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What's with the 1.000 PAX for STS2? I know it's a new class, but isn't someone willing to at least take a guess? Like, maybe STS plus a couple hundredths? Or even split the diff between STS and SM. Anything would be more fair than saying we're as fast as A Mod!
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haha, awesome...
Thanks to Tony for letting us drive his Miata on Saturday. And to Jim for lending his dead Esctas to put on the rear after he went agricultural.
Thanks to Tony for letting us drive his Miata on Saturday. And to Jim for lending his dead Esctas to put on the rear after he went agricultural.
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-93 MR2, #129 ES
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Originally posted by Mars_302
God I need to learn to avoid cones and get better tires
God I need to learn to avoid cones and get better tires
It will come to you.
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Yea I only kept looking ahead towards the next obstacle :\ Why I wanna try a more road style course like G-ville where its easier to memorize and prepare for. Though the more I think about it, I think having more than a 1/8th tank of gas woulda helped me with rear traction.
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Originally posted by Mars_302
Yea I only kept looking ahead towards the next obstacle :\ Why I wanna try a more road style course like G-ville where its easier to memorize and prepare for. Though the more I think about it, I think having more than a 1/8th tank of gas woulda helped me with rear traction.
Yea I only kept looking ahead towards the next obstacle :\ Why I wanna try a more road style course like G-ville where its easier to memorize and prepare for. Though the more I think about it, I think having more than a 1/8th tank of gas woulda helped me with rear traction.
You seemed to be getting better with that toward the end of the day. Remember, there are no "digital" controls on a car. Everything is analog. Nice smooth inputs, no jerky or on/off inputs. This applies to steering, brakes... and throttle. Learn to gently roll onto the throttle as you unwind the wheel when exiting a turn.The game of autocross - minutes to learn, a lifetime to perfect.
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Mars-302, you definitely were getting better as the runs went on. Throttle modulation, what Loren said, is the key. You have too much power to go on-off-on. And man, what a bitch your car is to push start! Jesse and I watched your buddie spin & stall. It was entertaining 'till we realized he couldn't get it crabked back up...
You WILL have an easier time following any course at Gainesville. Having the grass lead you around helps me so much. It feels more like you vs. the course and not you vs. your memory. Looking ahead on a long runway is tough. No matter how a course is laid out it all kind of looks the same. You, essentially, just remember segments and react to the things that pop up in between. I don't know anyone that could memorize that course.
You WILL have an easier time following any course at Gainesville. Having the grass lead you around helps me so much. It feels more like you vs. the course and not you vs. your memory. Looking ahead on a long runway is tough. No matter how a course is laid out it all kind of looks the same. You, essentially, just remember segments and react to the things that pop up in between. I don't know anyone that could memorize that course.
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If an airstrip course is laid out well, you don't have to remember it. You just keep looking ahead and driving it mostly like a slalom from transition to transition. The only thing you need to remember are the "difficult parts". On this course, that was entering the slalom correctly (man, you could fly on the exit of that slalom if you took it to the left!), setting up and SLOWING DOWN for the turn-around, and the two decreasing slaloms on the way back... especially the one right before the finish. The rest was just a matter of looking ahead, thinking ahead and not letting the car get behind.
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Push start my car? I did randomly pass out and you guys had to start my car or something? 
Yea I started getting the smoother throttle application towards the end. I do remmber on the last run after coming outta the u turn I was really revving out 2nd to the max, which is about 65mph. That u turn for me was honestly more of a 2nd gear turn low rpm them come out and let the power come on good.
I let some air outta the back tires during the 2nd heat that semed to help a bit. Though the more I think about it, I should have had more gas in my tank, but I was running so late that morning I didnt have time to stop.
Thanks for the advice though.
Yea I started getting the smoother throttle application towards the end. I do remmber on the last run after coming outta the u turn I was really revving out 2nd to the max, which is about 65mph. That u turn for me was honestly more of a 2nd gear turn low rpm them come out and let the power come on good.I let some air outta the back tires during the 2nd heat that semed to help a bit. Though the more I think about it, I should have had more gas in my tank, but I was running so late that morning I didnt have time to stop.
Thanks for the advice though.
