PCA 4-20 Results

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Thanks to all who pitched in to help out (You know who you are). We were missing 4 or 5 key club members, and there was a mumbling about cancelling the event. Thank goodness BAM and the BMW club showed up.
Sorry about the wait between runs, that's just my lack of experiance showing. We normally have half as many cars.
Here are the results by time. Results by class should be on the website before the end of the year. ;)


Shields, Danny 44.6781
Thomas, John 45.2912
Lasota, Mark 45.6683
Correia, Paul 46.7044
Damico, Jeremy 46.9155
Santiago, Jorge 46.9836
Murphy, Ryan 47.3077
Ethington, Jim 47.4358
Williams, Loren 48.2159
Garvey, Russ 48.38610
Riley, Bill48.65611
Estrada, Penny48.71212
Cavanagh, Tom48.95713
Byram, Tod48.99314
Abrams, Sean49.06215
Fry, Chris49.50516
Herndon, Dave49.55217
Close, David49.55718
Bieber, George49.819
Estrada, Carlos49.81320
Meyer, Rick49.85721
Weatherby, Doug49.95922
Streeper, Mike50.13923
Hamill, Maury50.16524
Tyner, Rob50.19425
Stowe, Charles50.39226
Costantino, Dennis50.9827
Getchell, Glen51.01128
Briest, Tom51.15529
Hanson, Brian51.33730
Thompson, Charlie51.37731
Ellis, Kyle51.69232
Carlton, Aaron51.69533
Miller, Barry51.78134
Brown, Fred51.99235
Eggert, Kristen52.09636
Close, Brian52.28237
Winberg, Nils52.41938
Davidson, Jacob52.50339
Yee, Mike52.60440
Streeper, Mike52.80841
Coulton, Andrew52.90342
Borbely, David53.59843
Close, Steve53.67944
Eggert, Jerry53.73145
Rappaport, Mike53.90446
Motulewitz, Paul54.12147
Knott, Ryan54.50748
Perez, Ian54.68549
Corona, Cory54.92950
Riley, Ellen55.13951
Mann, Tom55.58152
Graham, Matt55.68153
Johnson, Al55.70554
Kearney, Robert56.41755
Smith, Karen56.45356
Davis, Clifford56.55357
Kellogg, John (Cooper S)56.69658
North, Terry57.78859
Perkins, Eric58.05660
Rahman, Wassam58.59361
Eichar, Susan59.88462
Albritton, M60.00663
Bacon, Ken61.9964
Odom, Donald65.2365
Gordon, Ed66.95966

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Just got a chance to look at the MARs pictures. Thanks again.
I noticed quite a few with John Thomas and Danny giving instructional runs, and I think thoses guys are owed a lot of thanks.
I also think everyone should start refering to Loren's car as "The world's fastest Yaris".

[Loren]

Not at all. There are people putting turbos in the Yaris! Imagine 150-200 HP rather than 106!

But, I'm very pleased with how well I've been able to get the car to handle. It is now the car I wanted it to be when I bought it.

[Muddy]

Perhaps "Safety Harbor's Fastest Yaris" would be a better moniker. :lol:

Was John Thomas driving his beautiful 240z?

[Loren]

JT was co-driving Danny's car, I believe. The Z wasn't there, anyway.

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I want to stick with "World's Fastest Yaris" until it is beaten in a head to head competition.

John Thomas borrowed a friend's Boxster S. Unfortunately it had second hand R-compounds that were getting pretty old. He was telling me a little about the weight details on the 240Z. Nice car.

John gave me a ride in my MSM, and it was really eye opening.
For me it was totally worth going for the novice walk through with Danny and John. The ride along with John was a bonus.

[w0rd]

John gave me a ride in my MSM, and it was really eye opening.
What was his time? Why didn't you tell him he needed third gear before the run? Or did he drive before you even took your first run?

[chi town brat]

damn Mark you put down a really great time, which car were you driving?

we got back to Melbourne around 2:30 in the morning so autox was out

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John took the first run in my Miata, so all I could tell him was that it had R-compounds and to watch out for the turbo boost. He coned on the very first turn so his time was high. (He said the Miata "turned in" a lot quicker than the Boxster he had been driving.) After the run I asked him what gear to be in and where. I'd like to point out one thing I learned on the run, but there were easily 5.

(* Oh, and like I'm gonna tell John Thomas what gear to take. *)

Hi Chi Town. Thanks for the comment. Have not seen you in a while. I assume you'll be at the car control clinic on Sunday. Love the "Grow away" comment.

[chi town brat]

Thanks :)

Yep yep we will be there terrorizing...i mean helping. See you out there.

[Rob-00BoxsterS]

...Was John Thomas driving his beautiful 240z?

John said he will probably bring his 240Z out to the next BMW AutoX (Brooksville - Better surface.)


Also, he and Jean Kinser will be teaching an Auto-X driving school @ SPJC on June 1st. Only 14 students total. Anyone interested?

[Muddy]

I would be, if I can get the equivalent of evo phase 3. :D

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Hi Rob-00BoxsterS,
I assume John was driving your car on Sunday.

More info about the driving school please.
I'm guessing it's Not an EVO school.

[Rob-00BoxsterS]

Hi Rob-00BoxsterS,
I assume John was driving your car on Sunday.

More info about the driving school please.
I'm guessing it's Not an EVO school.


Yep, that was me (I'm also the one that was 5 seconds BEHIND John - in my own car :oops: . The last Auto-X I did, I was only 2.4 seconds behind him and Danny but this was a much tougher course.)

It pretty much is an EVO school. Both are instructors (here is a site on Jean's credentials - Evolution Performance Driving School,-- Autocross Schools - Tutorials (http://autocross.com/evolution/modules/tutorials/viewtutorial.php?tid=2) )and John is doing it as a favor to Suncoast Z CC. Cost is $140.00. Every penny is going towards paying for the venue, insurance, a few small prizes and food. John and Jean are doing it for free and, like I posted before, the class is caped at 14 students. We did this last year and after everything was paid for, I was out an additional $7.00 so there is no ways to make it any less expensive. Some people have said we should raise the price but I don't want to make money, just have some fun.

Anyway, class goes something like this:
Sign in and tech
short class room instructions
Walk course
2 students on the course at a time (one per instructor) for 20 - 30 mins
lunch
2 students again out for 20 - 30 mins (with the other instructor)
Wrap up and awards

Each student is on the course for 40 mins to an hour.

Last year we had all 14 slots filled and a short waiting list in case anyone backed out. Class is opened to Suncoast Z CC member firsts, but we will open it up to anyone that is interest if all 14 slots are not filled before a few weeks before the event.




Edit: I appologize for the thread jack......