Except for him knocking cones down all morning! :P

 

I'm not sure knocking down four cones in three runs & DNFs in three other runs is good car control. However, the only clean run he ran was also his fastest time.

 

eh, I killed more cones than he did, mmmkay. 4 in one run. But he did get that many dnfs, huh? I wonder what happened.

 

What were you driving? Because there were only 3 350z there?

 

Is that a joke? Because it works....

Let's just say I was the race starter of your heat :-)

 

Wei was driving a Prelude. Here's a picture of his Prelude doing wheelies . . . I'm still trying to get my Z to do that but just would not cooperate.

 

Wei, sorry had no idea you were the Prelude driver. I was like who is Wei. hehe.

 

People keep telling me about it, but I can't help it. I drive weird.

yeah, maybe I shoulda said "the guy who drives with three wheels in autox" haha!

 

Thanks for the call Z-U-Later...my tattoo ended up taking mych longer, and I was worked on all day Sunday as well, so I would have had to of passed even if you did call me back

Thanks anyway

TODD

 

of your tattoo!

 

Sounds like a nice event. How beat up are the Z's after an event like this for a rookie...i've always wanted to attend one of these and now that i will be up in SA im sure there are a lot more that down here in the rio grande valley.

 

Doesn't beat them up at all hardly. Mostly just the tires get a little abused. Road Racing a car is way way more hard on a car than autox.

 

^+1

My Z was more beat up during our Hill County cruize a couple of weeks ago than anytime that I've autocrossed. The AT&T Center is a great venue for autocross -- nice smooth surface with hardly any debris on the pavement. Even if you knocked down a cone, it will not damage or scratch your Z at all. The course is also laid out so you are nowhere near any curbs or posts in the huge parking lot.

 

Russell - I can't believe you didn't sign up for the Driveway event, are you at least on the waiting list? There's gonna be quite a few Zs you know (da mo' da betta)

I'll +2 on that and hopefully we can see more Zs next time.

 

Solo & z-u-later & wei: how worn out the tires would be, like go buy some new ones or they are still very driveable? one more thing, what about break pads???

 

I haven't heard about it?!

 

My tires still look new after the autocross after 7 runs that day. They definitely have more than 95% life left. Like I said, it isn't that hard on the tires at all either.

Brake pads, like no wear!

 

I took my stock Z to an HPDE last year in Forth Worth & it performed well. Each HPDE track session is about 20 minutes long & you run 6-8 track sessions each day, sometimes going 100+mph on the straighaways. After the HPDE & the round trip back to SA (four hours each way), my Z still looks like new.

In autocross, each run is only about 50-60 seconds & you may get 6-8 runs each day. You are mostly in 2nd gear. Wear & tear? Hardly at all compared to being on a track. Your stock tires & brakes are fine for autocross. Heck, there are less road-worthy cars running in autocross all the time. It's called their "project cars" . . .

 

Yeah, I think the Spokes guys would want to see the NISMO Z that was discussed for two weeks & cluttered my mailbox! They also probably want to see your NISMO wing that one announcer described this weekend as, "the non-functional wing for autocross & only good for slicing cones in half."

 

You won't have to worry about buying new ones, it's just not that kinda sport you know. To be honest, I wouldn't even worry about tire wear at all, either. My car (Honda) experiences lots of body-roll, plus the way I drive, I can gradually see a little tire wear on the edge (sidwall) event after event, but only so little. Zs, in particular, after seeing Ed's/Brandon's/Russell's car, as long as you don't drift or burn-out, your tires should still look fresh like theirs.