We ran a 'test event' this last weekend at SCCA's new Geneva site to test out the asphalt, and see how the new facility would run... this was a LOT of fun to be involved in, and thank you very much to SCCA for the invite

Unfortunately, my car is still dead, so i was able to thumb a ride from Willie Gee this weekend, and drive his car...

Here is a vid of Willie Gees best run of the day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdPyHwznFug

And here is the vid from me driving his car...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFGrZ-QkuJk

You'll notice that i tried to stay far away from his redline (got enough verbal warnings about it from bill, i decided to come nowhere near it if i could help it... lol!) so, i wound up shifting into 3rd a few times when i shouldn't have, and short-shifted the 1-2 shift as much as i could... Also, there was a high-speed slalom portion of the course that i was a little gun-shy about, since i had just watched another guy in an s2000 that had a LOT more grip, oversteer and wind up punting itself off the track and into the palmetto bushes on the side of the road... and i frankly didn't want to accomplish a similar thing in Bills car

I wound up 9-hundredths of a second slower than Bill... but he was a LOT smoother than i was, and negotiated the tight 180 degree turnaround much cleaner than i did on my best run It was a LOT of fun though!

I'd like to have had another 3 or 4 runs at the same course...

But anyway, the new Geneva site is awesome! The asphalt is so clean and new, and there are a lof of course options with the bigger lot. This course will become a 'normal' course for us to run in the 2009 season. Looking forward to it!

 

Nice runs both of ya!

 

Didn't i tell you to wait for the three beeps to shift?!

Anyway, thanks for the vids and the pointers! 'twas fun, and I learned alot.

 

He is just trying to find an excuse on why he was slower than you.

 

he wasn't that much slower...

it was very very close.

 

Great runs guys!

 

Nice! I want to go.. But they dont take AX.. Thats the only one I've keept from cutting...

 

John I'm not letting you drive my car at the next AutoX just so you can show me how much I suck.

"James let me borrow his car and only let me drive in 5th gear. I beat him by 4 seconds"

 

WOW!!! That course looks incredibly fun!!!! I love how they had you go right the first time through and then left for the finish the second time.....

Really bummed I missed out on that event since I won't be here next year. Its good to be well known in the auto-x region I guess!!

 

The course was alot of fun. Watching Terry's S2000 (driven by his brother in law) go off course wasn't fun.

It was probably the fastest autocross I've been on--and the longest. I think I had it at just .8 miles long or so.

Great vids John