(2009) NCC Autocross Event #4 - July 11 @ Summit Point Motorsports Park

Hey Woody! Congrats on the FTD! lol. :biggrin:

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves, looks like that was the case. I hope everyone enjoyed the course too. It is such a difficult surface to work with. It doesn't give you that satisfaction of ripping around a course with massive G levels....but it does force you to be fast but smooth. I think of it like a ballet at TSP.

I tried to set the course up so it didn't have any slow/tight spots, and would be fast and flowing. Other clubs make you run around each circle which can get old, so I tried to straighten out the lines a bit and add transitions.

So if there was anything that you guys think could have been improved let me know. I really liked that setup, but if I were to do it over, I'd have made it even faster, and a little more opened up....just because that lot is slippery enough. Since I ran 2 runs before, and 2 runs immediately after the rain, I can tell you I was only 0.5sec slower in the wet! WTF!

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Originally Posted by joenationwide

So if there was anything that you guys think could have been improved let me know.

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NEEEEEEED MOAR WAAAATTTTEEERRRR!!!!!

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...11Jul09/a3.jpg

I would've liked the course to be a little faster. Making the straights just a little longer maybe.. I think maybe the lack of speed was due to the sheer lack of grip more than the course design though. Overall, it was a fun course.

A little bumpercam for fun. This was my second run in an E36 M3, afternoon just before the rain. It was a 59.1, 3 seconds behind Woody and Noel in T2.

http://vimeo.com/5584688

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Originally Posted by joenationwide

Hey Woody! Congrats on the FTD! lol. :biggrin:

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves, looks like that was the case. I hope everyone enjoyed the course too. It is such a difficult surface to work with. It doesn't give you that satisfaction of ripping around a course with massive G levels....but it does force you to be fast but smooth. I think of it like a ballet at TSP.

I tried to set the course up so it didn't have any slow/tight spots, and would be fast and flowing. Other clubs make you run around each circle which can get old, so I tried to straighten out the lines a bit and add transitions.

So if there was anything that you guys think could have been improved let me know. I really liked that setup, but if I were to do it over, I'd have made it even faster, and a little more opened up....just because that lot is slippery enough. Since I ran 2 runs before, and 2 runs immediately after the rain, I can tell you I was only 0.5sec slower in the wet! WTF!

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Scott,

I thought the course was plenty fast enough :)

Hey Scott... I told you at the event and will again; it was definitely my favorite course so far this year and it was plenty fast enough for me. I know that's the closest my times will ever be to yours!

I love the curbing too.

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Originally Posted by biggins

hey scott... I told you at the event and will again; it was definitely my favorite course so far this year and it was plenty fast enough for me. I know that's the closest my times will ever be to yours!

I love the curbing too.

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+1

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Originally Posted by ronh21

A little bumpercam for fun. This was my second run in an E36 M3, afternoon just before the rain. It was a 59.1, 3 seconds behind Woody and Noel in T2.

http://vimeo.com/5584688

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Great video. Thanks for sharing.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bavarian...03970219886114

Hand held camera FAIL

#256 - No handheld cameras in the cars while on course!

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Originally Posted by Car54

http://picasaweb.google.com/bavarian...03970219886114

Hand held camera FAIL

#256 - No handheld cameras in the cars while on course!

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If anyone knows the driver of car 256 - Emmerling, Max - please inform him that he's responsible to ensure his passengers do not have handheld cameras.

Please see this post - http://forum.nccbmwcca.org/showthread.php?t=5115
And this FAQ - http://www.nccbmwcca.org/index.php?v...faq&Itemid=154

Again, any requests for high-res photos email me at iamthenomad@gmail.com.

And, please don't feel like you have to donate to ask for high-res pictures.

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Originally Posted by mcoupemindy

If anyone knows the driver of car 256 - Emmerling, Max - please inform him that he's responsible to ensure his passengers do not have handheld cameras.

Please see this post - http://forum.nccbmwcca.org/showthread.php?t=5115
And this FAQ - http://www.nccbmwcca.org/index.php?v...faq&Itemid=154

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That was caught by the workers on course at the event. I'm pretty sure he's already been talked to.

Anyone got an answer to my question??? I need to replace these control arm bushings asap but I am waiting to order until I know for sure I will not be bumped up a class if I get poly, thanks!

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Originally Posted by bobbyj

Anyone got an answer to my question??? I need to replace these control arm bushings asap but I am waiting to order until I know for sure I will not be bumped up a class if I get poly, thanks!

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If you can find Black Poly no one would ever know.

what class are you in now, what mods do you have?

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Originally Posted by vI6ious

If you can find Black Poly no one would ever know.

what class are you in now, what mods do you have?

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Showroom 3, just front strut brace, clutch stop, and CG Lock.