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Old 04-13-2008, 08:10 AM
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Auto-X at Alameda

Here is a video from a 1:11 lap today at the GGR AX 2 event. Not my best day. Just couldn't put it all together.



I used the suggestions of several of you to move the PIP insets and its much better. Thanks. And thanks to passenger/instructor Alan Jung for guidance on the course.
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Old 04-13-2008, 05:01 PM
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Damn, here in the Northeast the whole track would have been set up in a 1/3 of the space and there would be potholes, weeds and cracks in the pavement. I'd love to try a wide open track like that on a clean smooth surface..
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Old 04-14-2008, 02:38 AM
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Awesome clip!... I was there with my silver CS (AX First-timer)... If you haven't tried this, I HIGHLY recommend it!...

Cool setup on the cameras...
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Old 04-14-2008, 05:09 AM
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Thank you I really enjoyed that. I love autocrossing.
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Old 04-14-2008, 05:26 AM
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That looks like a lot of fun. Great video.
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Old 04-14-2008, 05:28 AM
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awesome video! very clean run - it was a great course this time. thanks for posting!
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Great video!

That was a great course. It was wide open, but still challenging.

Most of my morning runs where in the 1:11 range. It wasn't until my final run that I was able to break into the 1:09s. Each afternoon run, I was able to wittle away about 4/10s at a time.
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That was a Fun day! We where in opposite run groups so I did not get a chance to say HI!

So last run I did a 113.4, wife did a 119.? our second auto cross.

One thing I did notice in your video and a bunch of us caymanites where talking about , was how to enter that loop section, without getting understeer. I tried multiple different things and just could not make it around without it, as will everyone else ( including you :-) ) My wife actually spun at that point ( she had the slowest time of the day with no DNF ( 215 ) ) Any suggestions on this one?
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That was a Fun day! We where in opposite run groups so I did not get a chance to say HI!

So last run I did a 113.4, wife did a 119.? our second auto cross.

One thing I did notice in your video and a bunch of us caymanites where talking about , was how to enter that loop section, without getting understeer. I tried multiple different things and just could not make it around without it, as will everyone else ( including you :-) ) My wife actually spun at that point ( she had the slowest time of the day with no DNF ( 215 ) ) Any suggestions on this one?
On my last run of the day, which was also my quickest, at the entrance to the loop, I decided to take it way, way slow. I had understeer all day at that corner. I slowed down like I had done all day, then I slowed some more. It made it very smooth, and I was able not to slide all over the place. And I didn't slide all the way out to the edge.

Whether this had an actual affect on my time, or not, I can't be sure, because there were too many other places where I may have done something different anyway.
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On my last run of the day, which was also my quickest, at the entrance to the loop, I decided to take it way, way slow. I had understeer all day at that corner. I slowed down like I had done all day, then I slowed some more. It made it very smooth, and I was able not to slide all over the place. And I didn't slide all the way out to the edge.

Whether this had an actual affect on my time, or not, I can't be sure, because there were too many other places where I may have done something different anyway.
I hit the brakes right at the big cone before going into the loop... seemed to help me go around the corner and setup for the next one... I kept understeering in the other tight ones, but I felt it help me...
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[quote=jderiansf;249634]On my last run of the day, which was also my quickest, at the entrance to the loop, I decided to take it way, way slow. I had understeer all day at that corner. I slowed down like I had done all day, then I slowed some more. It made it very smooth/quote]

That is what they call 'Slow in, Fast Out" and is always good advice. I should have tried it. Instead, I was trying to drift the car into the loop.

Overall though: $30, 10 minutes of driving and 7 hours and 50 minutes of waiting, plus a sun burn. In terms of dollars per driving-minute, tracking at TH is cheaper, certainly less then $3/minute.
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With Hooked on Driving at TH you get about 110 min of track time for ~$285, or $2.59/min. PCA is about the same, as I recall.
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With Hooked on Driving at TH you get about 110 min of track time for ~$285, or $2.59/min. PCA is about the same, as I recall.
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