Reservations are Now Open for 9/15/12 and 9/16/12

Post by **echan** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:34 pm

We're back at Harry Grove on Saturday September 15th for the autocross and TNT on Sunday September 16th.

We are now taking reservations for members (and their guests) in the Schedule Section. Non-members can make a reservation starting on Friday September 7th.

Ed

madrian · Post by **madrian** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:36 am

Looking forward to another great event. May even have the Vette back up and running by that point!

Wade Chamberlain · Post by **Wade Chamberlain** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 4:29 pm

wassup w/ the vette?

v10climber · Post by **v10climber** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:47 am

Wade Chamberlain wrote:wassup w/ the vette?

Do you want the cliffnotes or the whole list?

clutch and starter for one. It broke at the last Frederick event like 3 runs in. Clutch pedal went to the floor and won't pop back up. Which probably means the clutch hydraulics are messed up somehow in addition to the clutch just being old/worn and slipping.

On a somewhat related note we fixed the hesitation and exhaust leak in the GTI so mike's tooling around town in my sti, his MG B or our $600 GTI

madrian · Post by **madrian** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:35 am

Wade Chamberlain wrote:wassup w/ the vette?

Nick pretty much nailed it. They're fabbing up a new twin disc clutch for me (the previous owner had a stock clutch with 550rwhp...easy to see the failure point).

On top of that, the tune on the car was never quite right (wouldn't re-start after hot, ran incredibly rich, hesitated on throttle, and had no engine braking), so I'm throwing in a tune to boot.

Hopefully it will drive great once I get it back, but my pockets are sure going to be empty for a while.

Cheers,

Mike

neonphase · Post by **neonphase** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:56 pm

So can we please have consistent rain or no rain at all this time?
I wish I had snap on wheels so I didn't have to spend 20 min to change them all out.

Also any one know where I can get 100+ Unleaded ? Might pick some up so I can run my "Race" tune

ferris · Post by **ferris** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:45 am

E85 with a different tune is probably the easiest in this area

03threefiftyz · Post by **03threefiftyz** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:02 pm

neonphase wrote:So can we please have consistent rain or no rain at all this time?
I wish I had snap on wheels so I didn't have to spend 20 min to change them all out.

Also any one know where I can get 100+ Unleaded ? Might pick some up so I can run my "Race" tune

Sunoco on 40 or myersville. It's a quite a bit cheaper at the pump in Summit Point, though. I usually grab 10 gallons when I go up there.

neonphase · Post by **neonphase** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:44 am

Wait the Sunoco on 40 has it? I thought I checked them out before but they stopped. Well I can check it out next time I am on 40. I found this link and it points out myersville
http://www.racegas.com/fuelfinder

Also man I am promoting as much as I can on all the forums that I am on but I notice that not to many people have signed up
What gives?

NoVA_STi · Post by **NoVA_STi** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:57 am

neonphase wrote: Also man I am promoting as much as I can on all the forums that I am on but I notice that not to many people have signed up
What gives?

Wow...just noticed that. What happens if registration is minimal?

neonphase · Post by **neonphase** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:00 pm

Lots of Runs?

FamilyTruckster · Post by **FamilyTruckster** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:06 pm

I signed up. I'm down for lots of runs. Maybe I can get used to driving the barge again.

NoVA_STi · Post by **NoVA_STi** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:31 pm

neonphase wrote:Lots of Runs?

Good. Was just wondering. I'm still new with autocross and especially this club, so I'm unfamiliar with what would happen if there was minimal registration...evidently, we've crossed that threshold with 31 reservations.

ericw · Post by **ericw** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:25 pm

We get more points than normal?

Post by **echan** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:54 pm

NoVA_STi wrote:
neonphase wrote:Lots of Runs?
Good. Was just wondering. I'm still new with autocross and especially this club, so I'm unfamiliar with what would happen if there was minimal registration...evidently, we've crossed that threshold with 31 reservations.

Typically, we give 6 runs, but if we field is small, we will either increase the course time and/or increase the number of runs.

Keep in mind, often the field doesn't fill out until later in the week.

FamilyTruckster · Post by **FamilyTruckster** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:49 pm

Can I be #206 instead of #903?

Forgot to toss that in the comments when I signed up.

Thanks!

Post by **echan** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:28 pm

FamilyTruckster wrote:Can I be #206 instead of #903?

Forgot to toss that in the comments when I signed up.

Thanks!

Sure. You can use your old number. You know if you attend one more event, it would have been cheaper to renew your membership!

neonphase · Post by **neonphase** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:25 am

So 50 people registered for Sat and 27 people registered for Sun as of today

neonphase · Post by **neonphase** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:05 am

Update 55 for Sat and 33 for Sun and perfect weather for all of it!

v10climber · Post by **v10climber** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:31 am

I just hope my tires make it through the whole event. Stupid big heavy Subaru eating through a set of Star Specs in less than a season...

yardy8301 · Post by **yardy8301** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:44 am

30% miatas. should be fun to compare.

Goal: not be the slowest miata........ yea, I set my goals pretty high.

neonphase · Post by **neonphase** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:07 pm

crap my wife just filled up the tank all the way to the top............

FamilyTruckster · Post by **FamilyTruckster** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:45 pm

Yeah, I know Ed. Just take my money!

Wow, how heavy is the subie? My wagon is 4500 and isn't hard on tires at all.

NoVA_STi · Post by **NoVA_STi** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:27 pm

Once again, I had a ton of fun today! I had a few off-course issues at the beginning, but it was still fun. I'd thought about buying two slots. I did that at one of the Winchester meets and I was so busy I almost lost my mind.

I think it was BugBomb that spent time with me and revealed my errors. He also shared a few tips . Thanks, man!

Here are a two vids of mine:

http://youtu.be/43UJmPLHGNk

http://youtu.be/LGh9s50GupE

I wanted to capture my driving for fun, but found that I can also use it to evaluate my driving. I found a lot of issues.

Plus, I got a ton of phone footage of other drivers racing...gonna use those to examine their driving techniques.

jadams1217 · Post by **jadams1217** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:13 pm

I too had a lot of fun today as well as had my fair share of off course issues.

I also have footage of my two best runs, which may be useful for people if they want to get a slow time, but look cool while doing it.

http://youtu.be/cerdGZyKovs
http://youtu.be/5nY4feXvJYQ

I also want to say thanks to the organizers and I hope I can shave some more time of my runs tomorrow at the Test & Tune.

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