www.wdcr-scca.org D.C. Region results. RX-8s and s2000 had a much better showing than the Zs this time. Mostly from us being new to the races.

 

Running competitively on Hoosiers for the first time this Sunday, should be fun to see the results.

 

This was my first autocross experience. 48.267 was my fastest time, Honda S2000s were running in the 46 second range with experienced drivers. Miatas were running 50 seconds with intermediate drivers. I ran B Stock class (not B Stock Novice) and here is how it went.

1st - Honda S2000 (Somewhere in the mid 46's)
2nd - Honda S2000 (Somewhere in the high 46's)
3rd - My 350Z (48. 267) (Track Model, Injen Intake, 40psi)

For my first autocross race I was just trying to get used to it. I would have had a high 46 second run, but I hit a cone. Oh well.

 

Errr um does it count that I race my 2.0 litre Jetta in autocross. I have 115hp and sadly thanks to the S2000 I have to run in OS2 with all the Z06s because of my suspension set-up.

 

Taking a bike to the track is just as good for your motorcycle riding skills as autocrossing is for you street driving (car). You can race-prep your streetbike as well (mostly just safety wiring and taping lights. TPM and cornerspeed are great groups to get started with. I think tpm's website is www.teampromotion.com

Let me know if you go to one, I might have room in the trailer for another.

 

Ran Sunday with the Tennessee region Solo2 club and had a great time. HUGE thanks to Mike Cavanaugh (DriveI65) for letting me co-drive his car!! It was great being able to show up and drive a car that's setup well, has track time and is similar to mine. Thanks again Mike!

I ended up 1st in BS (350Z taking 1-2), 17th in raw time and 18th in PAX out of ~60 entrants, using Potenza S03s. I believe every car in front of us was on R-compounds except a Type R and just a couple others.

http://www.trscca.com/trscca/results/092604_fin.htm

 

Our local/city season wrapped up yesterday. 39 drivers and I got my 2nd FTD (raw time) of the season.

Even better, I managed to win the class championship by a mere .27 point out of a posible 600. Close eh? I really didn't expect to contend in my first season with the car and returning to Solo2 after 5 years off, but the 350z really came on strong the last month and I started to feel quite confident in it's behaviour.

I'm so damn proud of how the car has done this summer. If I could buy it a beer I would!

 

Result from 9/12/04 - Phoenix, AZ region. Finished 7th out of 138 in PAX and raw time, with a 962 pax. Overall there were 7 cars in BS, but some were running in the Street Tire category. 2nd place was an S2000 on Kumhos.

 

I ran Saturday at Nashville, TN and did better than I expected.
http://www.trscca.com/trscca/results/100904_fin.htm

We got our runs in before a light rain. My 2 month old S03s are getting close to retirement but they stuck good enough. The RX-8 isn't the monster the car magazines and Mazda ads would like people to think. The guys was complaining about no low end torque coming out of the 180.

 

Finally I'm able to post.

I had a good day at Birmingham and did the best this year.
Alabama SCCA Raw Results

 

I ran with the PCA in NY last weekend and I ended up finishing 7th out of 63. I posted full results here!!

http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthre...5&o=31&fpart=1

 

I auto-x with the blue ridge region SCCA (SW Virginia).

2 wknds ago, I placed 10th overal RAW time out of 76 drivers. out of the top 10 drivers (me being the 10th:-P), i was the only one using street tires.... yes, the stock potenzas. it made me very happy. i was running B-Stock all by myself

Top 10 Times
AS 1 MATT INGRAHAM
04 SUBARU STI BLACK 54.934

CS 2 MARK MCCRARY
99 MIATA 54.964 4

SM2 3 JOHN KUYKENDALL
95 MAZDA MIATA R RED 55.849

SM 4 MELVIN WOODWARD 92 MITSUBISHI VR4 GREE 56.064

ES 5 STEVE ST JOHN
MR2 56.989

ES 6 TIM RUSSELL
91 TOYOTA MR2 RED 57.967

DSP 7 ANTHONY HODGES
95 PLYMOUTH NEON WHITE 57.975

GS 8 PHILIP GILLETT
00 SUBARU 2.5RS RED 58.213

GS 9 BRYAN HERTWECK
95 NISSAN 240SX GOLD 58.257

BS 10 STEVE LIM
03 NISSAN 350Z SILVER 58.714