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I had a blast on this course

Jamal and Keith drove the living hell out of that s2k . thanks for the great time i had just watching you drive that s2k Jamal.

Keith I hope you post the vid of you sliding across the track

BTW to the course designers thank you 1000x for the solomns . man i <3 them!

Looking forward to the next one in April but next time with SunBlock 30

OUCH!

 

Sounds like you guys had a great time. I saw you at the TR track event in a civic. I thought you had a CRX?

 

Tease! I didn't do so well, but I will post video later this week. I hit the rev limiter in 4th gear on my first run at 85 mph!

 

I do but currently it is down with a bent crank pulley that I am trying to be good and buy without using a credit card ...

 

It was a great course. Again, very very fast and difficult - at least for me - to find the proper braking point. I summoned ABS twice on every run. The second hard-braking area was the most tricky - closer to the finish. Out of five runs I had two sloppy accompanied by three disastrous, and left with my head hanging low. But a bad day autocrossing is better than a good day at work

 

Great event. I loved the fast sections. It is very hard to spot braking points when going that fast. Out of 10, I got maybe, 1 right.

 

hey, how'd my name get on that list? i haven't been to an event yet & it's spelled impreza with one z

 

Don't want to start a "holy war" about what is or isn't "autocross", but I don't think 90 mph is autocross material. Not saying it isn't fun... it's just not what autocross is.

Even the BMW club's website says that "speed rarely exceeds 65 mph". From the reports here of at least the past two events they've done at Brooksville, this does not appear to be the case.

Feel free to discuss... or not. I'm just pointing out the obvious.

 

It is an autocross, with a high speed straight thrown in. This has been normal for a PCA/BMW event for as long as I have been auto-x'ing.

I would call 1 section out of 40 a rare event. Most of the course was under 65. A few spots were actually pretty tight. Some people were actually using 1st gear.

However, one of the head dudes told me that he thought the course was a little too fast. So, we might expect some changes for the next event. I don't really have a problem with the high speeds as long as it's safe. I didn't see any unsafe parts to the course, as the high speed sections were straight. If there was a lane change at 90 mph, then that would be a different story.

This is pretty interesting regarding what an autocross course consists of http://www.scca.org/garage/forum/for...?TID=3380&PN=1
"The Chief Safety Steward or other designees as defined in Appendix E .X.B, has the final on-site determination on course safety and that action is not protestable." and "Competitors are reminded that common sense, course layout and site conditions drive the determination on a safe event."

 

+1 zillion

There is discussion about shortening the course to handle a variety of different issues currently. It will be interesting to see what happens next.

Acutally the original course set up by the trash dumpster had us braking and turning but due to safety the 1st turn was straightened out a bit and it was more of a slight angle to get in.

I like autox'ing with different clubs so that I can experience different course designs ... tight, fast, slow downs, hard braking, etc.

btw the results are now posted