Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
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Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
http://youtu.be/3rkOYO9BgXg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
4th run, my best of day. 90.371 sec. I never got the turnaround at 0:23 correct... first two runs I blew past it and the last two I slowed down waaaaay too much.
Congrats to Kurt for another win in SK2! Watch your back, buddy.
4th run, my best of day. 90.371 sec. I never got the turnaround at 0:23 correct... first two runs I blew past it and the last two I slowed down waaaaay too much.
Congrats to Kurt for another win in SK2! Watch your back, buddy.
Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
THAT is a GREAT run, Davin! Maybe I can't tell from the video, but it looked as though you got the 0:23 "turnaround" quite well on this run, and your time would certainly suggest that was true. I'm amazed at your smoothness and that "newBee" Miata has power. Certainly compared to my oldie. BTW, how did you like the Star Specs? Wait til it's warmer weatherwise.Davin Swanson wrote:http://youtu.be/3rkOYO9BgXg
4th run, my best of day. 90.371 sec. I never got the turnaround at 0:23 correct... first two runs I blew past it and the last two I slowed down waaaaay too much.
Congrats to Kurt for another win in SK2! Watch your back, buddy.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
Davin, you kicked butt today! I couldn't believe some of the times you put down. You're learning fast!Davin Swanson wrote:Congrats to Kurt for another win in SK2! Watch your back, buddy.
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Thanks guys! Ed, I think I slowed down way too much in that corner. For some reason I was thinking that I had to slalom onto the other side of the first cone after the apex, so I was setting myself up for that. I think I could have taken a faster line. Loving the star specs, but I think the -1.4/-1.9 deg camber alignment is helping too. My whole tread gets warm now instead of just the outer third.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
Here's my run (84.086)
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCS8VKz7nvQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
82.426 - 2nd in STR... again...
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
Here's my last run, an 89.247. I love this course. I was on the limiter for a while in three different places. Yee haw!
http://vimeo.com/38807769" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://vimeo.com/38807769" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Oversteer is better than understeer because you don't see the tree you're hitting.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
I thought this was interesting to watch. My last run and Max's last run side by side (so to speak). Same car, same course, same conditions. You can get a good idea how little things ( poor car position, getting behind, braking too late, lifting off the gas when you should have been flat, how soon you can get on the gas out of a corner, etc.) can add up quickly to make your time longer.
BTW, audio is from my run. It was interesting to compare the sound of our acceleration too, but it was really annoying to listen to at the same time
http://vimeo.com/38808624" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
BTW, audio is from my run. It was interesting to compare the sound of our acceleration too, but it was really annoying to listen to at the same time
http://vimeo.com/38808624" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
Might have been interesting to you Kurt.......had me spinning in my chair before the end of the first slalom.Kurt Rahn wrote:I thought this was interesting to watch. My last run and Max's last run side by side (so to speak). Same car, same course, same conditions. You can get a good idea how little things ( poor car position, getting behind, braking too late, lifting off the gas when you should have been flat, how soon you can get on the gas out of a corner, etc.) can add up quickly to make your time longer.
http://vimeo.com/38808624" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
But it will be interesting for you to keep that and compare the same thing a couple years from now. Folks may not remember that I used to beat Joey routinely. Now the only way I can beat him is if he doesn't show up.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
Crap... TWO Rahns to beat! Kurt, can't you tell Max to take up, like, knitting or something instead of autox? }:)George Schilling wrote: But it will be interesting for you to keep that and compare the same thing a couple years from now. Folks may not remember that I used to beat Joey routinely. Now the only way I can beat him is if he doesn't show up.
Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
Oh, I know it's coming. I have to get my licks in now while I canGeorge Schilling wrote:Might have been interesting to you Kurt.......had me spinning in my chair before the end of the first slalom.Kurt Rahn wrote:I thought this was interesting to watch. My last run and Max's last run side by side (so to speak). Same car, same course, same conditions. You can get a good idea how little things ( poor car position, getting behind, braking too late, lifting off the gas when you should have been flat, how soon you can get on the gas out of a corner, etc.) can add up quickly to make your time longer.
http://vimeo.com/38808624" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
But it will be interesting for you to keep that and compare the same thing a couple years from now. Folks may not remember that I used to beat Joey routinely. Now the only way I can beat him is if he doesn't show up.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
Yeah... every time I think I drove pretty well, I go home and look at the data with the video and just do one big <headdesk>.Kurt Rahn wrote:You can get a good idea how little things ( poor car position, getting behind, braking too late, lifting off the gas when you should have been flat, how soon you can get on the gas out of a corner, etc.) can add up quickly to make your time longer.
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Thanks for keeping the announcements going at the end. Priceless.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
This was my first ever autocross event and it was a blast! I was a little disoriented since I didn't know how to do anything and don't know anybody who has done it before. It also didn't help that I was only able to sleep for about 3 hours Sat night but none of that matters--I'm definitely doing it again next month and eventually I'll get the hang of it
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If I had another 50 runs or so I think I might have been able to match the time the instructor set in my car ;)
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If I had another 50 runs or so I think I might have been able to match the time the instructor set in my car ;)
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
Amen! I've got over 4 years worth of data from the evo and every single run has some sort of mistake in it.Leonard Cachola wrote:Yeah... every time I think I drove pretty well, I go home and look at the data with the video and just do one big <headdesk>.Kurt Rahn wrote:You can get a good idea how little things ( poor car position, getting behind, braking too late, lifting off the gas when you should have been flat, how soon you can get on the gas out of a corner, etc.) can add up quickly to make your time longer.
The really tough part is finding the mistakes you can't see yourself and then training yourself to see them so that you can fix them. I used to think I did "perfect" laps all the time....and then i started putting my data next to Toms.
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Hi Curt, welcome to the addiction! Hope you had fun and will make it out to more events. Were you able to get any instruction during your runs?Curt Thompson wrote:Last Run:
http://youtu.be/cK-jhpkadd8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
One comment on your video, though - in the future, no hand-held cameras for either your passengers or you during your run, please. It's a safety issue. The last thing you want is for that camera to become a projectile and hit you, your passenger, or a course worker. Thanks.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
that's cheating ...Marshall Grice wrote:and then i started putting my data next to Toms.
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Based on Sunday's results, it works quite well though.Julian Manolov wrote:that's cheating ...Marshall Grice wrote:and then i started putting my data next to Toms.
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Understood. For the record, I didn't ask her to record anything and if she had warned me what she was going to do I would have told her not to. In any case, it won't happen in the future. Funnily enough, the video in question is about 90 seconds of dashboard and totally pointless.Leonard Cachola wrote:Hi Curt, welcome to the addiction! Hope you had fun and will make it out to more events. Were you able to get any instruction during your runs?Curt Thompson wrote:Last Run:
http://youtu.be/cK-jhpkadd8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
One comment on your video, though - in the future, no hand-held cameras for either your passengers or you during your run, please. It's a safety issue. The last thing you want is for that camera to become a projectile and hit you, your passenger, or a course worker. Thanks.
As for instruction, I was able to get one instructor run and one lap with the instructor as a passenger (after my 1st run DNF'd) so I did three on my own. I would have done more but I think there were only a couple of instructors available and the one who helped me had to go help some other people.
Definitely coming out for more events; in fact I'm about to register for the April event so I'll see you there.
My wife is a photographer & took some photos in the time she wasn't trying to get me in trouble by taking video in the car. Some of them can be seen here:
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
I always thought this was a strange rule - we're wearing helmets and who can't take a body shot from a 1-pound camera (or much less in the case of a smartphone)?Leonard Cachola wrote:One comment on your video, though - in the future, no hand-held cameras for either your passengers or you during your run, please. It's a safety issue. The last thing you want is for that camera to become a projectile and hit you, your passenger, or a course worker. Thanks.
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Maybe more likely than that is a case where the phone/camera slips out of the passenger's hands and slides around on the dashboard distracting the driver, possibly endangering the courseworkers who expect the driver to be paying attention to the course. Plus, there's the tearing up as you watch your $600 phone fly out the window at 60MPH.Will Kalman wrote:I always thought this was a strange rule - we're wearing helmets and who can't take a body shot from a 1-pound camera (or much less in the case of a smartphone)?Leonard Cachola wrote:One comment on your video, though - in the future, no hand-held cameras for either your passengers or you during your run, please. It's a safety issue. The last thing you want is for that camera to become a projectile and hit you, your passenger, or a course worker. Thanks.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
1lb cameras are a relatively new thing. i think when the rule came about people were still leaning video cameras on their shoulders.Will Kalman wrote:I always thought this was a strange rule - we're wearing helmets and who can't take a body shot from a 1-pound camera (or much less in the case of a smartphone)?Leonard Cachola wrote:One comment on your video, though - in the future, no hand-held cameras for either your passengers or you during your run, please. It's a safety issue. The last thing you want is for that camera to become a projectile and hit you, your passenger, or a course worker. Thanks.
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Re: Photos/videos March 18th PSCC Autocross Sunday
if it was not working well it wouldn't be cheating ...Rick Brown wrote:Based on Sunday's results, it works quite well though.Julian Manolov wrote:that's cheating ...Marshall Grice wrote:and then i started putting my data next to Toms.