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1. I missed my "torque bitch" today...
2. Came to the event drivin' solo for the first time in 5 years. Ended up with 2 co-drivers by lunchtime. That's why they call me "Rev."...
3. Shoulda worn shorts today. Not me, but all of the "easy on the eyes" crowd...
4. .017. I let you drive my car and you beat me by .017...
5. 80 degrees on Nov. 30th. Why do we need a "winter" season again?...
6. One more event in a street tired / PAX indexed class. Thank God...

I want to publicly thank all the Team Blew members who helped make today run so smoothly. Also, I would like to thank all the non-Team Blew people who helped us out over the whole long weekend... Mike S, KJ, Stacey, Mari, Rick, the Jardines, Christine, Brian R, Tom Phillips. etc - we could not have done it without them.

And thank you to everyone ,who understood, that i had to shift workers around just to cover the course, and radios.


every group after the first ,was short of workers.

And a big to everyone who volunteered, to work an extra shift or cover where we were short.

I felt so bad this weekend. Shoulder flopping around trying to dislocate, that causing the neck to spasm. Intense nausea. Weak.

And it was such a blast.

So cool to announce that PAX and PAXL battle. The girls really put on a show. You'd need an obnoxious DJ and a pole to get much more entertaining.

Robert is really being low maintenance at races with the trailer as a home base. And watching Leo and Jon he's back to be excited about karts.

Didn't finish very high in a tough STS field, but I didn't feel that bad about my times. Just wasn't very aggressive. 3 Clean runs? What's that about?

Really proud of little brother picking it up in his 3rd championship. Three runs on the day in the low to mid 62's is very solid for a newbie. And dad came out to watch us both run.

Had a blast in X-runs basically stealing Tom Berry as a private coach for all but one lap of the 5th heat. Too cool. Me in the car is probably an 8 tenths penalty for Tom in an STS Civic. That would have made his first lap with lots of hmmm that didn't work errors pretty darn scary. Fortunately, Tom likes HP. I think STS is safe. But big lesson in setting up, nailing apexes while staying near the ragged edge. I'm still doing the way under, way over flop on trying to stay on that edge through a lap. And sometimes setup and placement get lost in some strange mental fog. Everytime, I'm able to grab Tom for some help, its major major value. And watching him drive your car is amazing.

Also got to see our dear friends David and Julie Avard and enjoyed a nice dinner with them. No trophies, but a great day nonetheless.

Had a blast this weekend. Thanks, Max and Team Blew. Great course, Pete: I really loved today's. The low sun was a bitch. At several points I could see nothing and had to really rely on Evo School training to make the corner. In honor of Thanksgiving I give thanks that I get to do this with such a great bunch of people.

t

This was a great event. Thanks everyone! And as always thanks bro for letting me drive your car.

Curt Luther wrote:1. I missed my "torque bitch" today...

*hugs*

Curt Luther wrote:1. I missed my "torque bitch" today...
2. Came to the event drivin' solo for the first time in 5 years. Ended up with 2 co-drivers by lunchtime. That's why they call me "Rev."...
3. Shoulda worn shorts today. Not me, but all of the "easy on the eyes" crowd...
4. .017. I let you drive my car and you beat me by .017...
5. 80 degrees on Nov. 30th. Why do we need a "winter" season again?...
6. One more event in a street tired / PAX indexed class. Thank God...

7. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight and expect not to get shot.. (Lesson Learned)
8. I get to learn something new every event! This sport is great,

Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
7. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight and expect not to get shot.. (Lesson Learned)
8. I get to learn something new every event! This sport is great,

It would help a bit if you at least sharpened the knife... ;)

Don

Don Salyers wrote:

Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
7. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight and expect not to get shot.. (Lesson Learned)
8. I get to learn something new every event! This sport is great,

It would help a bit if you at least sharpened the knife... ;)

Don

True!

Team Blew, thanks for hosting a great event! The turnaround at P and the entry to the final slalom were simply fantastic and the finish was exactly the way everyone likes 'em: full throttle, straight, with lots of braking room.

Thanks again,

Mike

Thanks Team Blew! I thought the course was awesome. I found out later that the course was so good that one of my steelies cracked .

Very nice event guys and gals !
and thanks for arranging nice weather for us .

Isolated case in run group 4 ... but reminder ... I believe you can only have two drivers per car per group? If you have more then two drivers, the other one/two driver(s) must drive in another group.

Mako Koiwai wrote:Isolated case in run group 4 ... but reminder ... I believe you can only have two drivers per car per group? If you have more then two drivers, the other one/two driver(s) must drive in another group.

Nope. Ladies classes run with their open counterparts...

Curt Luther wrote:

Mako Koiwai wrote:Isolated case in run group 4 ... but reminder ... I believe you can only have two drivers per car per group? If you have more then two drivers, the other one/two driver(s) must drive in another group.

Nope. Ladies classes run with their open counterparts...

seems silly that we'd mandate that up to 4 people drive the same car in the same run group.

MARSHALL!!!!

Don't go turning the ladies into second class citizens. There is no greater sin against humanity than even suggesting that we should seperate ladies and open class run times. Why do you hate the women so much? do you think they are worthless and don't matter?

;)

Marshall Grice wrote:

Curt Luther wrote:

Mako Koiwai wrote:Isolated case in run group 4 ... but reminder ... I believe you can only have two drivers per car per group? If you have more then two drivers, the other one/two driver(s) must drive in another group.

Nope. Ladies classes run with their open counterparts...

seems silly that we'd mandate that up to 4 people drive the same car in the same run group.

We also allow them to run in the next group so they don't hold up the event. All they need to do is ask...

In other words.... Tried to use common sense. Got flamed and attacked and hated forever.

So, people can wait. I do my best to run as fast as I can.

I wish there was a solution to the Jardine Mobile. They have VERY different tire settings and they primarily tune that stock class car with tire adjustments. Not reasonable to ask them to hotlap. And they do go very fast, but its still a hold up with three in the car stopping each run for pressures.

And Glenn... With 3 run groups per session, your solution FAILS!

yes Glen, when you're scheduled to work in the group following your run group, extending into the next group isn't really an option.

I don't think we could bring enough water to grid to keep the Evo from turning into a puddle of molten metal with 4 drivers.

Marshall Grice wrote:yes Glen, when you're scheduled to work in the group following your run group, extending into the next group isn't really an option.

I don't think we could bring enough water to grid to keep the Evo from turning into a puddle of molten metal with 4 drivers.

Recirculating liquid nitrogen?

Marshall Grice wrote:yes Glen, when you're scheduled to work in the group following your run group, extending into the next group isn't really an option.

I don't think we could bring enough water to grid to keep the Evo from turning into a puddle of molten metal with 4 drivers.

And Glenn... With 3 run groups per session, your solution FAILS!

Gee do I have to do all thinking around here??? So you're to run 1 work 2. Fine. Run 2 drivers in one all work 2 and 2 drivers run 3 with the car and tires having lots of time to cool down!!!

I'm sure on a cold damp morning in December, Bill Schenker would have no issue at all with Tom Berry running in the 3rd heat instead of the 1st heat.

Steve Ekstrand wrote:I'm sure on a cold damp morning in December, Bill Schenker would have no issue at all with Tom Berry running in the 3rd heat instead of the 1st heat.

Well nobody liked the idea of having PAXL in their own group... That's the easy way but we like to make things hard...

We've had multiple driver problems before. Delays have even contributed to lost or dark runs at the end of the day.

What if we changed the rule to two drivers max per car per rungroup. Invoke maximum flexibility in handling the resulting issues. Like affected people can work any other group. Third driver can drive in the group until the pregrid runs dry and takes final run(s) at beginning of next group. The driver order is made in a sportsmanlike manner so as to not affect competition at the top. (I.E. if someone has to run at a more favorable time of day) You can do a lot with flexibility and a good attitude.

While there is no perfect solution...letting the course stand empty waiting for one driver to complete multiple runs is even less perfect. If the above doesn't work for you, propose something that does. -- Bill