FAST Open Autocross - Jan 13 @ Brooksville

Postby **Loren** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:44 am

Randy's funny. He'll be sitting on FTD and say "come ride with me and tell me what I'm doing wrong".

Uh, NOTHING, Randy. You're doing NOTHING wrong.

Carracer · Postby **Carracer** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:40 pm

Imagine the time he sets when he thinks he is doing it right

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:44 pm

Rpwolf wrote:but I'm still shoving 245s on these 7 inch wheels

STR is a tough class if all you have is a fat front rim:) Must be 2018.

Evil MS3 · Postby **Evil MS3** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:48 am

Forecast keeps getting colder and colder for Saturday. Gonna be a chilly morning!

twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:49 pm

Evil MS3 wrote:Forecast keeps getting colder and colder for Saturday. Gonna be a chilly morning!

We were there last sunny Saturday at 33F @ 8:30am but it was 50F by 10:30 and maxed out at 57F. Wear layers like an onion if you're cold blooded. No one spun out or went OC and the cold air made our cars very very fast with not one overheating issue!! I thoroughly enjoyed the climate change/ram air/HP. Yes I ran the heater on low but still put the top down all day. Yes the guys with slicks were still very very fast. The rain yesterday washed off the pavement once again. Nice.

Big boy jeans. Socks. Full tennis shoes. Tshirt, reg shirt, light jacket, winter leather coat, light gloves and hat. Thermos of hot coffee or cocoa. Air pump. You won't feel cold at all. Will lose winter coat before first course walk. I promise.

A perfect weekend for two driver cars!!

Postby **Loren** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:08 pm

That sounds about right.

Rawkkrawler · Postby **Rawkkrawler** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:25 pm

twistedwankel wrote:Yes I ran the heater on low but still put the top down all day.

Look at you running with the top down, I may do the same!

Lava Speed 05 · Postby **Lava Speed 05** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:46 am

One less excuse now that I have a normal Miata redline...

Still need to find time to bring the car to Joe for an alignment, but if I do that I'm running out of excuses...

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nathanwilliams617 · Postby **nathanwilliams617** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:54 am

Yeah, I had some excitement last night. A young lady drove across two lanes of traffic into mine. Took all I had to prevent from hitting her dead on in her driver side door. Everybody is ok! I was pretty upset at first, then I thought about how it could be much worst. Yeah, like I could have been driving the rust machine, and would have to miss autocross Saturday, Now that would have sucked!

JasonS · Postby **JasonS** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:40 am

Glad you're ok!

Postby **Loren** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:45 am

Just imagine how that would have ended without autocross skills. Good job, Nate!

CaptainSquirts · Postby **CaptainSquirts** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:12 am

Oh damn that sucks. Glad you're ok and nobody got hurt. Hopefully it isn't a total(unless you want it to..) and can be put back together.

Carracer · Postby **Carracer** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:18 am

Glad you are OK! Hope everything is still straight, did the suspension take any damage?

You gave her a Pinellas Driving School card right?

CaptainSquirts · Postby **CaptainSquirts** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:35 am

Carracer wrote:You gave her a Pinellas Driving School card right?

Postby **Native** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:50 pm

Somehow laughing right now seems wrong... but what the heck!

Nate - good to know you're all right! Sorry for the hassle and inconvenience that will undoubtedly follow...

Lava Speed 05 · Postby **Lava Speed 05** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:41 pm

nathanwilliams617 wrote:Yeah, I had some excitement last night. A young lady drove across two lanes of traffic into mine. Took all I had to prevent from hitting her dead on in her driver side door. Everybody is ok! I was pretty upset at first, then I thought about how it could be much worst. Yeah, like I could have been driving the rust machine, and would have to miss autocross Saturday, Now that would have sucked!

Glad you're ok. Hopefully it's not too difficult to source parts for it.

I am impressed at the lengths you'll go to have an excuse... Take some ibuprofen so you're not all sore. ;-)

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Evil MS3 · Postby **Evil MS3** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:13 am

twistedwankel wrote:
Evil MS3 wrote:Forecast keeps getting colder and colder for Saturday. Gonna be a chilly morning!
We were there last sunny Saturday at 33F @ 8:30am but it was 50F by 10:30 and maxed out at 57F. Wear layers like an onion if you're cold blooded. No one spun out or went OC and the cold air made our cars very very fast with not one overheating issue!! I thoroughly enjoyed the climate change/ram air/HP. Yes I ran the heater on low but still put the top down all day. Yes the guys with slicks were still very very fast. The rain yesterday washed off the pavement once again. Nice.

Big boy jeans. Socks. Full tennis shoes. Tshirt, reg shirt, light jacket, winter leather coat, light gloves and hat. Thermos of hot coffee or cocoa. Air pump. You won't feel cold at all. Will lose winter coat before first course walk. I promise.

A perfect weekend for two driver cars!!

Oh I'm definitely not scared of a little cold haha Once the initial morning shock wears off that is.

Evil MS3 · Postby **Evil MS3** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:15 am

nathanwilliams617 wrote:Yeah, I had some excitement last night. A young lady drove across two lanes of traffic into mine. Took all I had to prevent from hitting her dead on in her driver side door. Everybody is ok! I was pretty upset at first, then I thought about how it could be much worst. Yeah, like I could have been driving the rust machine, and would have to miss autocross Saturday, Now that would have sucked!

Dang that sucks! Hopefully it's just cosmetic but glad everyone made it out unscathed.

nathanwilliams617 · Postby **nathanwilliams617** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:25 am

Thanks guys!

Matt, show some respect when addressing the M2 points leader

Shush, I don't want to hear excuses like, I ran on street tires that day, I missed two events, drops not factored yet, yeah yeah yeah... just respect!

Evil MS3 · Postby **Evil MS3** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:08 am

nathanwilliams617 wrote:Thanks guys!

Matt, show some respect when addressing the M2 points leader Shush, I don't want to hear excuses like, I ran on street tires that day, I missed two events, drops not factored yet, yeah yeah yeah... just respect!

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