You can walk-up. It is 40 bucks. It's a pretty far drive for you. Close to 2 hours each way. If I were you I think I would do NCC....probably more runs and less than half the driving distance. Plus it looks like it will be wet.

 

It was bone dry in Cumberland...even had a few hours of sun. I won BSP, which had ~9 cars in it. My fast raw run would have given me a 1s advantage over 2nd, but I coned it. Hoping to make it to SCCA tomorrow. I should have a few vids up later.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9590luGK5A0

 

Pretty tricky course with SCCA today. Really lucked out with the weather. Seems like it had dried up for the most part for the last two runs in the first session....the rest of the day was dry as a bone. Results are posted. Should have had a mid 49, but I chickened out with a 50.4 best run.

 

Heh. I was able to get only a 57.3 or so..... But it was the first heat of the day, so it was slicker.

Although, I am sure I would have NOT been able to hit 55s anyways.

 

You brought a rusty spoon to a gunfight in STR today. That and STU are a very tough class in our region. However, Learic won C-stock with a 50.6 in her 370z.

 

Results for STR:

1T STR 61 Hebert, Chris 2002 Honda S2000 Silver 56.844 53.874 52.196 52.058 52.058
2T STR 10 Martell, Anthony 2004 Honda S2000 Blue 68.858 55.143 53.412 52.370 52.370
3T STR 97 Weir, Scott 2000 Honda S2000 Red 55.559 53.962+DNF 62.403+DNF 52.454+ 52.454
4 STR 28 Brannon, Joe 2000 Bmw M Roadster Silver 59.432+DNF 54.305+2 58.456+1 52.741 52.741
5 STR 14 Dunham, James 2006 Mazda Mx-5 Gray 60.008 54.520 53.301+1 51.302+1 53.302
6 STR 129 Finlay, Travis 2003 Subaru Wrx Blue 59.056 54.671+1 54.494+1 53.309 53.309
7 STR 9 Leslie, Noel 2004 Bmw Z4 Black 57.866 56.596 54.795 53.371 53.371
8 STR 158 Matsumoto, Steven 2002 Honda S2000 Silver 57.382+1 54.850+1 55.162 53.557 53.557
9 STR 51 Lin, Christopher 2002 Toyota Mr2 Spyder Silver 56.531+1 53.932 56.005 52.959+1 53.932
10 STR 58 Liu, Edwin 2001 Honda S2000 Silver 59.984+2 56.363 55.135 56.303 55.135
11 STR 17 Hair, Woody 1999 Bmw M Coupe Blue 60.550 58.015 55.597 55.475 55.475
12 STR 29 Anstrom, Mark 1994 Mazda Miata Black 63.190 61.153+1 57.030+1 56.952 56.952
13 STR 110 Martell, Greg 2004 Honda S2000 Blue 64.000 60.259+1 57.001 57.012 57.001
14 STR 62 Moreton, Roberto 2007 Nissan 350Z Charcoal 63.482 59.265+2 60.170 57.306 57.306
15 STR 15 Rodriguez, Cristobal 2002 Mazda Miata Green 63.098+1 69.708+DNF 57.863 57.377+DNF 57.863
16 STR 87 Krueger, Glenn 2002 Honda S2000 Yellow 65.738 68.503+DNF 59.354 58.421+2 59.354
17 STR 24 Soares, Ricardo 2005 Honda S2000 Red 62.034+1 57.073+DNF 63.961 62.518 62.518

Results for BSP:

1T BSP 33 Lane, Michael 2003 Nissan 350Z Black 53.011 52.079 50.974 50.453 50.453
2T BSP 11 Opauski, Carl 2002 Honda S2000 Crystal Red Metallic 66.296 57.531 55.845 54.230 54.230
3 BSP 17 Spoltman, Nathaniel 2006 Subaru Impreza Sti Aspen White 62.273 59.302 58.557 57.808 57.808
4 BSP 135 Pascarella, William 2009 Bmw 135I White 60.046 59.679 61.361 59.265 59.265

 

Thanks for the results. I am unable to see where the hell they are :P

 

Yeah. But I went there on the AM without knowing that CS was driving on the PM :P

Anyways, I rather play with the STR class since there are plenty more cars to play with. And even though they are heavily modded in some cases, they use street tires

 

In-car....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Uuj6j4OTw

 

Nice!

I will try to upload mine tomorrow. Im just happy that I was able to get a clean run without any big mistakes.

 

Once you do I will try and mesh them together....it will give you an opportunity to see where you can pick up a bit of time....

 

Well, since you are so much faster, I am guessing that after 2 turns your car will be way ahead

I might ask you to drive with me next even so you can give me pointers.

 

BTW, I was looking on tirerack for Enkeis, since everybody seems to have a set.... And I saw that besides the 8.5" wide size on the rear, they also offer the 10.5" on the rear.

The weird thing is that they still recomend 245s with the 10.5" wheel.

I am going to see what size of wheel and tire I can run without getting into rolling or putting spacers.

Since the enkeis are 5 lbs lighter than my stocks, I am pretty sure that it should be my first mod with better tires.

 

If you want to stay in STR you have to get 9" wheel widths. Anything above that and you will be joining me in BSP. 255mm is the max tire size for STR as well.

 

Crap. There are no Enkei Racing RPF1 in 9. Only 9.5 and above....

There are PF01s, but they are 2 lbs heavier for a smaller wheel and they look fragile as hell.

 

Well... I think I will look into the used market

I think that with a set of lighter wheel, a lightweight pulley and some K&N air filters I should be fine.

I just need a faster pick up on the revs and a little more traction. I can feel the car pushing every time I try to take a slight turn when stepping on the gas...
I am chewing up the front tires like crazy...

 

Believe it or not....I have a set of 18x9 RPF1's .

 

Forget the pulley it isn't legal in STR I don't believe. The three things I would get for STR in a Z to start are 17x9 lightweight wheels, 255 top tier tires, and an LSD. After that...focus on suspension.

 

Ohhhh I'm famous.....

ICEBREAKER OPENS SEASON WITH CLASS BATTLES AT FULL BOIL

WILEY FORD, WV - The ninth edition of Cumberland Airport’s Miller Lite Autocross Series opened under threatening skies with a bevy of good friends and ended with familiar faces at the top of the overall standings.

The heat for the overcast opening weekend, however, came from wild and wooly battles waged among new drivers and new cars in the Stock classes and amazing performances by no fewer than 10 entrants in widely varied cars in BSP. A class usually dominated in Cumberland by Corvettes saw the first four Saturday places go to Nissan, Porsche, Subaru and BMW.

Despite threatening forecasts and a morning drizzle, all of Saturday’s six runs were packed in without new precipitation. Perennial FTD favorite Matt Felten covered defending Cobra Cup champ Wade Chamberlain by .563 to grab another Fast Time of the Day title, running in the third heat. Fred Kelley’s precise Cobra drive in the third was good enough for fourth overall. In the fourth, Mike Moran’s Subaru Science Experiment got within 1.075 of the younger Felten’s Reynard to grab third overall and John “The Father” Felten snagged the last slot in the Top 5, completing a family 1-2 in B Mod.

The fourth heat also capped off a mad scramble for BSP bragging rights as Frederick-based Mike Lane squired his outrageous Nissan 350Z to the class win and 9th place overall. Porsche ace Dan Dazzo and Subaru rocket man Chris Fritz settled for second and third in class – but had 11th and 13th slots in the overall standings to show for their toils in the third heat. Charles Leighty (BMW M3) and Steve Hotchkiss (LT-1 Corvette) also placed in the Top 20 from BSP!

Other strong Saturday runs came from B Stock winner Eldersburg’s Justin Howard (BMW M3), local C-Stock winner Ken Bane (Mazda) and Virginian Harry Newman (Subaru) in G Stock.

Even the band at Doc’s Saturday night picnic dodged the rain!

Sunday’s weather was less obliging – raining harder just after sunrise, and finally thwarting organizers creative efforts to complete the weekend’s festivities in the dry. National Road Autopsort condensed the light field into just two run groups to try and get it all in. The plan worked perfectly until a 1 PM cloudburst cleaved the rhythm of the second ground halfway through their rotation, sending most of the open cockpit drivers back to the paddock and ultimately sending many home.

Local B Mod Reynard standout Greg Honeycutt held the fastest time in the dry and that 46.750 pass stood for Sunday FTD. Matt Felten was .254 seconds back when the rains came. Mike Moran was third again, grabbing XP Sunday honors. Jake Moran continued the amazing weekend for BSP cars, finishing fourth overall in the Fritz Subaru. Fast Freddie Kelley was the fastest Cobra, fifth overall.

Strong class drives also surfaced on Sunday, including Joe Oxenham’s upset in C Stock, Odenton’s Paul Przyborski (Subaru WRX) with an 8th overall D Stock win and Doug Macy’s (Audi Quattro) 21st overall DSP winning performance.

Double contested class winners included Gary Miller (ZO6) SS, Justin Howard (BMW) BS, Meg Ellis (Mazda) ES, Doug Macy (Audi) DSP and Karl Loper (Camaro) SM.

Local single day contested class winners included Ken Bane (Mazda) Saturday CS, Joe Oxenham (Mazda) Sunday CS, Mall Felten (Reynard) Saturday BM, Greg Honeycutt (Reynard) Sunday BM.

Other local drivers in the Saturday Top 25 included Honeycutt 6th, Tink Phillips (Daytona) 10th, Fritz 13th, Miller 17th, Hotchkiss 18th, Barry Knotts (Cobra) 20th, Ken Bane 21st, Loper 22nd, and Bill Nyga (Corvette) 25th.

Other local drivers in the Sunday Top 25 included Phillips 5th, Loper 10th, Oxenham 11th, Fritz 12th, Bill Smith IV (Locost) 15th, Steve Wilson (Porsche) 20th, Macy 21th, Nyga 22nd, and Ken Bane 23rd.