If he'd kept his Z, he would have finished 1st . . . he's jinxed!

 

The fat douche from California . . . maybe that's the secret to winning?

But what the heck, he can drive!

 

Be fair, have you have met Jason face to face? He is a very nice quiet guy.

Peter trophied with 5th place in BSP. That car is fast and sticks. I would like to have a decent diff like he does.

 

+1, the few times I've talked to Jason, he's been a nice guy - it's easy to misinterpret ppl on forums, hopefully that's it .

B stock is an incredibly hard class to run in - IIRC the top 17 drivers had less than 1s between them after day 1...you gotta be a top notch driver AND nail both courses to trophy.



I couldn't be happier today - I came in 0.7s out of trophies, and was able to pull off some decent times to grab the last trophy!

recap:

Monday (East course): slalom intensive...
1st run: quick enough to trophy, but dirty
2nd run: slowed it down to ensure a clean run, 1s slower than my first run (I hate going into my 3rd run w/ the previous 2 being dirty...so I wanted an insurance run)
3rd run: dirty (gave up after I saw the cone I knocked over)

Tues (West course): one of the most fun courses I've run - speed, sweepers, hard corners,...I had a HUGE grim on my face after the
1st run: decent time
2nd run: faster, but still left a good amount out there
3rd run: dirty.

In all, I'm disappointed that I didn't perform to what I knew I could, but still ecstatic that I trophied and was glad to see what the top BSP cars could do.

 

I think that you can count your Z among the "top BSP cars!"

Congrats!!!!

Jason online can be a bit sarcastic, but he is a very nice guy. Congrats Jason on your fourth!

 

Congrats Peter on the trophy! And congrats to everyone else.

 

He sure the hell can.

 

Just leasuirely browsing the results and noticed that we have at least three members from our local club who took 1st: SS, STS, DS. Are the current posted results final?

 

My bad for not checking in on the forums before Topeka.

I'm Chris Deacon who was driving (if you want to call it that) the 2003 350Z in BS.

Wow, what a terrible first National event for me. 5 out of 6 runs coned, only clean run was my slowest run of day 2! ahhhh well, lessons learned and live to fight another year. =)

Really great to see at least one other team of Z drivers there to brake up the Rx-8 show however.

First350, watched a few of your runs as well, car looked really good. Not sure where you were parked though.

 

WOW - all 3 of those classes draw top notch drivers! (Not sure which results you were looking at, but STS had some changes due to Hollis's engine being found illegal (IMO it sounds like an honest and no performance gain mistake))

I saw some of your runs too...I know lots of ppl had cone issues on both courses - the Z is on the larger side, I always find being clean is often my greatest struggle. And since you were running in BS, you can't really "let up" to get a clean run b/c the competition is so fierce!


hopefully it wasn't the first run of my co-driver on the East course (Tuesday)...he was trying to find the limits b/c it was his first time driving the Z, and ended up spinning out! (to his credit, he beat me in raw times both days...he just wasn't clean on Tuesday; it's always humbling to have great driver's co-drive with you )

hope to see you out there next yr!

 

I was looking over the results again and noticed that I have the dubious distinction of being the only competitor in B Stock to have 6 clean runs.

 

The paint on the front of my car thanks you

Granted, it's still mad at me :P

(BTW: MaxQ and Video to be posted. We moved offices so everything was pretty hectic all week)

 

You are welcome. I'm really looking for to seeing the MaxQ data!

 

I"d be interested to see the MaxQ data too...I've been thinking of picking up a system like that. (I currently use video to try to analyze my runs...I'm hoping to get something that's a bit quicker so that I can use it between runs)

 

But were you fast? If you ain't close enough to kiss cones, you ain't drivin' fast enuff!

 

15th of 35. No, not fast enough. I said dubious but does that make you feel better?

 

You can have a clean run scored even if you hit every cone but they don't end up outside of the box when each one stops moving.

I'm finding (with AXAnalyst) that runs where you are well below the limits of the car can be relatively quick, but the data shows a car in complete control. I think that the quote from (IIRC) Bruce McLaren may be very relevant, "If you're in control, you're going too slow."