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Marshall Grice wrote:

Ken Motonishi wrote:Nice clear video. I wish I could see the course that clearly when I try navigating through it.

apparently the secret to going crazy fast is to close your eyes and hope for the best?

I'll have to try that next time...

If it helps your frame of reference any, I had on the Dunlop Direzza Z1 tires pre-Star Specs. So the Star Specs are supposedly a little better. Thanks again for the help. :thumbup: You're welcome. For the record, your Evo was MUCH easier for me to get a 55-second lap in than my Miata! :oops:

Aaron Goldsmith wrote:

Leonard Cachola wrote:
So.. like.. all the corners then? ;)

Sounds about right.

I think that was me... I remember saying something about you being ready to try out for the Long Beach drift event, you had some serious drift angles going on in the Miata, and It looked like fun! You weren't around for the fun runs after - it was even looser and I was still able to chop off a full...

Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Specs +1 on that. I love these Dunlops. I had no problem finding good grip yesterday. They held in the sweepers quite nicely. I only wish I had pushed them more. I left a lot of time out there always thinking they wouldn't hold when they did so with ease. Gotta get me a set o...

Saw this one on Miata.net recently:

http://www.amazon.com/2-Ton-Low-Rider-F ... B000TRQFH6

e) There will be a guided Novice course walk during the lunch break, and the option of one during the morning walking session. f) There will be separate registration cards for the Novice class g) For cars with Stock, Street Prepared and Prepared Indexes: All cars running tires with a treadwear rati...

b) Eligibility: A person who has competed in fewer then 4 event weekends per year (practice, championship or both in a weekend) within the last 5 years. How about simplifying this to anyone who is still in their first year of autocrossing may participate, but also indicating that they can move into...

OTOH, having a default class to send new people to where they are not going to get eaten alive could really boost retention. I like the idea that this would be a year-long class instead of the way it currently is where you trophy and you're booted out. I think there are quite a few novices who woul...

A couple suggestions: 1. Distribute novices as evenly as possible into the last run group before lunch and the two run groups after lunch, working as appropriate. This minimizes the likelihood of 40 novices distressing our schedule. Mike You do that and you might as well stay with the way it is and...

Bob Beamesderfer wrote:True, but given the level of prep that's legal in ST, there could be NB owners that would be interested. Right now it's CS or CS-SK1 or CSP.

CS-SK2!

Beutzer won C-stock again and Christine has taken SMLadies.

While trying to remove my spare tire on Saturday, the bolt securing it seized up. While trying to loosen it up, we broke the weld holding the nut to the bracket in the trunk, which meant the bolt was now spinning freely. Later, while trying to remove it, we broke the bolt that was securing the spare...

I felt I was killing too much speed by trying to stay inside after the downhill corner on my first two runs, so I decided to just carry my speed out to the wall to cut the course shorter through that section - doing that turned the corner into the slalom into an early apex for me, so I was on the th...

Mako Koiwai wrote:A lot of people over drove the last corner. Looks like you went unnecessarily wide into the corner before the slalom.

When I compared it to video of my previous two slower runs, taking that corner wide was a couple of tenths faster - plus, I was faster through the slalom as well.

On a related note, video from my fourth run in SK2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3jiuHIe8UI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; My memory must be pretty faulty because the line I drove in a couple of spots wasn't the line I taught in the novice course walk during lunch... :oo...

Been working the past few months on revising Norm Roberts' old Novice Guide. Not quite done yet and could use some member feedback (not to mention a few images). Contact me by e-mail at LCACHOLA at YAHOO dot COM if you see anything that needs changing/adding.

Kurt Rahn wrote:My understanding is the the signatures also have to be witnessed by an SCCA member.

They can be notarized, too.

The date on the minor form your dad signed would have to simply say "2008" for you to keep participating for the rest of the year. This form also needs your mom's signature as well, though, unless your dad is your legal 'sole guardian.' Here's the link to the form: http://www.scca.org/docu...

Revised (hopefully for the last time) results posted. Are you saying his two times in SK1 are not correct or that they are not indexed correctly or what? It looks like it's not indexing correctly. In the indexed results, his R-comp times are being used with the SK1/AS index. His index time should b...

Giovanni Jaramillo wrote:August - http://www.solo2.com/minutes.asp

Don't know if this makes any difference, but my last name was misspelled in the minutes - should be Cachola, not Cochola.

Giovanni Jaramillo wrote:Then in December sign up for your SCCA membership (because it...like the region's points card is only valid til the end of the calendar year, not a year from when you sign up).

That's not what my member card says! I got my SCCA membership last June and it expires in June.

The 3 line gig at signup had ALL newbies confused. How about we *help* them. Like MickeyD's does?? They GO out into the line and start working the line getting people's "orders" ?? Unfortunately, the lines seem confusing to veterans, too - seems that way every event. Some signage might he...

Now let me think, what is the sexiest looking sports car out there................mmmmmm..............ummmmmmm................I know, the S2000 Well, now that's opening a whole can of worms, isn't it? I think there are quite a few Corvette/Porsche/Lotus/Ferrari/Lambo/etc. owners/fans who would disa...

Bob Beamesderfer wrote:

Christine Berry wrote:So for a re-cap, just at the thought of making a regional shirt you have these people interested in at least one:
E. West
Gio
Schillings x2
T. Barrett
A. van der Graff
KJ Christopher
K. Rahn

any one else?

I'd get one.

Count me in, too.