Cheese wrote: http://www.pca-cwr.org/forums/official-pca-events-and-issues/may-27th-autocross-sign-up-here/ - Sign up is here: http://www.karelo.com/register.php?BID=374&BT=10#Ev12119 - http://www.karelo.com/register.php?BID=374&BT=10#Ev12119   PORSCHE CLUB CANADA WEST REGION - May27TH 2012 AUTOCROSS EVENT - SINGLE pad event

Single pad event?

I don't understand. Why isn't the whole pad being used. (The fee is the same as last time, which of course was a double-pad event.)

Well, I'm quite disappointed that the whole double-pad won't be used this time, but I signed up nevertheless.

For anyone else who may be interested in going, registration cut off time is 3 PM on Saturday for Sunday's event.

Good day for autocross. A little cool under the clouds in the morning, but lots of sun in the afternoon. I think both Colby and I represented the Fiero community well. I just need me some sticky tires.

Colby, I think you should post the video of your run where I supply a bit of commentary.

Cheese wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xElxMh92dnw - Here's the video .

Aw come on Colby, you must have a more interesting one than that! All we can hear in this video is wind noise!

Cheese wrote: ...and I forgot the mount for my phone so there's no data to overlay.

That does it, I'm telling your dad to ground you for a week!

Results are http://members.shaw.ca/rsandor/autox3_may27fin.html - Here .

I'm pretty stoked. In a field of 39 cars, the 'ol duke beat seven other cars outright, and four more cars were less than a second faster through the course. How's that for a 90 HP weakling on street tires!

Oh yeah, Colby did good too.

Good job guys...the weather turned out real nice for you...I was working hard on finishing bathroom baseboards and other home improvements...lol

After running on the double pad, how did they seperate it and have two different groups running, or just the other pad not included in the rental this time?

All driving skill bud...well, some power helps:)...lol, good job

Patrick wrote: Results are http://members.shaw.ca/rsandor/autox3_may27fin.html - Here . I'm pretty stoked. In a field of 39 cars, the 'ol duke beat seven other cars outright, and four more cars were less than a second faster through the course. How's that for a 90 HP weakling on street tires! Oh yeah, Colby did good too.

Patrick complained about my wind noise also...lol

Nice tight course, short though it seemed, no double loops

Patrick wrote: Cheese wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xElxMh92dnw - Here's the video . Aw come on Colby, you must have a more interesting one than that! All we can hear in this video is wind noise!

Bassman wrote: After running on the double pad, how did they seperate it and have two different groups running, or just the other pad not included in the rental this time?

The new pad still had all the cones on it from the Justice Institute (or whomever uses it) and we just basically stayed clear of that pad (which wasn't being used by anybody at the time).

As Colby said though, we still had a lot of fun on the one pad.

One thing I wanted to mention was that I really enjoyed the people themselves at the event yesterday. We had a good bunch of fellas working together at the same station out on the track. There was Colby and myself, obviously fine Fiero guys , and we also had with us an older guy driving a 1986 Chevrolet Corvette, a younger guy driving a 2009 Toyota Corolla, and another older guy driving a 2001 Porsche 996 Turbo. Everyone was really enjoying the day. We had fun talking while doing track duty, and when it was our group's turn to drive there was a friendly rivalry trying to better each other's times. There's another fella with a 2001 Porsche Boxster that I've gotten to know at the last couple of events (his first season), and he's dramatically improved his times with a bit of encouragement ("Step on the gas!") from myself and others. This is what autocross is all about.