CDC AutoX #9 Sept 3rd at Frederick, MD

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Sep 5, 2005 | 06:51 AM

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From: Gods Speed #57 Lemons #77

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Originally Posted by Pillowsplat,Sep 5 2005, 07:53 AM

"couldnt come... hope you all are having fun there. I actually volunteered my time this weekend to fly an airplane to New Orleans. I carried supplies in and carried stranded doctors and nurses out. Absolutly unbelivable whats happening down there. Ill post some pictures hopefully later tonight in a different thread."

That was certaintly MUCH better use of your time. I just made my contribution to the Red Cross.

On the lighter side the Autocross was pretty cool. #777 Silver S2000 was the fastest car I saw all day. On his final run he got a little late on one of the precceding turns and you could see him just get a little later with each turn till he did 30' diameter spinout. It was a 10!!!!!. Hope it just scraped a little rubber off and nothing else. The course... the noobies struggled to stay on and the drainage dip played havoc with the low riding cars. You could see the talented drivers really looking ahead it made all the difference. All in all I would comend the Autocross officials in running a safe well run event. Did I mention that spin out was really cool!

Can't think of a better excuse to not make an autoX, 3312.

I am car #777. I think I got edged out by a few cars for FTD by a tenth or two at the end of the day but it was pretty fun. That little dip in the course just seems to be getting bigger or something, it felt like I was running into a curb when I hit it at speed. It really unsettled the car but there was no rubbing or anything. My spin was caused by getting lose 3 turns and a slalom earlier! It was a game of just trying to get back into a groove and not getting it. Just tapped a cone with my rear wheel so no harm done. I have nailed cones WAY harder!