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Curtis Lee's Celebration of Life

my sincerest condolences to the Lee/Parker family

markpaco

Great showing (12 S2ks!) at the Curtis Lee Memorial Autocross yesterday. 'Rolling shots' to come. Congrats to all you guys who come out and use your car for its intended purpose. Special congrats to Diana, Justin, and Ryan Imaoka for exceptional finishes.

10/24/10 Race 5

BS
(1st) 35.608 (10 OA) 30.160 (02 PAX) Diana Carris


(2nd) 36.096 (13 OA) 30.573 (07 PAX) Justin Lau


(4th) 39.427 (55 OA) 33.395 (52 PAX) John Kendrick


(5th) 39.960 (61 OA) 33.846 (60 PAX) Jeff Guzman


(7th) 43.451 (100 OA) 36.803 (100 PAX) Kenneth Tomitaka


BSP
(5th) 40.146 (65 OA) 34.726 (77 PAX) Reid Kubota


(7th) 40.976 (80 OA) 35.444 (86 PAX) David Arashiro


(9th) 41.105 (83 OA) 35.556 (89 PAX) Jeff Kayo


(10th) 41.151 (88 OA) 35.855 (91 PAX) James Ky

SSM
(3rd) 34.640 (04 OA) 30.587 (08 PAX) Ryan Imaoka


(7th) 38.399 (47 OA) 33.906 (61 PAX) Elayne Man


(8th) 40.750 (76 OA) 35.982 (93 PAX) Ryan Sato

satoman44

Can't believe I forgot to turn off the VSC again during my 3rd run. Made me a second slower

kuso

^ i hate it when that happens. i finish my run thinking "wow, that was so smooth! ... wait wtf my time was so slow!"

that offset slalom was so hard for me to wrap my head around. i'm just proud of myself for remembering to turn off the VSC for all 4 runs lol

moon knight

how come u ran ssm?

There was a lot of s2000 this race. more than i have ever seen.

satoman44

I'm running in SSM just to race in the same heat as my ST friends. I figure I won't be competitive in any class since I want to stick with street tires. So until there is a STR class, I'll stick there even though my car is a BS car My new wheels should be here in a couple of months anyway (ordered them in the beginning of this month) so I would be kicked out of BS anyway. Also, I planned to do suspension around the same time as the wheels. Looking at Jon/Erin's pics, there is a lot of roll and dive under hard braking and cornering even on stock 3 year old tires

I still have a LOT of learning to do though. I know the car is capable of much better times, even in stock form. Diana and the other Ryan are running 6-7 seconds faster and I know that suspension and tires won't even probably make me 2 seconds faster. This car is SO fun to drive though!

satoman44

Woohoo! Remembered to turn off VSC all 4 runs! On a side note, I decided to not be lazy and take out my sub/box out of my trunk and it made a noticeable difference in the car's willingness to turn in and rotate. I didn't adjust anything else from the last event so I knew the handling difference was that extra weight in the rear.

I was shifting into second while taking the left handed right after the start. Did anybody try to stay in first gear any longer? I left it in first gear through the slalom on my first run but found the car to be too jerky when trying to modulate the throttle.

kuso

wow, i didn't shift into second until after the slalom. i'm a slow poke lol. forgot to turn VSC off in the 2nd run.

i got my time down to 32.9x during fun runs. that run felt so good! that was such a great course.

JustinsanE

I stayed in first through the slalom, guess I could have tried shifting before but never thought of it.......

markpaco

Nine S2000 racers at the last event.

Diana was defeated by Ryan Imoaka's brother, Randall, in his STI. She would have had the win it if she didn't hit a cone on two of her runs.

Ryan Imaoka had FTD for a moment but was taken down by a 240Z that luckily got a couple of reruns which gave him the win.

Justin Campbell was back in his yellow S shod with sticky new Dunlop Star Specs and, based on his times, you'd swear he was on r comps.

Next race is on 12/12.

11/7/10 Race 6

BS
(2nd) 31.279 (23 OA) 26.493 (012 PAX) Diana Carris


(3rd) 32.917 (43 OA) 27.881 (38 PAX) John Kendrick


BSP
(2nd) 30.102 (05 OA) 26.038 (03 PAX) Ryan Imaoka


(6th) 31.852 (33 OA) 27.552 (31 PAX) Justin Campbell


(8th) 33.110 (45 OA) 28.640 (50 PAX) James Ky


(10th) 35.241 (75 OA) 30.483 (74 PAX) Reid Kubota


(12th) 35.398 (78 OA) 30.619 (77 PAX) David Arashiro


SSM
(6th) 34.638 (66 OA) 30.585 (76 PAX) Ryan Sato


(7th) 34.802 (68 OA) 30.730 (79 PAX) Elayne Man