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Well after a long time of waiting I finally made it to my first AutoX, which happened to be event 4 of the local BMW club's season (they run two courses, 1 for BMW's and another for non-bmw's)
It was a beautiful day to hit the track. There were a number of no-shows, so everyone got 8 runs. I did ok, it was my first time so I didn't have very high expectations.
MORNING SESSION
Run1 - 82.050 (My first run was just to learn the course)
Run 2 - DNF (dashed line on the map in corner 2, thats what I did, D'OH!)
Run 3 - 72.846 + 1 (I hit a cone in the slalom in corner 1)
Run 4 - 67.517 (felt good and smooth)
AFTERNOON SESSION
Run 5 - 68.038 (I guess the tires were cold?)
Run 6 - 64.321
Run 7 - 63.367 (My best time [img]smile.gif[/img] )
Run 8 - 62.431 + 1 (another cone in corner 1 same place, but still a great run)
Course Layout
All in all I think I did pretty good. I was getting some squeeling from the rear end the last few runs, I guess my lower control arm bolts were backing off a little, need to fix that tomorrow.
The best times were in the low 50's and the average was probably 57 seconds. I still have a lot to learn, but damn it was fun. There was a fine F-body showing. There was a 96 Z28 in the 54-55 second range(1LE everything and racing slicks)
By next event I should have the 1LE sway bars in, hopfully they'll help out. Once they update the club web page I'll post the official results.
later
carldev
(cleaned up post)
[ July 14, 2002: Message edited by: carldev96 ]</p>
It was a beautiful day to hit the track. There were a number of no-shows, so everyone got 8 runs. I did ok, it was my first time so I didn't have very high expectations.
MORNING SESSION
Run1 - 82.050 (My first run was just to learn the course)
Run 2 - DNF (dashed line on the map in corner 2, thats what I did, D'OH!)
Run 3 - 72.846 + 1 (I hit a cone in the slalom in corner 1)
Run 4 - 67.517 (felt good and smooth)
AFTERNOON SESSION
Run 5 - 68.038 (I guess the tires were cold?)
Run 6 - 64.321
Run 7 - 63.367 (My best time [img]smile.gif[/img] )
Run 8 - 62.431 + 1 (another cone in corner 1 same place, but still a great run)
Course Layout
All in all I think I did pretty good. I was getting some squeeling from the rear end the last few runs, I guess my lower control arm bolts were backing off a little, need to fix that tomorrow.
The best times were in the low 50's and the average was probably 57 seconds. I still have a lot to learn, but damn it was fun. There was a fine F-body showing. There was a 96 Z28 in the 54-55 second range(1LE everything and racing slicks)
By next event I should have the 1LE sway bars in, hopfully they'll help out. Once they update the club web page I'll post the official results.
later
carldev
(cleaned up post)
[ July 14, 2002: Message edited by: carldev96 ]</p>
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