NJ BMW CCA autocross - Page 4

*Plaz* · 07-11-2005, 04:46 PM

Just looked at the preliminary results.

Hey, there were 5 cars slower than me! WooHoo!

WTG rumatt with the 1st in class.

That TVR was just plain mean out there. Chewed up the place like an angry junkyard dog.

rumatt · 07-11-2005, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Plaz

That TVR was just plain mean out there. Chewed up the place like an angry junkyard dog.

Watching that guy drive that car on course is certainly an experience.

By the way, that guy switch cars at the half way point, and did his afternoon runs in the red S2000. He was the one who hit so many cones. I think it was 10 on one run, then 6 on the next two (each!).

I had to hold the start every time he ran while you poor bastards ran to pick up cones

. I guess the s2000 turns in more quickly than his TVR, and he wasn't even close to being able to make the adjustment.

Andy · 07-11-2005, 05:02 PM

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Many of the things that you think might make you faster won't, such as downshifting in a 330. If you need to downshift in a 330, either the course designer fucked up or was under some very limiting restraints. Until you really start getting quick, always leave it in second and don't even think about it because it will only get in the way.

I thought I learned my lesson about downshifting into 1st at the Atlanta Tour… but no, I had to do it again in Oscoda at the ProSolo… thinking for sure, this tight turn definitely needs 1st gear to pull me out of it. I am convinced, that downshifting to 1st at the Oscoda ProSolo cost me a 1st or 2nd place finish. My times on Sunday, in the wet, holding 2nd gear proved it to me.

Please learn from my own stupid mistake.

If any of you guys ever see me downshifting again, I give you the ok to knock me upside the head with a torque wrench!!

rumatt · 07-11-2005, 05:08 PM

One thing to remember is that if you're not taking a good line through the corner, or overcooking it entirely, then you will have less speed and 1st gear becomes even more tempting.

Andy · 07-11-2005, 05:13 PM

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One thing to remember is that if you're not taking a good line through the corner, or overcooking it entirely, then you will have less speed and 1st gear becomes even more tempting.

Exactly!!

It’s the combination of holding 2nd gear and taking a little wider line through the turn.

rumatt · 07-11-2005, 05:21 PM

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Exactly!!

Not that I have ever personally overcooked a corner.

*Plaz* · 07-11-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Plaz

That TVR was just plain mean out there. Chewed up the place like an angry junkyard dog.

Watching that guy drive that car on course is certainly an experience.

By the way, that guy switch cars at the half way point, and did his afternoon runs in the red S2000. He was the one who hit so many cones. I think it was 10 on one run, then 6 on the next two (each!).

I had to hold the start every time he ran while you poor bastards ran to pick up cones

. I guess the s2000 turns in more quickly than his TVR, and he wasn't even close to being able to make the adjustment.

You're fucking kidding me. That was the same dude? I was thinking it must have been an overaggressive newb.

I probably sweated out a gallon chasing that bastard's molested cones! I'm still sore today!

(I'll throw in a little self-congratulatory note that I was the only one at my station showing any consistent hustle. The rest of 'em were like Manny Ramirez admiring the ball whilst shuffling casually to 1st.)

*clyde* · 07-11-2005, 07:10 PM

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If any of you guys ever see me downshifting again, I give you the ok to knock me upside the head with a torque wrench!!

Oh yeah...we broke that in Peru too.

*clyde* · 07-11-2005, 07:15 PM

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Exactly!!

Not that I have ever personally overcooked a corner.

It really sucks that the camera stopped working yesterday before my spins. Talk about overcooking a corner. Decreasining radius, downhill right hander...just a little bit out of control...wwwWWWHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAA AAAAHHHHHHHH

shit

Start moving again (yes, I shifted down to first for this), turn it back onto course, through two close offsets, shifting to second midway between them, uphill left to the finish light...hang it out just a touch too much and wwwWWWHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH HH
to the left and through the lights.

shit

rumatt · 07-11-2005, 07:28 PM

how's that bad? sound like one of my runs.

07-11-2005, 04:46 PM	#31
Plaz ••••••• Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: '11 1M Location: Churzee Posts: 17,741	Just looked at the preliminary results. Hey, there were 5 cars slower than me! WooHoo! WTG rumatt with the 1st in class. That TVR was just plain mean out there. Chewed up the place like an angry junkyard dog. __________________ 2011 1M

07-11-2005, 05:08 PM	#34
rumatt Mugwump Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3 Location: NY Posts: 17,475	One thing to remember is that if you're not taking a good line through the corner, or overcooking it entirely, then you will have less speed and 1st gear becomes even more tempting.

07-11-2005, 07:28 PM	#40
rumatt Mugwump Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3 Location: NY Posts: 17,475	how's that bad? sound like one of my runs.