Thanks, dude. My "zen wisdom" for this event was simply to make a concerted effort to stay in control at all times. On my final run, I was smooth and consistent and got exactly one tail wiggle in those three laps. Overdriving gets you nowhere. It's hard not to overdrive in the rain, especially on sealed asphalt.

Another thing that the results don't show. On my second and third runs, I intentionally hit the first slalom cone (it was kinda hard to get over to get around it, disrupted my line, pissed me off, had to go) several times. This being a multi-lap course (the original idea was to do FIVE or more laps), I didn't want people botching a good run for just hitting a cone or two, so we allowed "three for free". I was running clean (as were most people), so I used my free cones to my advantage.

So, the cone penalties you see in the results, every "0" could be as many as "3", and any actual penalties means that the driver hit more than 3 cones. (I don't remember anyone actually doing that... I made a pretty wide course due to the rain)

Oh, and my first run time includes a coneless spin at the end of the slalom on my last lap.

BTW, the course map is still on the website: http://www.sunridersautocross.com

I really stuck with that design as closely as possible. Lots more pointers were used (mostly rows of 4 pointers marking the outsides of wide turns) because we couldn't use a chalk line. The slalom went from a 4-cone to a 6-cone because the speed coming around the turn after the slalom was scary coming toward that light pole in the rain. The apex after the last slalom cone was also removed to effectively bring that sweeper inward away from the pole. Otherwise, WYSIWYG, and everyone seemed to enjoy it.