autocross.......

[Evothis]

whens the next autocross in the tristate area????

[Snoozie]

i think there is something going on this sunday. i dont know specifics tho

[peteyturbo]

Boeing heli pad..

[Twin_Cam]

Yea, Boeing Helicopter Plant, Ridley Park, PA. Philly Region. Event Detals (http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frmEventDetail.Show?psevent_id=4846&psrnd=.07973283397939211819960355064194379034)

[Gorilla Unit 33]

yeah i think i might go!

[peteyturbo]

Looks like we had to register ahead of time..Can anyone verify this??

[Twin_Cam]

I don't think any one Philly's events are pre-reg only. I find it very hard to believe. If anyone is there in the morning, look for the loud blue Saturn. That's me, say hi.

[03tarmacblack]

Looks like we had to register ahead of time..Can anyone verify this??
Looks like you cant register online anymore, but it says you can register between 8:30 and 9:30 before the event.

[cravej]

Looks like you cant register online anymore, but it says you can register between 8:30 and 9:30 before the event.Yep, pre-registration isn't necessary, it just saves some time in the morning so you don't have to wait in line. I'll be there in the white wrx with white wheels.:driving:

[peteyturbo]

Hmm, mabye I'll go then..How fast of a course is this and how tire freindly is the surface?? Also, is anyone going that will be taking pictures??

[EVO8YOU]

isn't there one tomarrow at giants stadium?

[peteyturbo]

bumpsydaiseyHmm, mabye I'll go then..How fast of a course is this and how tire freindly is the surface?? Also, is anyone going that will be taking pictures??

[9 Ball]

… and I’m at work ‘till 4:00 with the Boeing plant right down the road.:mad:

[peteyturbo]

anyone here run at boeing? Post up the results..

[adamkob32]

I ran at the Hometown Fairgrounds today in Tamaqua, PA with NEPA SCCA. Once again something breaks on my car. Lost the alternator. Still brought her home in 2nd. What a rain storm.

--Adam

[Twin_Cam]

Woot! 1st in E Prepared, bishes.

[joe tom]

i ran at boeing today, took first place in novice, lol. it was a good time :)

[adamkob32]

Here are my videos from the NEPA event today, rain rain go away!!!

http://www.team-crm.com/video/adam060406.wmv

You may right click, save target as.

--Adam

[Gorilla Unit 33]

Woot! 1st in E Prepared, bishes.
yeah i seen that loud blue saturn you were talkin about! hahaha that thing is next to being the loudest car there, first being that black Miata

[Twin_Cam]

yeah i seen that loud blue saturn you were talkin about! hahaha that thing is next to being the loudest car there, first being that black Miata

Yea, that thing was painfully loud. At least my car sounds half-decent.....I think it does anyway, I only hear it inside.

And thanks :) Being loud is fun. I drove by this group of people today in grid, and they had their backs to me, and I was a dick and blipped the throttle, and they jumped. It amused me.

Which car were you driving? The only TST car I recognized there was Dan's orange/red Skyline-engined Nissan.

[Gorilla Unit 33]

Which car were you driving? The only TST car I recognized there was Dan's orange/red Skyline-engined Nissan.
i didnt participate in the autocross event actually today unfortunately i just watched. it was my first time for staying so long. but i think after going for a ride throught the course i might have to try the whole autocross thing out next time its arround me, cause this time it was literally 5 minz from my house

[US_R33]

anybody got any pics from today's event???

[philly_s14]

anybody got any pics from today's event???
i'm assuming this was your car? i heard the RB running haha. :mrgreen:
http://photos-184.facebook.com/ip005/v24/162/33/8205071/n8205071_30888184_4092.jpg

I was there in the green kouki and my friend's car was the red zenki. my gf told me you talked to her haha.
http://photos-210.facebook.com/ip005/v24/162/33/8205071/n8205071_30888210_9419.jpg
http://photos-211.facebook.com/ip005/v24/162/33/8205071/n8205071_30888211_493.jpg

[US_R33]

i'm assuming this was your car? i heard the RB running haha. :mrgreen:
http://photos-184.facebook.com/ip005/v24/162/33/8205071/n8205071_30888184_4092.jpg

I was there in the green kouki and my friend's car was the red zenki. my gf told me you talked to her haha.
http://photos-210.facebook.com/ip005/v24/162/33/8205071/n8205071_30888210_9419.jpg
http://photos-211.facebook.com/ip005/v24/162/33/8205071/n8205071_30888211_493.jpg
thanx for the pic :thumbup: the kouki's looked nice and clean....PM me sometime we'll talk more

- Daniel

[Smokescreen]

I was there too. I showed up around 12ish. I think I saw jdmwrxwagon staging for the 2nd heat...did you have blue tape on your lights? Also saw the green kouki and the red zenki. Anyone see the Honda Accord with 4 foglights that looked like a wrx? The announcer was trying to get people that were parked on the street to come in and he called it a "Subaru".

The Silver Evo MR was pretty sick.

[joe tom]

I was there too. I showed up around 12ish. I think I saw jdmwrxwagon staging for the 2nd heat...did you have blue tape on your lights? Also saw the green kouki and the red zenki. Anyone see the Honda Accord with 4 foglights that looked like a wrx? The announcer was trying to get people that were parked on the street to come in and he called it a "Subaru".

The Silver Evo MR was pretty sick.

yeah, that was me with the taped x's, lol. that accord was nuts! he came in the lot earlier, i saw him signing wavers and thought for sure he was gonna auto-x it, but no such luck. and yes that MR was amazing!

[TougeMonster]

i ran at boeing today, took first place in novice, lol. it was a good time :)
i thought i had the fastest time with a 36.7?

[Snoozie]

i ran at boeing today, took first place in novice, lol. it was a good time :)

congrats joe. sorry we couldnt make it for some moral support :(

[Mr Tomtastic]

I was there. Met up with Joe. I ran terrible and I blame it on my tires. I just got new tires friday and had trouble getting the air preasure right, and I'm sure they weren't broken in properly.

Congrats Joe on first in novice!

[Gorilla Unit 33]

I was there in the green kouki and my friend's car was the red zenki. my gf told me you talked to her haha.
ahh i saw you and your boy me and thre other tristate members walked by you two as you were standing next to your cars at the end of dans class run's. i said nice rides to you both.

[Gorilla Unit 33]

I was there. Met up with Joe. I ran terrible and I blame it on my tires. I just got new tires friday and had trouble getting the air preasure right, and I'm sure they weren't broken in properly.

Congrats Joe on first in novice!
ohh ohh and i saw you too!!!! lol

[peteyturbo]

I ran the MR, but I did pretty ****ty..I think I placed 2nd to you Joe..I ran a 37 something as my best..It was pretty much my only clean run and the only time I didn't turn before I was actually supposed to for the slalom..Oh well, Hopefully next time At mack will be better..

[peteyturbo]

I think I had the only MR there but there was a white EVO there that was pretty nasty with the wide tires..I was there too. I showed up around 12ish. I think I saw jdmwrxwagon staging for the 2nd heat...did you have blue tape on your lights? Also saw the green kouki and the red zenki. Anyone see the Honda Accord with 4 foglights that looked like a wrx? The announcer was trying to get people that were parked on the street to come in and he called it a "Subaru".

The Silver Evo MR was pretty sick.

[US_R33]

I think I had the only MR there but there was a white EVO there that was pretty nasty with the wide tires..
it was a silver MR in SM and he was running 275s front and rear :devil:

[Mr Tomtastic]

I'm pretty sure the white evo was Ian. He was one of the AWD instructors at the novice school.

[peteyturbo]

I must have missed it,I was there from about 12 until 4:30..it was a silver MR in SM and he was running 275s front and rear :devil:

[philly_s14]

ahh i saw you and your boy me and thre other tristate members walked by you two as you were standing next to your cars at the end of dans class run's. i said nice rides to you both.
haha i dont remember i was too busy focusing on the course but thanks!

[peteyturbo]

Heres the results.. http://www.phillyscca.com/solo2/results/2006/SO060406.TXT I got 5th and Joe got 1st in Novice..Anyone know how this scoring system works?? I had a 37.3..

[peteyturbo]

BTW WTF are kouki's?

[piknockout]

Yeah, placement in Novice is based on the PAX classing. Essentialy you have your RAW time, and then there is a handicapped percentage placed on your time depending on what class you run in. If you run with others in your own class, then RAW time is the winner of the class. But if you run in a mixed class like PRO or Novice, then it's your PAX time that determines the winner of the class.

I unfortunately couldn't make it out this past weekend, but there are two more events coming up.

Sunday, June 11th at Atco Raceway in Atco, NJ with the South Jersey Region. Check out www.sjr-scca.org for more details.

Saturday, June 17th at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD with Autocrossers Inc.

I will be at both events, just look for the "Yellow Thunder" tearing up STX. :D

[peteyturbo]

I need race tires badly..Tearing up thess 1000 dollar a set street tires is annoying when they last less then 10k miles..

[cravej]

BTW WTF are kouki's?
I think it is some sort of JDM Rice.
http://www.jmetenterprises.com/ProductImages/240sx_89/240sx_89_jdm_taillights_rps13_05.jpg

[peteyturbo]

:rotfl: I think it is some sort of JDM Rice.
http://www.jmetenterprises.com/ProductImages/240sx_89/240sx_89_jdm_taillights_rps13_05.jpg

[peteyturbo]

Why am I in a faster class then other AWD cars with race rubber?? Can some brek this down for as to how their classification system works?? I'm more used to the SS and SM classification that seems to be a bit more fair..

[cravej]

Why am I in a faster class then other AWD cars with race rubber?? Can some brek this down for as to how their classification system works?? I'm more used to the SS and SM classification that seems to be a bit more fair..I assume you are running in SM. SM allows lots of power upgrades, lots of suspension work and R-compound tires. FTD (fastest time of the day) was set by a SM car, Mike Fineburg and his EVO with a 32.962.

What modifications does your car have?

[peteyturbo]

I was in AS class??? Not sure at all about what this class entails.. I just want to be sure I can choose the right parts to do better in theese races..My car only has a cat back exhaust, otherwise stock..I assume you are running in SM. SM allows lots of power upgrades, lots of suspension work and R-compound tires. FTD (fastest time of the day) was set by a SM car, Mike Fineburg and his EVO with a 32.962.

What modifications does your car have?

[peteyturbo]

Ah, I found the classification page..But I find it very strange that I am competing against cars with race rubber, which is very stupid IMHO..Unbelieveably, the Mini is in a slower class then the EVO, which is at a huge disadvantage on theese tiny tracks..Mabye I should look more into track days, seems to be more of my thing anyway..I find that half the time I am spending is trying to associate the placement of theese cones in relation to the track, and I always get it messed up..My RX7 would be more suited for this type of thing anyway..

[US_R33]

I must have missed it,I was there from about 12 until 4:30..
he was running with me in SM.....we were running until about 1:30ish

and kouki is japanese for later.....so a kouki s14 for example, is a 97-98 s14

s13 kouki tail lights refer to the JDM 180sx tail lights from the last few years the chassis was in production

- Daniel

[cravej]

Ah, I found the classification page..But I find it very strange that I am competing against cars with race rubber, which is very stupid IMHO..Unbelieveably, the Mini is in a slower class then the EVO, which is at a huge disadvantage on theese tiny tracks..Mabye I should look more into track days, seems to be more of my thing anyway..I find that half the time I am spending is trying to associate the placement of theese cones in relation to the track, and I always get it messed up..My RX7 would be more suited for this type of thing anyway..Yeah, it's kind of backwards to use race tires in a stock class, but the tires evolved faster than the rules and the R-compounds are still DOT approved. :confused: The other weird stock class rule allows you to change shocks. The rules let you replace the parts that wear out, but the rules are a little relaxed, because you can replace the shocks with double adjustables and still be in stock class.:bigeek:

[Twin_Cam]

And Stock class also allows changing front sway bars, because clearly they're wear items.

Haha.

[joe tom]

so what is the number in the far right hand corner of the times list? is that your average w/handicap included? i knew there was better raw times than me in novice. i'm a bit confused still on the ranking.

[piknockout]

The number on the far right in the Novice class is your PAX adjusted time. If you notice in the overall rankings, the time to the right in your Novice ranking is the same number. If you look at the times under the names, you'll see everyone's RAW times.

And peteyturbo, not sure which one your car qualifies for, but you should try to run STX or STU. You have many more options for upgrades and it is a street tire class, so no R-compounds. I think that could be more fitting for you.

Also as it relates to the course, Boeing is the smallest lot that the Philly Region SCCA runs on, so not a typical course layout. You should try and make it out to a Warminster or a Ripken Stadium event. I promise you'll find it worth your time. Much more open, longer, and faster. And you'll get used to figuring out the cones. After a few events it starts to become second nature. Now if only I could get myself to naturally look ahead! :mad:

[92dxman]

I saw one tst sticker in the afternoon heat on the back of a silver WRX and spotted the orange Silvia....

[a2low240]

Good times, I'm glad I went and polished up my grip driving skills. I think I got told that it was not a drift event about 4 times before I was even on track.. haha.. I still wonder how that plymouth boat out ran me. I know the guy was a seasoned vetran but damn, he really pushes that boat hard..

#70 SM class.

[piknockout]

Yeah, Matt's not too bad in the old boat. Even on a tight course like that. Also that course was one that was laid out near the end of last season, so there was no learning the course for him I'm sure.

[Smokescreen]

I must have missed it,I was there from about 12 until 4:30..
I think I remember seeing you there. Only MR in that graphite color right? I got there around the same time. The MR with the 275s all around was after an older M3 (late 90's) and before a yellow Vette. I remember that b/c the older guy in the Vette was messin with him saying stuff like, "What does the MR mean? Master Ricer? Master Racer?" He churned out 33-32 second runs consistantly and was pretty quick in the last 180º turn, usually putting it on 3 wheels.

No, the "not a drifting event" was directed to the blue old school BMW that would drift some of the turns.

Why don't all of the AutoX guys put together a FAQ or something and make it a sticky?

[piknockout]

I know of a few FAQ's online. I'll try and post it up sometime this week. Good idea BTW. ;)

[peteyturbo]

Also a sticky for the events would be nice too since I seem to not know about half of them..I know of a few FAQ's online. I'll try and post it up sometime this week. Good idea BTW. ;)

[piknockout]

Also a sticky for the events would be nice too since I seem to not know about half of them..

Check out www.myautoevents.com and you can do searches for autocrosses, road course events, drag race events, etc. It's pretty cool, you should check it out.

[piknockout]

For anyone interested there's an event in the morning at Atco Raceway. ;)