9/16/07 NYR SCCA AutoX - Nassau Colesium

[Boxologist]

Gorgeous day for "racing". Blue skys with the occasional cloud. temps in the mid 60s by lunchtime. huge field for the day, 106 entrants, many looking that little extra seat time before topeka. Don't know why they would run on this surface though:crazy: :boxing: only 6 runs because of fear how large the fear was and the course twisting back aiming cars at each other if not spaced correctly. but we still finished by 3pm!??!
and a new camera mount location. really knocked out the oscilation from using just the solid mount :hurray:
http://lh4.google.com/drivenbabs/Ru3KMwYThmI/AAAAAAAAA1g/TXnnwSV8M1A/DSC_0251.JPG?imgmax=576
http://lh6.google.com/drivenbabs/Ru3KNQYThnI/AAAAAAAAA1o/pZy7oedhD0Y/DSC_0252.JPG?imgmax=576
http://lh3.google.com/drivenbabs/Ru3KNgYThoI/AAAAAAAAA1w/A7E5568-f88/DSC_0253.JPG?imgmax=576
http://lh4.google.com/drivenbabs/Ru3KNwYThpI/AAAAAAAAA14/dpL3Cg65HI4/DSC_0254.JPG?imgmax=576
http://lh6.google.com/drivenbabs/Ru3JlQYTf4I/AAAAAAAAAnc/x_UGdSlu-mo/DSC_0136.JPG?imgmax=576

looks like 3 more events this season, but rumors floating about another 2 to be added including a trial event at a 3rd site.

edit: my codriver from the last BMW event who took FTD.
http://lh4.google.com/drivenbabs/Ru3I8wYTeHI/AAAAAAAAAZE/fEAuSm8z5Ew/DSC_0001.JPG?imgmax=576

[Al Navarro]

How are your new wheels and tires (besides very cool looking?)...and what have your recent mishaps (why you didn't drive your car to LRP) been?

Also, where's the link to your results?

[Boxologist]

thanks, and details details details!:_deadhorse: best was 56.7, followed by 58.7 running cautiously. spun 4 of 6 runs. 1 was actually going super well. course was set as tick under 50 sec as fastest and about 58-60 as average of non well setup/ good driver car. the good run where i pooched it i was running awesome. driving ahead of teh course, braking well, geting some sideways on teh pin cones but able to control it. near the end right before the final pin cone i spin. would have been a high 52 sec run but turned into 59+ off course as I got disorientated. odd i should be used to it. i even joke that thats how i heat my tyres up!

wheels are great. wish i got center caps. Tyres are the bridgestone re-01r and really good. really good. a WIDE 195. allignment was really wonky now. one from not only > 6 degrees front camber, minimal rear camber, to > 5 degrees front toe out. very unstable. turns very quickly, but i need this sorted badly. left message w/ Cody at Cat USA and with a allignment place that a lot of NNJ autoXers use who even knows about using shims.

new fuel pump is in changed plus again and wires to get it running reliably. going on a 3rd month w/o speedometer, but have only had the car for a total of 2+ weeks since being back from TotD.

NOW SOMEONE ON ANOTHER FORUM IS TELLING ME A BMW NEARLY RAN ME OVER?!?!

i'll eventually have threads up of all the goodies that arrived after TotD that were suposed to be here before leaving :(