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karnak
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Topic: Corvette Club Autocross - Sat, July 19th Posted: 25 July 2014 at 4:45pm |
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Nicholas was quick. his video makes it look easy.
i ranked fairly well and i am happy with that. i will work to improve my lines and speeds. Patrick, i do believe that last can of whoop-ass i put in helped. Brian's old tires were truly icing on the cake! |
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Bassman
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 July 2014 at 7:23am | |
Brian, you're right. You are rusty. [/QUOTE]
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 July 2014 at 1:33pm | |
Lots of images HERE of the event. Edited by Patrick |
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AllanJ
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 July 2014 at 8:20am | |
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 July 2014 at 12:09am | |
Okay, two can play this game. Tell everyone who had the quickest time between us if we both omitted our last runs.
I actually felt that the run that wasn't timed properly was my quickest, so thanks for pointing that out. Edited by Patrick |
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Colby
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2014 at 10:30pm | |
I was just happy that my car made it through the day after being all apart. It took me until the afternoon to really feel comfortable with the car.
If you only omit Patrick's last run, I would have ended the day with a quicker time. He also got a re-run for the last run due to timing issues. I'm not complaining, just pointing things out. |
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88 Formula 5 speed
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AllanJ
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2014 at 5:23pm | |
You definitely do!
I definitely understand! It's fun. |
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2014 at 4:23pm | |
Al, it's possible you believe that I had unlimited runs on Friday night. Honestly, that wasn't the case. I had one leisurely drive through the course with Giff in the car after we set things up, where we stopped a couple times to move cones... so I'm not counting that one. I then had two 90% full speed runs. On my final run before lunch (my fourth run), my time was 53.880 with no penalties. So let's say it took me six runs then to record that time. If Colby wants to, he can post how many runs it took him to beat that. Come on Al, I think I deserve a little credit, eh? It's kind of a thrill for me after struggling with a 90 HP car for four years to now be a lot more competitive with the '88... and its formidable 140 HP. I want all the Fieros (as well as a certain 914/6) to do well at these events. I think we're starting to be noticed, and maybe even respected a bit. Edited by Patrick |
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AllanJ
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2014 at 1:04pm | |
Curious what Patrick's best time was by lunch to kind of
equal the number of runs Colby had all day. Robert Lu spends more time at the racetrack than autocross. If we were driving the same car and I beat him, I'd probably go buy a lottery ticket since it was my lucky day. Thanks for posting Nicholas' video. See how his hands are smooth? Burn that into your brain. |
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2014 at 11:58am | |
PCA-CWR and BCCC could both use more help the day before to help set up.
Couldn't find a video from the autocross by Robert Lu, but I did find one by Nicholas Chu (top PAX of the event)... HERE. Come on Colby, let's get this forum updated/fixed so we can embed videos! Edited by Patrick |
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AllanJ
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2014 at 9:59am | |
Gary, I just saw the spreadsheet. You were only 3.6
seconds behind Robert Lu. He's an amazing driver so you really kicked butt! I'm very proud of you! I'm curious what Colby's time would have been if he had all the practice Patrick had during setup. Brian, you're right. You are rusty. |
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2014 at 1:25am | |
Two more images taken from video footage.
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 July 2014 at 9:38pm | |
That's what Photoshop is for.
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karnak
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 July 2014 at 8:59pm | |
I must tidy that bumper up a bit...
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 July 2014 at 7:34pm | |
Just for fun, I've tried lifting a couple images from video that I shot. I'll do a couple more later.
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 July 2014 at 6:50pm | |
Here's the standings. There were a whole bunch of different spreadsheets sent out to the participants, but this one is the most basic and shows us ranked according to RAW time. I wish it listed the types of cars on this page though, as it's interesting to see what (more so than who) we've beat.
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Colby
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 July 2014 at 2:44pm | |
I remember a few years ago, driving the duke at a PCA event, there was a tight slalom leading into the stop box. Back then my hands were all over the place and I was steering way more than I needed to. Eventually that issue just disappeared because I started turning sooner. I'm still somewhat late in slaloms, but nowhere near as late as I was back then. Looking at my video from this event, I can see that I'm later in the first slalom than I am in the last one.
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AllanJ
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 July 2014 at 11:04pm | |
Exactly! I think that is also one of Ross Bentley's "Speed Secrets". The less you move the wheel, the faster you'll go.
Thanks ...but Brian may be better at that than me. He knows your cars much better than I do. He just needs to drag his butt out to more than one autox every few years. Gary has been doing great! I've been seeing a steady improvement in his driving. I'm proud of you, Bro! |
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Patrick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 July 2014 at 9:20pm | |
In other words... turn sooner, and not so sharply... in order to maintain a higher speed. Makes sense, sounds simple enough. Thanks Al. Colby and I were saying after the autocross yesterday that we'd both be interested in having you take our cars around the course at one of these events. It would give us an idea of what our cars are actually capable of when in experienced hands, and what we need to strive for. I think it's helped Gary a lot when you've done this with the 914/6.
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AllanJ
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 July 2014 at 7:56pm | |
Maybe try this: on sections of the course where you have a set of linked turns, try thinking of altering your line so you start your turning earlier. So your turn occurs over a larger distance. ex: 1 degree per foot for 100 feet rather than 2 degrees per foot for 50 feet. The reason is that you can maintain a higher speed when you are turning less. |
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