So I managed to get my hands on copies of the handwritten records for most everyone's times on the autocross last Saturday at SpringFest. Bear with me as these are handwritten and some folks walked off before giving their names. For instance, I was so happy about my last run (a 1:07) that I walked right off and hugged Madeline. So this isn't perfect, but its still pretty neat to look over. Person with the most runs around the course: Aaron Vogel ran 10 times. Best V6 lap: Fredrik Haroldson (sp?) ran a 59.968 beating Ralph Gilles and I don't have a lap time for Samuel Hubinette but if I recall he had the best time. Best V8 lap (other than Ralph or Samuel): Also Fredrik Haroldson with a 57.543, just behind Ralph's 56.961 and Samuel's 56.855. Most cones killed: Mike Aboolian (sp?) with FIVE massacred cones added 10 seconds to his time. Cones hurt! Best V6 single lap improvement: Pete Seguin improved his lap time from his 1st to his 2nd try by 3.87 seconds. Best V8 single lap improvement: Vincent Hernandez's second run was 14.219 seconds faster than his first. Best average V6 lap time: Belongs to Fredrik Haroldson also with an average of 60.815 seconds per lap Best average V8 lap time: Also Fredrik with an average of 59.237 behind Ralph Gilles' average of 58.700 and Samuel's average of 56.855 Most improvement between first and last laps in a V6: Pete Seguin improved from his first lap to his last by 5.77 seconds Most improvement between first and last laps in a V8: Suzy Peat with an improvement of 12.482 seconds from her first lap to her last lap (Can you give me lessons?? ) [/LIST] Ponder this, for the sake of killing cones and seeing who's the better driver we raised about $2200 for charity last Saturday!
Here are the lists I compiled and the original sheets I transcribed the info from. Note the times include 2 seconds per cone knocked over. And sorry for any mispellings.
Yeah, I wondered about that. They didn't get my 1:07 run either. Ah well, more reason to get to doing that on a regular basis so I'm not such a huge embarrasment.
You also probably had the most pressure since a bunch of jackasses (like me :shifty were yelling haha. We all know you have it in ya, I felt like i left a buncha seconds out there as well. "Drive it like you stole it" lol I think one or two more runs, you would have been good to go.
I do my best work when I don't know anyone is watching. Having you, Chris Butler and like a bunch of people who think I'm a race car driver, yeah...I wanted to crawl under the seat. Still, it was fun and after riding with you and getting crap from Pete and Fredrik, I was ready to go kick its ass.
Well I guess I should have gone more than one... so I could have improved upon my one and only 1:02.3 run. I really had a bunch of understeer on the far end decreasing radius turn as i broke way to late... Next time to make it fun,, maybe we drive one lap and take a shot...
Everyone was talking about the understeer. I was able to control it more and more as the day went on...cept for that little bit at the end haha. The course was very well set up i thought at least. Nevin needs to show up next year and show us how its done lol
Yeah, that big turn at the end was a pain. Like a microscopic version of Turn 9/10 at Willow Springs. If I'd gone enough times I think I could've figured it out.
Pls do not take my under steer statement in a neg way.. it was all on me.. new to the car and course.. imo one needed a little less brake, get the car more neutral and touch more more throttle control... It was a blast, always is (and beats a good day at work any day)... I also love challenging courses.. makes you understand your car, it's capabilities & yours (or lack of on either part). so you can keep you self safe & under control... Tam isn't T9 @ WSR a Righty. not a lefty... (he he) unless you looped out o f 8
Oh trust me, I am with you that it was all driver error and not the cars fault haha. I think we were all a little over excited and had a little more throttle than we should have on some of the turns which slowed us all down in the end. Cept for the Sweed Stig of course.