October 22 - SCCA Points #9 Gwinnett | Alex's In-Car Vid

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  1. MarkM2016GTI

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    Count me in....I am just gonna be a spectator though...this time...

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  2. Alex

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    Ugh, fuck. Its supposed to rain all morning...
     
  3. miloman

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    im gonna wake up and check the forecast... if it says anything more than 30% chance of rain, then i wont be going
     
  4. Alex

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    Scratch that, Ill be there rain or shine co-driving the STi with Brian :)
     
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    will the event be called if rain?
     
  6. Matto357

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    Pretty sure they'll run the event rain or shine, but it will be much less fun to be a spectator in the rain. Debating going right now.
     
  7. Meredith

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    But it's much more fun driving in the rain ;)
     
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    True. Everyone have fun, I'm going back to sleep, maybe next time!
     
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    well, im up. wunderground sats 40%, weatherchannel says %60...
     
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    Radar says it's raining there right now. Looks like it might clear out by 10:00, but since Milo isn't going and Alex can only take 1 per run :(
     
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    yeah, and i can't afford to make myself sick again in the cold wet... :( Sucks too, since i can never make saturday events...
     
  12. BrianGT

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    Thanks to Alex and Randy for letting me co-drive their cars today. It was a lot of fun!

    You guys should have come out for the afternoon session (sign up for TO2 - time only afternoon), and you don't have to worry about running the morning if rain is forecasted. The weather was absolutely beautiful after noon.

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    My best time was a 59.451.

    My brother co drived with me and his best time was a 57.428

    It was also my first time, and my brother's third time, but he drove 2 differnet cars the other times.

    I'm definitally going to start autocrossing more. It was a blast!
     
  14. Alex

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    Even with the rain while I drove up there, things were moderately overcast up until I left around 1pm. No rain, you guys missed out :)

    Ive got some in-car video as well, Ill try to get that up. Thanks again Brian.
     
  15. miloman

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    glad u guys had fun... my main issue with rain is that i dont want to have to drive my car with the windows open and get the interior all wet... i like autoX but i love my car
     
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    Yeah, next time, I definately want to do a day of ride alongs before I even think about taking my own car, though I'm still split on if I ever will till I'm out of warrenty.

    Good luck at the physical.
     
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    It did turn out to be a really nice day, weather wise. As usual, it was a ton of fun, just wish I could make it more often. Ah well, maybe next year...
     
  19. miloman

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    congratulations randy
     
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    Thanks. Let it serve as proof that every dog has its day. I hope to see y'all out there at the next one.
     
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    i will be there as long as the forecast doesn't call for rain :(
     
  22. Alex

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    Although my best time was 57 something, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. More importantly, each run I took I was dropping seconds on the nasty morning slick ground. I've just about finished editing the video we took so I'll upload that in a few minutes.

    Cheers,
     
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    ty for posting the link :)
     
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    How did you mount your camera?
     
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    I ended up in the low 54's on my TO runs. the course was awesome
     
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    Did you run morning and afternoon? 54's were pretty good for that course!
     
  29. Alex

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    With the chase cam mount. The course is just bumpy, esp with the JICs so...
     
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    \

    In the morning I could not break 56. In the afternoon I was in the the 54's. I needed to be in the 52's but my tires weren't having it.

    Funny thing, what I thought was my back end loosing traction turned out to be me hitting the rev limiter!!! I guess I need to find third gear now.
     
  32. BelvnAWD

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    Closer gear ratios will do that! :drool:
     
  33. gotsol

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    who knows,maybe I would have hit the 52's if I shifted?
     

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