Chet,

How is this even any sort of a dillema???? Two days of hotlaps!!! (3 laps at a time possibly more)... Potential for triple digit speeds.


OR, 3 runs around a parking lot?


Oh, and just to put it the rest of the way in perspective... I'm bringing spare rotors and pads and fluid just in case....

 

triple digit speeds? hahahha...no.

 

i hit 85 at the last solo 2 up there into the finish line... and half of that straight was slalom... i think i'll be close....

 

I like to go fast as much as anyone else, but 85 mph in a stock car is not "Solo II". Somebody goofed.

 

bwahahahah that is what you think try 90 in the middle of a slaloam in a bone stock integra LS on falkens (not vtec and not on R compounds) then you have the sebring event last year lol and leonards stang isnt stock most of us were hittin about 65-70 in that section of g'ville. maybe a way to increase intrest in these autox's would be to adjust the classing, that is the only roblem i have with the miata autox's (all be it that i always attend them when i can) the classes are modified, miata, v8, and anything less than v8. that is really annoying knowing that when someone shows up in an S2000 or whatever, it is in the same exact class as someones stock civic or integra or whatever. just a thought

 

I just drive a car that has enough horsepower to get out of it's own way...

 

Both cases are way faster than Solo II should be. Read the Solo II rule book. Speeds for "the fastest" Stock and Street Prepared cars should not normally exceed normal highway speeds. The fastest Stock and SP cars are blindingly fast cars and those speeds should only be achievable with the stickiest of autocross rubber.

But, hey, I wasn't there. If they can get away with that kind of speed for a short period on an isolated part of the course without creating a safety issue, more power to 'em.

Well, remember that SunRiders autocrosses are usually very small, it's hard to have proper classing with a group of only 30-40 drivers... you end up with two people in each class, and what's the point? Also remember that SunRiders autocrosses are more about fun than competition.

We have actually simplified our classing for this season. You'll probably like it even less, but I think it will work for our purposes.

Classes are:
Virgin (first timer)
Street Tire Novice
Street Tire Experienced
Race Tire Novice
Race Tire Experienced

These classes key on the two Most Important Things in autocrossing: Driver and Tires.

More often than not, at a casual autocross like ours, a good driver on good street tires can beat many "faster" cars with better tires. Remember, it's a driver's game!

 

He drives a Street Mod Mustang, and the course was deemed safe by at least 2 saftey stewards. You were going straight, nothing to hit, no reason to even come close to losing control.

FWIW, I was shifting to 4th right before the lights in my E-stock car. Thats about ~72 on the speedo.

Last year's SE Divisonal in Savannah saw 75mph through the lights of STS cars. The prepared and mod cars were going quite a bit faster im sure.

The First PRO event in Talladega had S2000s nudging the rev limiter in 3rd, thats ~90mph.

All of those events had ZERO accidents caused by the high speed. On the other hand, the Ft. Myers ProSolo this past weekend had 3 accidents, while top speed was limited to ~70mph by the SS cars.

 

When I ran with the Martin Sports Car Club up in G-Ville, car's were flying down that long backstraight. it was set up so the cars went all the way down the straight, then did a little rectangular loop on that box. my car got up into the 70's range on it.

but anyway, i really want to go to the sunriders event tommorrow. but i get off work at 7am in cocoa beach and it's like 3 hours to tampa. so something tells me i won't make it on time. plus i dont want to drive on unfamiliar terrain after working 11 hours straight and driving 3 hours to tampa. that's just asking for trouble.

oh well, maybe next time.

 

what time is this tomorrow ?