D-Roll

Yeah it was definitely an experience. I'm learning the limits of my car.

jaball77

Yep. We had a nice super-bright beam, just like from the short cables. It wasn't perfect, though. I don't know if it was the wind, or the length of the run, but in the morning session we were getting false finish trips all over the place! It was better in the afternoon, but there were still 4 or 5 false trips during the session. I'm wondering if the wind was pushing on the spool the cables ran through or something, because we weren't getting false start trips. Maybe next time we'll tie the interconnects into knots... take some stress off the joints.

Also a BIG THANK YOU to the guys that rolled up all that cable! Albert, Chuck Ray, and a couple other guys rolled it all back up for us before we knew what happened. A job that I was NOT looking forward to, haha. You guys rock.

Spin Out

I heard people complaining about the Sunday course, but I really enjoyed it.
Much more interesting than Saturday's course.

I know the SCCA rules would not allow it,
but with a one way course we missed out on some excellent drag racing opportunities bringing back the cars.
What a unique event that would be ..... Autocross out, Drag Race back.

Congrats to Rosco on pulling off that 5/100 of a second win.

w0rd

haha. http://www.cfrsolo2.com/2006/2006-07...sville_pax.htm

mofugga

what do you mean bitch? you don't think i was 2.4secs faster than elliot or fast enough to take the pax title???








































i would like to thank the timing system for the HUGE error in my favor although i reported it to tony yesterday & hopefully the results get fixed, don't wanna beat elliot by cheating or all you whiny bitches who care about pax...

chi town brat

i'm for it my car did pull a 14.9 in the 1/4 mile

Rosko

Thanks for the quick post on the results. Now we can come to some conclusion about street tire ranking. I don't know if anyone faster had street tires. It looked like everyone and their mom mounted race rubber.

1. Elliot 56.539
2. Jeremy 56.650
3. Tony 56.661

Talk about a close margin - .122 second. No surprise where Elliot finished, but Jeremy besting Tony? Will that trend continue, or was Tony just rusty after no autocrossing for a while?

I'll have you know it was closer to 6/100 of a second! Thanks. However, it was very little consolation after a disappointing day. On the bright side, at least we both made some clean runs!

I give the course and the new finish location the thumbs up. It will only get smoother and easier. I still wouldn't mind seeing the old style course every other time, though.

jaball77

The only thing that annoyed me (aside from the false finish trips) was the lack of times at the end of the run. I think it was too much to ask one person to wrangle the finishing cars AND write down and give times to the drivers. Maybe we could do a finish-line sticky-note thing like they do at Nationals... but that would bring us to THREE extra workers needed for the whole setup...

Anyway. Something to think about.

How did you guys roll up that cable? Two holding the spool, and one turning it?

Leonard

you guys need one of these:

Rosko

Sorry. I forgot to respond to you about that, Jason. No problem. I had no idea what an undertaking it would be when I decided to tackle that little cable.

The first cable I mostly did holding the spool in my hand, then winding. My arms got really tired. I then laid the spool on the ground and pushed it with my foot and directed the cable with my hands.

When I was almost done with the first cable, the two Ogren guys, Albert and Tony made the whole thing much easier. Tony found some kind of a bar, which he stuck through the spool. Two of us held the bar and spun the spool, while one directed the cable, and one pulled the cable into a pile nearby. This way we all stood perfectly still while winding it up. I highly recommend four people for the procedure the next time it needs to be done.