College Solo Auto-X! Oct 19th

[ibjeepin95]

I've decided I'm bringing the hatch. Can't wait. LAWL, cock fighting. Did you forget you're from Lynchburg, Taylor?

[Goodspeed]

Beats me. No football game. Parents weekend for Bridgewater and JMU are over. Maybe some kind of Cock Fighting event?

Found out that there is a home game happening for every non-football sport, and the leaves, they are a changin'....drawing everyone in with their lush, vibrant colors. Bastards. I'll keep looking and maybe make it down.

[SlimKlim]

Beats me. No football game. Parents weekend for Bridgewater and JMU are over. Maybe some kind of Cock Fighting event?

Found out that there is a home game happening for every non-football sport, and the leaves, they are a changin'....drawing everyone in with their lush, vibrant colors. Bastards. I'll keep looking and maybe make it down.

You're gonna get a hotel room for an autocross? Just get up early!

[Senor_Taylor]

If anyone needs to crash at my house, I have an extra "room" with a futon. Can't promise you the house will be too quiet.

[rherold9]

Pretty good turnout for the event. Sadly we placed 3rd out of 4 school's for average PAX score. VT won it this year. Glad to see everyone out and hope you all had a lot of fun :thumbup:

[rschumin]

Thanks to MM today for the great turnout and help with running the event.

Links to pictures and results will be in this thread on the BRR Forum.

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There are a few pictures from the last run group there now, but keep checking as more will be added over the next few days.

[rherold9]

Awesome Ray. Thank you for setting up the event as always. Great job with dealing with the large amount of 80+ cars!

[Senor_Taylor]

Awesome stuff! MM turning out this year!

[Jake]

Had a really fun day yesterday - big thanks as always to Ray & co. for putting on a quality event. We managed to have three drivers in my car and have things go smoothly. Christina got me in my own car (by about a second... oops) and Ryan (mine, not Herold) was able to get smooth and shave ~6 seconds off of his times from run 1 to run 4, placing not far behind some of us with experience.

Was lots of fun seeing everyone - thought the turnout of MMers both young and old was pretty solid and enjoyed giving ride-alongs/advice

[interfooler]

Great turnout yesterday! Glad the weather got warmer as the day progressed. I had a fun time and enjoyed watching everyone go around the course.

I was codriving the RSX. Was my first time driving that, and I will say, it was very different than my car, and I had to learn it quick. Our first runs were all over the place since our tire pressures were off,but we got that squared away and our times jumped up.

Coming from 3rd place last year by a good bit, I knew we had some work to do. Some more people showed up for VT than I originally expected, which was a pleasant surprise, but we had the right drivers in the right cars. I didn't see the results yet, so it would be hard to say if we would have still won if I were driving my car.

That being said, I really wanted to drive my car, but lack of tires and a few other things I want to get squared away held me back. I may run at the Salem event Nov. 2nd, but we'll see. Hopefully I'll be back on real tires again next season, haha.

Thanks for helping to organize the event, and great driving by everyone for some good competition!

[BLINGMW]

pics of 2002 and Model A autocrossing please :mrgreen:

This looks like a co-driver-seat-adjustment nightmare

[Jake]

This looks like a co-driver-seat-adjustment nightmare

I was standing on the door sill... we're only about an inch apart in height. Didn't realize how goofy we'd look until I saw the photo later. Oops.

Christina, on the other hand, informed me that I am too tall and have legs that are too long - she's about 3" shorter than me so that was more of a challenge!

[SlimKlim]

Someone put the kibosh on the Model A, probably for good reason. The 2002 held it's own. I actually took that thing for a little run down the street and back during one of the heats I had free, with the exception that my sneakers were too wide and my shoe would get stuck between the brake pedal lever and trans tunnel if I pushed the gas pedal too hard, it was surprisingly easy to drive compared to other classics I've driven.

Despite having to wake up well before the ass-crack of dawn to get there on time, I had a blast yesterday. It was fun to go do an event on our old stomping grounds, and nice to see some old and new MM faces. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the photos.

[D_Eclipse9916]

Pretty good turnout for the event. Sadly we placed 3rd out of 4 school's for average PAX score. VT won it this year. :

How were results calculated? Glad everyone had fun, and shame I had to miss this for a wedding. Bring it back next year!

[rherold9]

Top 4 PAX scores of each school averaged up. A lot of the cars were a lot more set up for auto-x this year is what it seemed like where we didn't have that many crazy cars that were close to class maxed as others or many drivers that are experienced. Was my only 3rd time autocrossing and managed to get 5th PAX for MM in a class my car isn't all the way built for

[Beej]

I had an awesome time, really gotta get out more! It was great to see old faces and meet new ones (sorry about the ricer flyby on 64 on the way home, Matt :-P ), too. Great MM turnout!

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Do we know who belonged to which club/school? It'd be nice to see the times that were compared.

[rherold9]

I know MM people for the most part but not really other school's. Kevin is at VT time I'm posting below though. MM people:
(Fastest Time) (Off FTD) (PAX Time) (Off Fastest PAX)

1t JAKE THIEWES 97 BMW M3 67.143 59.287 6.675
2 ADAM FLINT 2006 SUBARU WRX STI BLUE 66.523 4.904 57.609 4.997
2t JOEY KLIMCHUK 1995 BMW M3 YELLOW 69.773 2.358 60.214 7.602
4 SAM SPICER 350Z 74.314 6.899 64.133 11.521
1t BRADLEY FISCHER 2008 SATURN SKY REDLINE GREEN 65.119 54.895 2.283
1t ANTHONY 10 TOYOTA COROLLA S 74.708 59.542 6.930
2t SALAR HAJI MAXIMA 76.722 2.014 61.147 8.535
2t JUSTIN LINGENFELTER 1991 MAZDA MIATA BLUE 68.085 0.057 56.443 3.831
2t CHRISTINA LAM 2009 BMW 128I BMW 66.862 -3.784 59.039 6.427
5 JOEY SCHAIDHAMMER 2002 BMW 325I BLACK 74.641 5.538 60.832 8.220
6 JAMES WATKINS 1999 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GREY 77.636 8.533 62.186 9.574
7 SAM SCHAIDHAMMER 2002 BMW 325I BLACK 77.562 8.459 63.213 10.601
9 DAVE JAHNE 1976 BMW 2002 BLUE 78.135 9.032 65.555 12.943
10 MATHEW CRAIG UNKNOWN 79.298 10.195 65.738 13.126
2 WILLIAM HUNT 2005 BMW M3 65.889 1.294 55.742 3.130
3 ANTHONY NADER 2006 SUBARU WRX STI BLUE 69.645 8.026 60.313 7.701
4 NIKKI JAMISON 1991 MAZDA MIATA BLUE 72.964 2.318 60.487 7.875
1t DAVID LINGENFELTER 92 MIATA BLACK 69.749 57.822 5.210

This is why I want to drop down to STF as I'd be basically maxed in that class and once I actually get the car right not 3 inches lower than stock like it sits now it would be perfect + slightly better tires + driver mod. Ran a 68.083 but under-steered on loose gravel and hit a cone:

STF - Pax: 0.801
1t KEVIN PONCELORANCA 08 ACURA RSX S 67.269 53.883 1.271
FSP - F Street Prepared Pax: 0.839
1t RYAN HEROLD 2010 MAZDA 3 BLACK 68.836 57.753 5.141

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It was great to see old faces and meet new ones (sorry about the ricer flyby on 64 on the way home, Matt :-P )

Is there another Matthew I don't know about?

[Senor_Taylor]

Matt Craig drives the Solara, and Matt James is the freshmen.

[interfooler]

This is why I want to drop down to STF as I'd be basically maxed in that class and once I actually get the car right not 3 inches lower than stock like it sits now it would be perfect + slightly better tires + driver mod. Ran a 68.083 but under-steered on loose gravel and hit a cone:

STF - Pax: 0.801
1t KEVIN PONCELORANCA 08 ACURA RSX S 67.269 53.883 1.271
FSP - F Street Prepared Pax: 0.839
1t RYAN HEROLD 2010 MAZDA 3 BLACK 68.836 57.753 5.141

It's actually an 06 rsx.. they stopped making them in 2006. I just guessed at the year, haha. STF has such a ridiculous PAX, I always refer to it as a "handicapped class." RAW vs PAX times speak for themselves. :lol:

I'm not sure how often Jordan plans on going to events, but he usually runs PAX class. He also knows that car, unlike me, and ran a 65.9. So you have some catching up to do... nothing that seems too far out of reach, though :thumbup: I usually run STX with my frs, and still have some more prep work I'd like to do for next season. So I'm not sure how much competition you'll get in STF, Ryan. Even in STX it's been just me at some events, 5 at others. It's not a terribly popular class in this region.

Will you be around next year? I'm curious to see how you'll stack up with a better prepped car (provided you get to doing that) and some more experience. That car handled much better than I originally anticipated.