So this past weekend was the opening event for the Renegade Miata Club's AutoCross season. It was my first event in my 2008 STI and only my second event ever, so Im still learning the ins and outs. However, it was a BLAST. The car was great, the course was great the people were great... the only thing that could have been better would've been if it wasn't as windy. It got a bit chilly when I was out working the corners (pun intended). When the wind died down, the weather was gorgeous... of course Marc was 'freezing' and jumping around like Penguin trying to escape the jaws of an Orca. But, I digress... I must give him credit for even getting me into the event seeing as I do not own a Mazda.
The day started off meeting Marc and Shane at Marc place. Once Jose showed up with his Mazdaspeed 3 we then cruised up to the event, got there roughly 7:45, got registered and walked the track. The course looked fast, but not overly technical. It was definitely a good one to get my feet wet and get used to the car.
We had 2 heats, 4 runs each heat, so I did 4 morning runs and 4 afternoon runs. I started the day off with a run of 1:18 +1 cone, followed by two runs of 1:15, one clean and the other with 1 cone hit... and boy did I NAIL that cone. I finished the morning up with a 1:14 +1 cone. Cones, for reference, are a +2sec penalty. Overall, I was extremely pleased with that fact that I was steadily improving my times with each run. Then, it was time for some lunch. After hitting up Subway with Marc and Shane, we headed back for the afternoon runs.
Now we're talking. My times dropped by about 1 whole second each run in the afternoon with a final lowest run of 1:12.3. Overall, Im extremely happy with how it went and cant wait to get back out there. I need to do something about the massive amounts of body-roll in the car, though... and get some new brake pads.
Below are two videos taken of my morning runs:
Monday, April 12, 2010
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