Autocross Chat 2009

[WRX06TR]

Originally Posted by cody

I coned away a 36.2 in the afternoon. My only 36 of the day. It's good to know my car is capable of greater things than I am.

Dammit! I need to learn how to drive!

HAHA! I just looked at the results and they spelled my name Dellegrino! lol, I guess I need to distiguish my P's and D's lol

[van]

Originally Posted by WRX06TR

Dammit! I need to learn how to drive!

HAHA! I just looked at the results and they spelled my name Dellegrino! lol, I guess I need to distiguish my P's and D's lol

My bad. I'll make sure I get your name right next weekend Mick. sorry

[WRX06TR]

No biggie man, I don't know if I will make it out again. I'm working on it tho.

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by van

My bad. I'll make sure I get your name right next weekend Mick. sorry

Mick Dellegrino hates it when you get his name wrong!

[MPREZIV]

Originally Posted by sperry

I just happened to take a glance at the SM results for last weekend...

Cory, you were just 1.1s and 0.6s off Matt's times? Holy crap man... if you had a little extra horsepower in that RS you'd be mopping up Street Mod!! Very impressive times considering Matt finished 5th and 8th in PAX and has an easy 100hp on you.

And nice work by Kevin Weiss to sneak in between Matt and Cory on Sunday. Matt, you're still the SECCS benchmark, but you're going to have some competition this season in SM even w/o MikeK running!

The config. at RFR (last year's was really similar to this one, given constraints of "the peanut") seem to REALLY close up the times! IIRC, last year there was something like .7 seconds between 1st and 4th place in SM on the second day!

If Matt slips off his A game one day, he's TOAST!

[WRX06TR]

My middle initial is A

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by cody

I coned away a 36.2 in the afternoon. My only 36 of the day. It's good to know my car is capable of greater things than I am.

Yeah, slacker! Usually your miracle run that you pull out that makes us wonder if you have a cheater car is clean.

[MattR]

Originally Posted by MPREZIV

If Matt slips off his A game one day, he's TOAST!

I'm a pretty consistent mofo, but stranger things have happened.

[wrxkidid]

my brother is getting my dads beemer so im gonna see if he will let me bring it out one weekend
its tiptronic but still be some fun...hopefully

[MPREZIV]

Originally Posted by MattR

I'm a pretty consistent mofo, but stranger things have happened.

You're VERY consistent bro! That's my problem!

[cody]

Originally Posted by Kevin M

Yeah, slacker! Usually your miracle run that you pull out that makes us wonder if you have a cheater car is clean.

So just curious, who stole my "R"s sometime before or during the 4th rungroup on Sunday. I'm not mad since I was done with them, just impressed that you were able to get them off my car and on yours with any success given they were made of 3" wide painters tape.

[A1337STI]

Wow, we have a mystery now. the missing R tape

Great driving Mick and Silvio! I think we subaru drivers did rather well 7 of the top 20 spots! (well if i count the Saabaru) and 10 of the top 25 course there was only 40 peeps, but that's besides the point ...

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by wrxkidid

my brother is getting my dads Bimmer so im gonna see if he will let me bring it out one weekend
its tiptronic but still be some fun...hopefully

Fixed.

[MPREZIV]

Originally Posted by cody

So just curious, who stole my "R"s sometime before or during the 4th rungroup on Sunday. I'm not mad since I was done with them, just impressed that you were able to get them off my car and on yours with any success given they were made of 3" wide painters tape.

Larry Savage. He said he needed them more than you!

[cody]

Ha! Right on. He was right.

[szucchet]

that was a lot of fun this weekend. it was cool to have so many subs out there i hope just as many of us show up for the hawthorn event, to represent reno and hopefully kicks some ass

[Dean]

Did Chris (20psiMR) make it out in his Evo?

[k-dogg39]

Originally Posted by Dean

Did Chris (20psiMR) make it out in his Evo?

Yes. He was there both days.

[cody]

He had a great time too and is looking fwd to Hawthorn so he can compete against his former comrades. Man, it's so awesome watching Evo's launch with two step. They spin all 4 and then the car jumps forward. Sunday actually warranted such a launch.

[A1337STI]

he's going Front wheel drive for Hawthorne! now there's a mod /Teasing

Yeah the start to Sunday's course was fun, but it was brutal on the clutch. I could launch at 4K, grab 2nd flat foot it, then just tap the brakes to get around the slalom . We need to try having a few starts that have a long straight, and a hair pin before the timing lights so there's really no need to abuse the car on the start. well maybe not that extreme, but at least a narrow 90 degree turn after about good distance then timing lights.

[cody]

Try rocking a 5 speed. My one good launch where I didn't roast the clutch is probably part of how I shaved a second off my last RNP run, but I error on the side of roasting the clutch to protect the gears most of the time. I'm getting better at launching but I'd prefer a turn after the start too. I want my 5MT to last as long as possible.

[WRX06TR]

I get to overzealous when launching when I have a little room to run. I had 1st gear spinning on my second run, fun but no bueno, I had to dial it back and bog every other launch

[20psiMR]

Man you guys are all FAST!!! I just looked at the Hawthorne times last year, and generally Rasmus is 1 to 2seconds faster then the top SM guys. I dunno if the SM guys in vegas are just not that fast, but the competition out here is way over my head haha! You guys definitely give me a bar to step up to. Just sucks when you think your pretty fast and get blown away in a new region lol. But hey, just gonna make me have to get some serious seat time and step up the game! I need some longer straights so I can stretch some evo powah!

I'll be there both days of hawthorne for sure, and should have v710's on. I did mean 17x9.5 in the previous post. I mixed them up because my Advan RS's are 18x9. Woops hehe.

I usually launch on the 4th and 5th run to try and eek out that last little bit of time. Lot of times I can make up a full second with a full on launch, even if there is a turn thrown in pretty quick. That second day was perfect for a launch, just line up to the far left and aim at that first slalom cone and I can shoot straight through that first gate hehe. Too bad I coned that run >< Im not used to courses being so tight, you must have a miata driver setting those cones out there! haha

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by A1337STI

he's going Front wheel drive for Hawthorne! now there's a mod /Teasing

Yeah the start to Sunday's course was fun, but it was brutal on the clutch. I could launch at 4K, grab 2nd flat foot it, then just tap the brakes to get around the slalom . We need to try having a few starts that have a long straight, and a hair pin before the timing lights so there's really no need to abuse the car on the start. well maybe not that extreme, but at least a narrow 90 degree turn after about good distance then timing lights.

We need to keep a mix of hard and soft launches. The stock class cars (or underpepared modded ones) can't hang with a full drag launch, but on the other hand PAX and SP/SM and up classes are expected to be able to launch hard. I happen to be able to launch the dogcrap out of my car now, so if I never get to do that I'm getting a pax disadvantage, and if we always have drag starts I get an advantage. So it needs to be a mix.

[Dean]

Originally Posted by 20psiMR

Man you guys are all FAST!!! I just looked at the Hawthorne times last year, and generally Rasmus is 1 to 2seconds faster then the top SM guys. I dunno if the SM guys in vegas are just not that fast, but the competition out here is way over my head haha! You guys definitely give me a bar to step up to. Just sucks when you think your pretty fast and get blown away in a new region lol. But hey, just gonna make me have to get some serious seat time and step up the game! I need some longer straights so I can stretch some evo powah!

Glad you made it out. Sorry I wasn't there. We encourage people to ride with other drivers. it is amazing what you can learn riding with a good driver.

It sounds like you need more cornering and less powah.

I keep trying to pound into everyone's head that Autocross is not about going fast, it is about getting around corners. Almost everyone overdrives the turns including me.

I will not be at Hawthorne, but may make the third weekend.

You could still drive for LV you know.

Oh, and if you really want to be humbled, go down and run with SF region some weekend. They kick our ass big time.