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on a come from behind win in Vail.

Nice job Bill

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WOOT WOOT!

Vail??
I'm worried he'll fall back into to his old habits. Yeah, it's summer, but still, it is a slippery slope...

Good Job Shnecker! ;)

I'm hoping yours is the first name on that Triple Crown Trophy in CSP.

The car runs? Through a whole weekend???

Steve Ekstrand wrote:The car runs? Through a whole weekend???

I can't see the results on that link but I think he was running either one of the JS (jack stand) or HP (hard parkin') supplemental classes...

Steve Ekstrand wrote:The car runs? Through a whole weekend???

Nope. He had 2 complete brake rotor failures on Friday. Scary. That car is now actively trying to kill him.

Congrats Wilhelm!

Robert Puertas wrote:

Steve Ekstrand wrote:The car runs? Through a whole weekend???

Nope. He had 2 complete brake rotor failures on Friday. Scary. That car is now actively trying to kill him.

}:)

Robert Puertas wrote:

Steve Ekstrand wrote:The car runs? Through a whole weekend???

Nope. He had 2 complete brake rotor failures on Friday. Scary. That car is now actively trying to kill him.

Nice job Bill, congrats.

Ask Bill about the recent modifications to the front brakes in an effort to reduce more weight?

COOL!!! Congratulations!!!

Kathy

Robert Puertas wrote:

Steve Ekstrand wrote:The car runs? Through a whole weekend???

...That car is now actively trying to kill him.

O.K., that's funny!

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Thank you all, (yes, even you, Glenn ;) ) for the kind words!!!

Learned a painful lesson last weekend; do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT run tires @ a National event that has clag/O.P.R. (Other People's Rubber) on them. :ibrightdea:

I used a set from the S.D. Tour that picked-up the stuff after the last run there. I bagged them up and figured I'd clean them off in a couple of runs @ the Friday T'nT. Due to the aforementioned complete rotor failures (did I mention I saved ~8.5lbs/corner over stock?), I never got to try and clean them off. Figured the first run would take care of it on Sat. Not a chance; this stuff was glued on and never came off in 6 runs. The car didn't feel right, and I was getting some really bad understeer (something I never get in the car unless I'm really driving like an idiot) but I'd still come through the finish thinking I'd had a decent run. I was truly shocked at my times and really thought there was a timing problem!

Did I mention that I got beat by every SP, P, Mod class, plus SS, AS and DS?! :unimpressed: :barf: :unimpressed:

I was so depressed Sat. night. I Didn't really realize that the tires were the cause and just thought I drove like crap and dug a hole so deep that there was no way to do better than maybe 2nd.

We put on an old set (30+ runs) of tires, my practice tires, and ran on those for Sunday. Had to sit on my first run (actual first run I stopped for a missplaced cone that the jerk corner chief refused to check out; I had to get a hold of the timing trailer via the Grid Chief to get them to check it - turns out I was the only guy that stopped for it and the only one to get a re-run! It sure pays to memorize the course! It also sure pays off to be lucky!!! That misplaced cone stayed that way for quite a few people before they finally fixed it), but luckily, it was just good enough to come from 4th and ~1.3secs. out, for the win.

Did I also mention that other than the S.D. Tour (where we still had some mysterious dB problems) my car has not had at least one problem @ EVERY race or practice since?! :unimpressed: I am getting soo tired of this...

;)

faster, cheaper & less breaky

I bet Rick and Eric would both let you try out a co-drive...

Robert Puertas wrote: less breaky

I don't think Rick would agree with that statement }:)

Christine Berry wrote:

Robert Puertas wrote: less breaky

I don't think Rick would agree with that statement }:)

I think it has to work before you can consider it breaking again...

Aaron Goldsmith wrote:

Christine Berry wrote:

Robert Puertas wrote: less breaky

I don't think Rick would agree with that statement }:)

I think it has to work before you can consider it breaking again...

Hey, it's only broken once, just taking a long time to figure out what to fix..........

You should just buy Rita's car.

Rick Brown wrote:You should just buy Rita's car.

That means he'd have to join GRA!!!

Giovanni Jaramillo wrote:

Rick Brown wrote:You should just buy Rita's car.

That means he'd have to join GRA!!!

Hmmm, let's see, how many team points has he contributed since we let him into PSCC.........

On the other hand, I suppose he could blame joining PSCC for all his troubles.....

Not to take anything from Bill, but I have to congratulate Drew Little ESP. 1st in PAX couldn't have gone to a nicer guy.

Back when we ran in STX together, we had met once at the Denver National Tour in 2006. In 2007, at Nationals, when my WRX's transmission blew during Shauna's day 2 runs, he literally threw me the keys to his STX prepped WRX so I could run on day 2. All this is after meeting just once at Denver, and then sharing 1 meal at Pat's Pig! :king:

I'll try not to get too dribbly...but people like him are what make this sport so cool, I hope I can affect someone else's autocross experience in a similarly positive way.

Sebastian Rios wrote:Not to take anything from Bill, but I have to congratulate Drew Little ESP. 1st in PAX couldn't have gone to a nicer guy.

Back when we ran in STX together, we had met once at the Denver National Tour in 2006. In 2007, at Nationals, when my WRX's transmission blew during Shauna's day 2 runs, he literally threw me the keys to his STX prepped WRX so I could run on day 2. All this is after meeting just once at Denver, and then sharing 1 meal at Pat's Pig! :king:

I'll try not to get too dribbly...but people like him are what make this sport so cool, I hope I can affect someone else's autocross experience in a similarly positive way.

With all the "murican iron" grublin goin on, poor guy might just get the WRX's throwin into BSP for his trouble if he manages to win at nationals.

Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
With all the "murican iron" grublin goin on, poor guy might just get the WRX's throwin into BSP for his trouble if he manages to win at nationals.

mmmmmm fresh meat.

Marshall Grice wrote:

Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
With all the "murican iron" grublin goin on, poor guy might just get the WRX's throwin into BSP for his trouble if he manages to win at nationals.

mmmmmm fresh meat.

Ok... that was uncalled for!

Aaron Goldsmith wrote: With all the "murican iron" grublin goin on, poor guy might just get the WRX's throwin into BSP for his trouble if he manages to win at nationals.

Nayh, the old ones are OK. '08-'09's are lookin to UD/BD with the STi's.

Tom Berry wrote: Ok... that was uncalled for!

don't worry, the evo will be moved to ASP before the wrx goes to BSP (according to SCCAForums, the official source of such news)






just to be clear the sarcasm is set to level 10 for both of these posts.