Wow, this year just wont quit.
I entered the Notheast PA SCCA's solo2 event today
along with mshellhammer and Kupop from the board.

This course was perfect for Hyde's set up which is something
I have never been able to say about an autoxcourse. It was
not overly tight and since the course is not flat, the undulations
in the surface were perfect for rotating the car around.

Changes since my last understeering mess of an autocross:
*put rear struts one setting tighter
*raised front tire pressure to 40 psi and lowered the rear to 36 psi
*rear sway bar is completely disconnecting (tabs broken).

We did 5 runs before lunch and 5 after.
It was wet this morning which I think kept alot of people away.
After the morning session I was 4th overall and 2nd in my class with a 34.1.
The other 3 drivers were at 33.7s.

After lunch everything dried out and I got very agressive with
the throttle which resulted in me eating cones and taking out
the finishline timing equipment :( Luckily I wasntt the only ...
the very next run Kupop came through the finish spinning
around and took out the cones at timing as well :D

Anyway, I manged to control the power I was putting down
and directed in the correct direction and I hit a 33.4 which was
FTD (fastest time of the day for anyone)... An F-body that was
killing me all day came across the run 2 cars later with a 33.2.
This was the 3rd time he took FTD from me that day.

So I went out and banged out a 32.7! ... no one else hit a 32 all day.
I backed it up on the last run with a 32.9 so it was no fluke.

This was the first autocross I have ever done that I felt great
about my driving, the course and the car.

Kupop took 3rd in SM2 with a 34.1 (IIRC).
mshellhammer won CSP in his '87 MR2.

What an awesome day and year.
8 wins in 13 races. (5 hill climbs, 2 autocrosses & 1 drag race)

Thank you 2005 Hyde Sponsors! ATS Racing, (http://www.atsracing.net) World Motorsports, (http://www.world-motorsports.com) KBOX, (http://www.kbox.ca)
Chico Race Works, (http://www.chicoraceworks.com) Wolfkatz, (http://www.wolfkatz.com) PA Auto Racing, (http://www.paautoracing.com) LuckyCasino7, (http://www.luckycasino7.com) Spaz Chicken, (http://www.spazchicken.com)
NoShoes, (http://noshoes.madpowaz.com) Spiral Moons, (http://www.spiralmoons.com) Fisher's Metal Finishing, MRControls, (www.mrcontrols.com) TWOSRUS, (http://www.twosrus.com)
TURBOHOSES, (http://www.turbohoses.com) Heidi Nolen, Peter Doane, Jeff Herstine, Ardell & Robert Simon

nice, congrats on wrenching back your FTD from the f-body

Damn... an F-body did that eh?

What year? Anything done to it?


Nice job Jeff...

Thanks guys ... no idea what year the F-body is, but that guy can drive. He said he was putting down 390 rwhp ... I assume that is not exactly stock :D

Cool. Today was my first time auto-crossing, but I won't hijack your thread, I'll make my own.

Hyde is winning a lot of races this year. Are you doing anything else this year? Did you change ignition yet?

Congrats on your first event (going to look for your thread now).

The ignition is not in, but it is ordered.

I am doing another autocross in 2 weeks and I will be hitting the drag strip once more this year.

I was planning on doing a 1-mile land speed record run at the end of October, but it is not worth trailing 9+ hours with a bad sounding, overheating, smoking engine :(

32 second course? :p

I ran down at DC on their lot and times were in the mid to upper 60s :)

Right Click and Save As (52mb):
http://www.mikelouietkd.com/2005_10_09DC.wmv

Congrats though on the FTD :)