to get it thru the small stuff.

The Sunday course was changed quite a bit. In addition to running the course in the opposite direction, Dave also opened up the course a LOT. Times were a good 10 seconds faster on Sunday! Most of the spots that had been tight corners were now additional straights, connected with some high speed transitions. I almost lost it on the starting slalom... my stock springs allow for a ton of body roll on fast transitions, and I must have fish-tailed it 3 times before finally hauling the car back into control!

The only problems with Derby field: it's small... there's very little room for the paddock and grid. It's also in the middle of nowhere... no food or anything for like 10 miles... I had no idea it would be so isolated, so I didn't pack a lunch, thanks to the Evans, Debbie and the Debordes for spotting me food! Finally... there's rattlesnakes at the airfield... you gotta watch yourself out there!

It looks like the Hawthorne event is going to be moved to Lovelock. The people there are really friendly, the Ramada's a decent hotel (happy hour domestic beers only 50 cents!!) and the pavement at the airfield is pretty nice. So everyone'll have a second chance to do a Lovelock event. Plus, it looks like we're going to be trying to pull off the show-n-shine that event, so I'll prolly need as many SECCS people as possible!

I'm about to upload some pics from the event... they'll be up here shortly!

So who won STX? and how many ended up competing?

MattR: So who won STX? and how many ended up competing?

<homestar voice> seriously? </homestar voice>

Oh yeah...

I beat Theo on Saturday, (we were the only STX cars there) and took 6th in PAX. (Surprised the hell outta me too, since I felt like I "left some on the table" on my fastest run..)

On Sunday Theo couldn't run because his back went out. :( So I won STX Sunday too, but since I was the only car there, I only get 11 points!! This makes the STX champoinship potentially closer! In fact, I'm not really sure if I can beat Theo now... I don't totally understand how the drops work, but if I'm the only one left in STX this season, then I may not be able to earn enough points to beat Theo.

So... Matt and Tyson.. you guys need to show up so I can beat you! :P :lol:

Ok, I'll run STX :twisted:, and if I recall, last time I showed up, you didn;t beat me :D , is theo ok?

If you run the STi in STX, I won't complain... but I'm still assuming you don't know how to drive it fast yet... :twisted:

you're absolutely right, I can tell its going to take me a few runs to get up to competitive speeds in this beast. but at least running A Stock, I'll still be in the same run group.

I'm just starting to really push the car, (as much as public roads will allow, safely) and I can tell you that this car is in a whole different world as far as handling and balance goes. I love it more every day, but the power can turn it into a handful very quickly if I'm not careful...a few days of autocross will really help me out, I can;t wait.

Okay, here's some pics!

Day 1:

[img:17416605da=600]http://www.seccs.org/gallery/Reno%20Meets/2003-08-30%20SCCA%20Autocross%20at%20Lovelock/Day%201/Mig%204.jpg[/img:17416605da]

[img:17416605da=600]http://www.seccs.org/gallery/Reno%20Meets/2003-08-30%20SCCA%20Autocross%20at%20Lovelock/Day%201/The%20grid%202.jpg[/img:17416605da]

[img:17416605da=600]http://www.seccs.org/gallery/Reno%20Meets/2003-08-30%20SCCA%20Autocross%20at%20Lovelock/Day%201/04%20STX%20and%20SECCS%20banner.jpg[/img:17416605da]

Day 2:

[img:17416605da=600]http://www.seccs.org/gallery/Reno%20Meets/2003-08-30%20SCCA%20Autocross%20at%20Lovelock/Day%202/Sky%20and%20Start.jpg[/img:17416605da]

[img:17416605da=600]http://www.seccs.org/gallery/Reno%20Meets/2003-08-30%20SCCA%20Autocross%20at%20Lovelock/Day%202/Tower%20and%20grid%202.jpg[/img:17416605da]

[img:17416605da=600]http://www.seccs.org/gallery/Reno%20Meets/2003-08-30%20SCCA%20Autocross%20at%20Lovelock/Day%202/Mig%20on%20grid.jpg[/img:17416605da]

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of cars racing... I was either too busy or kicking it in the pits w/o a decent view of the track... But I do have some video footage from some of my runs:

Day 1, Run 2
Day 1, Run 4 <-- tanked a lot of cones on this one... 2 in the 1st slalom... :lol:
Day 1, Run 7 <-- this is the run that PAX'd 6th.

Day 2, Run 3
Day 2, Run 6