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Crazy ... Steve won STS by almost three seconds ... on his first runs! Almost as good as Ken winning by that much with only one clean run!

You only had tires for one run on that course. After 6 runs in the first heat with the girls, an 8/10th of a course red flag then giddy up to clear the finish for Annie, I had no front tire left for the last two laps. The rears were "perfect"

I guess I should have swapped them, but Team International Allstars and their pit crew swapping tires still couldn't manage to improve on first runs and I blame that on tires.

Imagine if it was really hot???

it's crazier that Motonishi paxed out 3th overall with no clean runs on sunday!

he must have been cheating...

Imagine if the BerryEvo had an Air Dam ...

Mako Koiwai wrote:Imagine if the BerryEvo had an Air Dam ...

we didn't have enough gear/power for that course.

I wonder if Max would have done better against Rick without the wing?

Mako Koiwai wrote:I wonder if Max would have done better against Rick without the wing?

Nope - I would have done better against Rick if I had a) figured out what was wrong with the handling of the car earlier in the weekend and b) not made mistakes on both my Sat/Sun fast runs i.e. driven better

And even then, I'm not sure I could have beaten Rick.

Mako Koiwai wrote:I wonder if Max would have done better against Rick without the wing?

2nd gear goes to 54MPH.. case closed. Someone at Subaru should have been fired, haha.

Come on Max you could have just copied and pasted Marshall's answer, "we didn't have enough gear/power for that course."

Marshall Grice wrote:it's crazier that Motonishi paxed out 3th overall with no clean runs on sunday!

he must have been cheating...

If cheating means going to work then yup he's a cheater. How can we compete with guys who drive at the limit on that surface for a living?

Since this is now an excuse thread, I'll blame "new" tires that were 3 years old before ever touching tarmac.

My answer is the same as Marshall's with the addition of not having enough tire.

Marshall Grice wrote:

Mako Koiwai wrote:Imagine if the BerryEvo had an Air Dam ...

we didn't have enough gear/power for that course.

Cough, cough, bu&#^#$%, cough, cough...

Guys comeon, I had a real excuse!
I was driving an automatic boat with less power than the last VW I drove... and it wasn't one of those dual clutch automatics either.
I can't believe some people in my class thought the Jetta I brought out to ET was the same Rabbit S I drove in SDR...
more weight, a trunk, an auto, 2 more doors, a totally different front end, chrome grill...

Michael Palero wrote:I can't believe some people in my class thought the Jetta I brought out to ET was the same Rabbit S I drove in SDR...
more weight, a trunk, an auto, 2 more doors, a totally different front end, chrome grill...

Guilty! Most recent VW's look all the same to me. Anyhow, it was just a blur to me on course in SD so I didn't get a good look

Is it possible that NorCal took top PAX at all three divisional events? The region that doesn't even have a PAX class? hmmmmm....interesting.

Very early smack talk for DIVISIONAL 2009!

Bill Schenker wrote:

Marshall Grice wrote:

Mako Koiwai wrote:Imagine if the BerryEvo had an Air Dam ...

we didn't have enough gear/power for that course.

Cough, cough, bu&#^#$%, cough, cough...

Well i guess if we could fit 415's (equivalent tire/weight ratio of your miata adjusted for how much more we weigh) I wouldn't be complaing about not having any power.

Marshall Grice wrote:
Well i guess if we could fit 415's (equivalent tire/weight ratio of your miata adjusted for how much more we weigh) I wouldn't be complaing about not having any power.

Yeah, while I was literally coming out of corners leaning forward trying to make my 140ft/lb/1990lb car accelerate - or sipin' my soy latte heading down all those long straights.

Bill Schenker wrote:
Yeah, while I was literally coming out of corners leaning forward trying to make my 140ft/lb/1990lb car accelerate - or sipin' my soy latte heading down all those long straights.

Hey, all I have to say is you out paxed (what the hell am I talking about...you out RAW TIMED) the evil berrymobile on what clearly was a power course. So you can talk about only having 140ftlbs but I think the results are pretty clear.

• 1 141 Andrew McKee 2008 Mazda RX7 SFR 0.867 122.548716
  2 41 Teresa Neidel-McKee 1993 Mazda RX7 SFR 0.867 123.76425
  3 191 Kenichi Motonishi 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Cal Club 0.862 123.81337
  4 82 Henry Botkin 2002 Chevrolet Z28 SFR 0.841 124.996989
  5 114 Bill Schenker 1999 Mazda 10AE Miata CalClub 0.856 125.07016
  6 143 Jeff Kiesel 2008 KFR Sprite San Diego 0.887 125.391642
  7 172 Tom Berry 2006 Mitsubishi Evo IX RS cal-club 0.86 125.71996
  8 183 Jason Uyeda 2004 Honda S2000 Cal Club 0.858 125.775936
  9 171 Gary Thomason 2004 Porsche GT3 SDR 0.852 125.984388
  10 172 Marshall Grice 2006 Mitsubishi Evo 9 RS Cal Club 0.858 126.07023
  11 186 Steve Eguina 2003 Porsche GT2 CalClub 0.862 126.124392
  12 199 Mark Huffman 1965 Lotus Elan AZR 0.89 126.27409
  13 160 Reijo Silvennoinen 2002 Honda S2000 CSCC 0.842 126.560178
  14 178 Chris Cox 2005 Porsche GT3 SFR 0.852 126.595272
  15 166 Mike DeJesus 1991 Ford Mustang SFR 0.864 126.620064
  16 197 Brian Peters 2006 Mazda MX-5 AZR 0.856 126.717104
  17 199 Ryan Buetzer 1999 Mazda Miata CSCC 0.831 126.987603
  18 98 Rob Boynton 2002 Porshe GT2 SFR 0.862 127.061386
  19 99 Scott Fraser 1991 Mazda Miata SFR 0.856 127.18448
  20 37 Leslie Cohen 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 SDR 0.852 127.188264
  21 87 Bryan Heitkotter 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo SFR 0.832 127.310976
  22 138 Tom Ellam 1972 Mazda RX3 SFR 0.861 127.335873
  23 48 Jason Isley 2005 Mazda RX-8 SDR 0.832 127.504832
  24 97 Joey Schilling 2003 Honda S2000 CSCC 0.842 127.594996
  25 30 Eric Clements 1993 Toyota MR2 CPR 0.817 127.864585

Marshall Grice wrote:
Hey, all I have to say is you out paxed (what the hell am I talking about...you out RAW TIMED) the evil berrymobile on what clearly was a power course. So you can talk about only having 140ftlbs but I think the results are pretty clear.

And what I'm saying is that if I had power to go with my sports car's good handling, and dare I say, good driving, on that power course, I wouldn't have been so far out, in seconds, from Andy (2.5secs.!)

PAXing 2.5 secs. out is nothing to write home about.

Bill Schenker wrote: And what I'm saying is that if I had power to go with my sports car's good handling, and dare I say, good driving, on that power course, I wouldn't have been so far out, in seconds, from Andy (2.5secs.!)

PAXing 2.5 secs. out is nothing to write home about.

hahah true. So when do we build your car up for SM2?

Marshall Grice wrote:

Bill Schenker wrote: And what I'm saying is that if I had power to go with my sports car's good handling, and dare I say, good driving, on that power course, I wouldn't have been so far out, in seconds, from Andy (2.5secs.!)

PAXing 2.5 secs. out is nothing to write home about.

hahah true. So when do we build your car up for SM2?

Think I can make up 4.8secs. w/more hp? Don't think so. I do not subscribe to the belief, like others, that an SM2 Miata will take down McKee/Strelnieks (sp?)

Marshall Grice wrote:

Bill Schenker wrote: And what I'm saying is that if I had power to go with my sports car's good handling, and dare I say, good driving, on that power course, I wouldn't have been so far out, in seconds, from Andy (2.5secs.!)

PAXing 2.5 secs. out is nothing to write home about.

hahah true. So when do we build your car up for SM2?

Marshall, I'll meet you at his storage place with my Sawzall and jackhammer to remove his current motor with you. I'm such a giver...

Bill Schenker wrote: Think I can make up 4.8secs. w/more hp? Don't think so. I do not subscribe to the belief, like others, that an SM2 Miata will take down McKee/Strelnieks (sp?)

oh ye of little faith. You said yourself you were drinking latte's on the straights. Re gear your car for 75-77mph and give it the power to get there with out having to shift gears...nothing would stand in your way.

Mike already said he'd write you a check to cover the cost of upgrades. }:)

Bill Schenker wrote:And what I'm saying is that if I had power to go with my sports car's

Isn't part of the definition of a "sports car", is that it has to have POWER? (i.e. Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper, Ford Mustang GT, Porsche 911, BMW M3, Ferrari, Lamborghini)