http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4xhicIHxT8
Rusty me (I haven't run in over a year) + 3.5 hours of sleep + distracting cones that shouldn't have been there =

I screwed up bad and ate a cone in the final turn, too bad the camera didn't pick up the cone. I carried it under the car all the way to the stopbox All in all it wasn't a very successful day, I really gotta gradually get back into the swing of it.

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Jerry /// Past: 95 SSEi (June 2010 COTM) -- 04 GXP (July 2011 COTM)
91 Honda Civic Wagon DX 2WD (fuelly) -- 208,000km -- 92hp -- Autocross Warrior
09 Lexus LS460 AWD -- 94,000km -- Daily Driver
09 White Hot G8 GT -- 155,000km (fuelly) -- LS3 Cam -- GM LS3 CNC Ported Heads -- Kooks 1 3/4" Long Tube Headers -- Solo Catback Midsection -- Hooker Maxflow Mufflers -- Pat G Tune -- Rotofab Intake -- Tein S-Tech Springs -- GXP FE3 Dampers -- BMR Subframe Cradle Inserts -- BMR Subframe Connectors -- Forgestar F14 Gold 18x9 +40 -- Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/45/18 -- Maverick Man Carbon Fiber Spoiler

Wish we had a place for that here.

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06 Grand Prix GXP Diablosport Trinity , No DOD , Transgo SK , MSD 8.5MM Wires , NGK TR6IX plugs , LED's , Optima RedTop , Projector Retro , 3K Fogs , 20" Led Driving light , K&N CAI w/ Volant oversize air filter , Raybestos Brakes
94 SSEi NGK Plugs , Blue Streak Wires , Pulled Maf screen , Custom Exhaust , Raybestos Brakes , 12" MTX Audio sub and amp , Piaa Plasma Ion Foglight Housings , HIR His' and Lows' , Tinted Tails

LOL, I see a LOT of downed road cones... Neat POV though!

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97 Oldsmobile Aurora
04 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP CompG
08 Buick Enclave CXL

WTF did they have those cones there for in the first place without a directional cone? That spot was just begging someone to smack a marshall....

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~Brian -- 98 Park Avenue Ultra-- DEFUNCT. Blew the rings in a front cylinder
Mods: Too *dang* many...Click the siggy...
13.87 @ 101.40mph, Kil-Kare Raceway, 10/15/09

You're my hero for being able to navigate that, I tried to predict your next turn and I was wrong every single time.

I think chalk lines would be better.

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i was trying to navigate that course like to predict your turns and i was always wrong

man does that whine sound good

not bad Jerry..i dont think i could have done that good...cause every single cone i saw was freaking knocked over and yeah it would take some practice


and sleep deprivation and fast driving never mix..i learned that one the hard way

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LUCAS Member # 534.
96 olds cutlass supreme SL 4 door 3100 4t60 *3.33 gears* *Fe1* 115K bone stock DD

I went through other course video, namely from this NA Solstice who had the proper layout:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv4OGw2J4oo

MY RUN:


CORRECT COURSE:

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Jerry /// Past: 95 SSEi (June 2010 COTM) -- 04 GXP (July 2011 COTM)
91 Honda Civic Wagon DX 2WD (fuelly) -- 208,000km -- 92hp -- Autocross Warrior
09 Lexus LS460 AWD -- 94,000km -- Daily Driver
09 White Hot G8 GT -- 155,000km (fuelly) -- LS3 Cam -- GM LS3 CNC Ported Heads -- Kooks 1 3/4" Long Tube Headers -- Solo Catback Midsection -- Hooker Maxflow Mufflers -- Pat G Tune -- Rotofab Intake -- Tein S-Tech Springs -- GXP FE3 Dampers -- BMR Subframe Cradle Inserts -- BMR Subframe Connectors -- Forgestar F14 Gold 18x9 +40 -- Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/45/18 -- Maverick Man Carbon Fiber Spoiler

That course is ridiculous. I've never been to a National or Regional event (just the local clubs) so my exposure isn't that big, but *dang*.

What's with the exit? Why do they keep the cone there until you stop?

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Jason Z - Exposed Autos

2001 BMW 330i - Titanium Silver - Sport Package - 3 Pedals - Koni Yellow/H&R Sport
2006 Volkswagen GTI - (gone) Tornado Red - DSG, Stage II~280hp/325tq
1993 Pontiac Bonneville - (gone) Purple Pearl H4U/SLE. Loud

If you hit that cone braking in the stopbox, your run is a DNF

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Jerry /// Past: 95 SSEi (June 2010 COTM) -- 04 GXP (July 2011 COTM)
91 Honda Civic Wagon DX 2WD (fuelly) -- 208,000km -- 92hp -- Autocross Warrior
09 Lexus LS460 AWD -- 94,000km -- Daily Driver
09 White Hot G8 GT -- 155,000km (fuelly) -- LS3 Cam -- GM LS3 CNC Ported Heads -- Kooks 1 3/4" Long Tube Headers -- Solo Catback Midsection -- Hooker Maxflow Mufflers -- Pat G Tune -- Rotofab Intake -- Tein S-Tech Springs -- GXP FE3 Dampers -- BMR Subframe Cradle Inserts -- BMR Subframe Connectors -- Forgestar F14 Gold 18x9 +40 -- Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/45/18 -- Maverick Man Carbon Fiber Spoiler

But why do they have a stop box? Every course i've been to has the lights>shutdown/braking area> and then generally there's a turn in there to force you to idle speeds, and you're in the paddock/lane to the paddock/empty unused lot.

I understand cars need to be 5mph off course, but It just seems like it could cause backups, annoyances, etc.

Then again MAC is kinda military style in terms of worker switchover, run speeds (20 sec gaps on almost all courses) and overall timeline. Hard to get 140+ 6 runs at the larger venues if we are dogging it

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Jason Z - Exposed Autos

2001 BMW 330i - Titanium Silver - Sport Package - 3 Pedals - Koni Yellow/H&R Sport
2006 Volkswagen GTI - (gone) Tornado Red - DSG, Stage II~280hp/325tq
1993 Pontiac Bonneville - (gone) Purple Pearl H4U/SLE. Loud