SATurday August 13th Autocross

James Woods HS in Winchester, VA is the location of the next Capital Driving Club autocross on SATURDAY August 13th.

Registration and tech inspection will be at 8:15 (giving you 15 extra minutes) and will promptly close at 8:45 to try to accommodate the full field, while still giving 6 runs. You must be DONE by 8:45. So if you arrive at 8:15 you won't have a problem. Don't arrive at the last minute.

Due to increases in costs from last year, the event fee for the Saturday autocross is $30 for members and $40 for non-members.

New Bar Codes

Make sure you download the new bar codes for 2011 (some of the early barcodes in early 2010 won't work. So if you want to use last year's barcodes, make sure it is the same format as the new barcodes).

We have a new index for lightweight cars (under 1500 pounds) and the bar codes are now different for small bore cars from the early barcodes. The early bar codes from 2010 just won't work. If you have a car weighing under 1500 pounds, we are in the process of updating it (we can also print it out at the event in this case).

So to be on the safe side, print out new barcodes that can be found on the web forum under autocross section. You have to register on the forum to open the attachments.

If you have problems, you can e-mail me at capitaldriving@yahoo.com or we can also print barcodes for you at the event.

On-line Reservation System

Member reservations (or participants that will join the club upon showing up) for any events can be made at any time. Open reservations for non-members for this event begin Friday August 5th.

New Members

We will be accepting new members at this event. If you plan to join the club at this event, you may make a reservation at this time by doing the following:

1. Use "0" as the member number (a permanent number will be assigned to you after you join and you will get a temporary number for this event)
2. TYPE "I will be joining the club at this event" in the NOTES section when making you reservation.

$10 Discount on Second Slot

To help increase interested in the July 9th event at James Wood HS in Winchester, VA, we are offering the following special.

For anyone paying for a second slot, the second slot will be $10 off. So if you are a member the second slot for a member will only be $20. If the second slot is for a non-member the cost will be $30 (rather than $40).

The second slot can also be used the same driver (e.g. they would drive in two heats) or for a guest.

If you sign up for a second slot, just type "Second Slot" in the Notes Section. Otherwise, we may think you mistakenly submitted duplicate reservations.

-Several people used the second slot for a guest (some that never autocrossed with CDC)
-Many participants used the second slot to get 12 runs
-Some used the second slot to be a point autocross in the 6 morning runs (since only the first 6 counted for points) then treated the afternoon as a TNT by trading cars with other two slot participants

This offer is only extended for this event at James Wood HS on Saturday August 13th, 2011 and will only be offered at James Wood HS.

If you have any questions, let me know at capitaldriving@yahoo.com.

Ed

 

Ruh Roh....some strange datsun got lost and registered for STR next week .

 

I had fun at CDC on Saturday, never seen Ferraris Auto-crossing before.
I hope they fix the SCCA results; the live timing does not have my fastest time. It has the same time twice.

 

Wow. I got CRUSHED in ES. Never been on A6s before. Its weird, but fun.

 

Post up in the Yahoo Group, Anthony. I want to see the pax results.....not sure why live timing doesn't have them.

 

In-car from Yesterday....

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtMfOC4RAjE[/media]

 

Jon Casserta is coming down from PA to join in STR this Sunday. Probably practicing for Nationals. A welcome competitor to get some idea of how our STR guys will fare in Lincoln. Competing in STR will be Chris L. James D. Scott W. Brian H. and Jon C. in addition to Anthony M. and others who may surprise us with a big win. STR will be interesting. Mike L. will get a good taste of what this class is about as he tries it for the first time

I'm hoping Erik K. will sign up to play in BS and that it will be dry Sunday afternoon.

See you all there

 

We'll see what the heavy Datsun can do in STR.

 

The way I see it, 3rd in STR would be more rewarding than 1st in BSP. Even with your mods, 3rd will be very difficult this weekend.

I'm going to try and beat Eric K in BS. It will be hard, but I have to if I want any hope of a trophy spot at Nationals.

 

I may bring the hoos for fun runs....or vice versa. Still undecided. Mostly dependent on the weather. My guess is you will be ~1.5s faster on the hoosiers. You are pretty dialed in on street tires, but hoosiers take some getting used to. You just have to get it in your head that you can get on the power .1-.2 sooner than you think you can. It took me a while to do that, but it sinks in eventually. Eric was in the 49.0 range last event....you probably would have been a hair behind and right with Greg Olsen if I had to speculate. Nothing wrong with that....Greg is very fast as well. I know I could have gotten into the 47's w/o much trouble, but I was over-driving like crazy my first three runs......then under-drove a bit on the final 48.2. Still got a ways to go before I can catch Strano (SS pax is very close to BSP). I'm chipping away at the difference, though.