Capital Driving Club Discussion Forum

I really need to get either stiffer springs in the rear or stiffer rear sway....probably both...to get my car to rotate again. In my experience, understeer is best dealt with at the front end. You can stiffen the rear springs or sway, but ultimately you are reducing your rear traction so that it br...

I also noticed that slicks do not help you on this track, much. Look how close Brian and Mike were in times; and Mike was on street tires! Am I missing something? Are the results posted yet? No, but I kept a mental note when I was there .... I'm dying to see where I placed...my best was 51.49??? I ...

Link to SCCA News Article Summary Sports Car Club of America’s Solo Events Board has approved a new supplemental class—Street Touring® R (Roadster), for competition in 2010. The class will have the following requirements and restrictions: - Two seat sports cars - Engine displacements up to 2.8-lite...

WRX11 wrote:Results should be up shortly.

Was I the only one almost bouncing off the rev limited in second at one point during 5/9 Summit Point event?

I was in second the whole time, but my rev limiter is 8.5k. I never even made it into vtec

I do like how BMW club runs their Autox's at the Skid pad. have the start and finish lines at the far end of the course. Use the long road as paddock and cars finishing runs come down the opposite side of the road. This method could possibly allow for slightly longer courses also I was wondering wh...

Driving back to the paddock - while slow, was still not any slower than how we did it the first time (IMO), however it did flow better and felt less congested in the staging area. Does SP have any plans on a staging area, or maybe a parking/paddock lot? I realize where we park now is actually the st...

Weather.com shows a fairly decent day... Summit Point, WV
and my rock outside is dry, so its not raining

how bout..Have fun! These are from the last two events with AI

Next CDC event is May 9th...hopefully no rain then.

aww Bugman1964 said the "pre-payment" word! *grin* The Pre-payment idea/option has been a mixed bag of worms. We all know it should be done for so many reasons ..... but I belive they don't do it for the very reason of no-shows and *cringe* rain outs so that CDC has flexibility. I've talke...

... Idea 3 The Idea behind this is to have an AM and PM group The paddock area is big enough to have a tech inspection and registration tent setup. at either end (backend would be better for tech, front for registration and waiver). AM group = 5 runs PM group = 5 runs Limit # of drivers for each group

First, LOVED the skid pad...I was able to push my car like no other event so far (maybe SCCA)....and that back sweeper was suh-weet! Though I didn't see a whole lot of drivers actually pushing thru there; me, I was on 3 wheels most of the time :P Anyhow...change the format slightly only for Summit P...

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Having people pre-pay does not force them to show up in bad weather. Yes you have the money to pay for the lot but you still may not have enough workers and might have to rearrange heats to get enough workers to work the course. Having an online system was never meant to be a discussion about the r...

A downpour is one thing..and nobody wants to work in that. but a little bit of rain shouldn't be a show stopper...with the current system of hoping enough people show up..it becomes a stopper. If an online system is used there is the option of running or re-scheduling. either way its in favor of the...

Anybody compare the cost of dlbracing event management vs motorsportsreg.com? They both offer what is needed to organize, calendar, register, driver profiles, car profiles, etc... Motorsportsreg offers some nice features, however ... I believe they cost more to use. They charge a 4.5% or 5.0% fee f...

We can setup a yearly season pass as well, with 'special days' for anything above-and-beyond the scope of races commited for the year. Everything below this line represents a hypothetical representation ... IT DOES NOT REFLECT REAL DATA , but merely an attempt to show some value in the system. =====...

Nothing is wrong with the current system, however it doesn't: - Allow you to pre-pay when your register - keep a listing of your vehicles (you have to enter vehicle data every time) - is not linked to your profile - requires CDC to print out slips and keep track of them at the course etc. The system...

Sign-up as either Competitive, or Non-Competitive. If you signup as NON-Comp. Then run what you brung, no street illegal R-compounds. Your here to have fun, check it out, and see what times you can get. No index. If you signup as competitive. Large Bore Index Mods: * R-compound * HP * Weight * Suspe...

With the new locations and such, could we possibly use DLB Racing as our registration Venue? Some of us already have our cars registered there anyway for the SCCA? http://www.dlbracing.com/services/ From what I understand, there is a $50.00 charge per event to use thier system which includes: Online...

Any thoughts on my "1.01 handicap for anything other than OEM springs" idea? IMO...and its just an opinion... Springs won't create a defining win, unless they are part of a whole suspension upgrade and tuned correctly, even then I think the actual gains to be minimal considering our low s...

All sweet news! Sorry I missed the early conversations...just got back from Vermont...it was cold! So for now, for the Summit Point events, should we plan not bring family members/spectators due to space and liability concerns? I know this is jumping the gun, but, any chance that we could get Summit...

I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

CDC, thank you for a fun 2008 season.

I'm off to Vermont for some family and snow!

Cheers!

gnhovis wrote:Here's a link to a picture of the new triple skid pad complex at SP from the NCCBMWCCA forum.
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVx4H50

That is definately a sweet sight! I may need to move closer..hehe.

sweet...let us know how that goes.