Regional #1

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Had a lot more fun than I thought I would today. Was kind of regretting getting rid of the Miata until today. I suddenly love PAX now.
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Fuelrush wrote:If my raw time was faster and my pax time was too what time are we going by?
I didn't even look at the times. Oops.

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The weather was great! My driving.......stunk! Lots of new people! The course was good....except the Chatty-nooga finish... :lol:

And of course I was the guinea pig for the BFG's.....Jury is still out on the verdict.......

Still had lots of fun!

Now on to Dixie! :fight:
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GaryM wrote:I'm of no help with the tire debate, but those Z2's sure were fun. Didn't hurt that the car was an absolute blast. I'm excited for next weekend
You sure did lock up the tires on your first run. I was working at Station #1, and it looked like you locked up 3 of the 4.
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Pewter Sonoma wrote:
GaryM wrote:I'm of no help with the tire debate, but those Z2's sure were fun. Didn't hurt that the car was an absolute blast. I'm excited for next weekend
You sure did lock up the tires on your first run. I was working at Station #1, and it looked like you locked up 3 of the 4.
The brakes also worked better than expected!
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It was good seeing several familiar faces. I wish I had ran a better tire up front - I quickly found out my brake upgrades way out performed my crappy front street tires. I had a lot of rust to knock off, and it showed. I only had one clean run. I really should have walked the course once more - and then drew out my lines becuase once I was on course, I kept forgetting where I was wanting to turn in at on at least 3 sections.

Everything I planned to do, I didn't. I didn't change my shock settings at all, I didn't have time to install my adjustable sway bar before the event, and I didn't map out the course. Clearly I got some work to so to get back to where I once was. One thing is for sure, this nose heavy car needs some good tires under it. I now wish I brought another set for the fronts.

Least the new suspension was predictable and responsive. Upon looking at the photos, I regret not changing the rear sway bar out on Friday. The only thing I adjusted was tire pressure, which did make a difference. Minus hitting some cones on run #4, I would have shaved off 5 seconds compared to run #1. Before the last run I was talking to someone and got sidetracked and took out way too much air during conversation - which I could feel on course. Ironically it was my only clean run, although I was simply trying for that vs. time.

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This is my fastest run. I have to come up with some sort of support for the car mount to keep it from shaking that much.

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NEVRLIFTLIN wrote:The weather was great! My driving.......stunk! Lots of new people! The course was good....except the Chatty-nooga finish... :lol:

And of course I was the guinea pig for the BFG's.....Jury is still out on the verdict.......

Still had lots of fun!

Now on to Dixie! :fight:
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Just thought I would say I thought the course turned out great. Had a great time yesterday. Good to see everyone out after the winter.
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course was fun.... a bit different .... but lots of fun .. loved the front "straight-away"
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Awesome event! We toed the front out on the truck and made a world of difference! Adding more camber now. I agree, that straight/walled slalom was fun! I rode with Kristo and we hit 54mph on the third set
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MARKP wrote:Just thought I would say I thought the course turned out great. Had a great time yesterday. Good to see everyone out after the winter.

YEAH-what he said +2 :lol2: 8) :pirate:
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What is a line, and tire pressure?
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Two things that could possibly make you faster. Especially tire pressure.
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so, when does registration open for the next event?
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