I'm leaking oil now and its not coming from the dipstick, the oil cap, the oil pan drain plug. Noticed the pool of oil forming under the car at my brothers house after the event. I was wondering why the car magically started to consume more than 2 quarts of oil in 3,000 miles. I haven't checked yet but others on the forum were having problems with the OMP leaking.

Time to go to the dealership! I'm going to push for new free spark plugs and have them check out the catalytic converter.

Edit: As soon as they post results online I'll post them here.

 

Hope everything goes well.

I had to miss this one. Last minute family business events came up right before I was going to register. I will try to make it to the next one.

 

http://www.houston-bmwcca.com/drivin...lts/081116.htm

12 1 753 X2 Michael Long 2001 Lexus IS300 & same as it Travis Motorsports,
R1 43.763 R2 42.793 R3 42.924 R4 ( 2.000) 44.926
R5 42.749 R6 42.104* R7 43.305
13 2 707 X2 Chad Henderson 2007 Mazda RX-8 Black
R1 43.892 R2 43.883 R3 ( 4.000) 47.049 R4 44.356
R5 42.124* R6 ( 2.000) 44.738 R7 43.340
45 3 718 X2 Sahba Behizad 2004 Mazda RX8 Winning Blue
R1 (DNF) 46.880 R2 47.065 R3 46.294 R4 ( 2.000) 47.908
R5 45.366 R6 45.388 R7 44.909*
47 4 701 X2 Willie Henderson 2007 Mazda RX-8 Black
R1 72.280 R2 67.397 R3 45.048* R4 62.993
R5 60.301 R6 57.668 R7 57.163
52 5 68 X2 Ray Buchman 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT Red
R1 47.105 R2 46.407 R3 46.368 R4 46.460
R5 45.939 R6 (DNF) 61.138 R7 45.687*
61 6 503 X2 Kevin Roberts 2005 Mazda RX-8 Sunlight Silve
R1 53.097 R2 48.943 R3 49.983 R4 49.151
R5 47.155 R6 46.826*

And for the Miata's

16 1 216 X3 Chung Ying 2001 Mazda Miata Red, I think. Century 21 s.w. 281-
R1 43.356 R2 42.742 R3 42.665 R4 ( 2.000) 44.673
R5 42.848 R6 42.537 R7 42.349*
19 2 242 X3 Arturo Vivar 2007 Mazda Miata White Penumbra Energy, LLC
R1 ( 0.000) 46.691 R2 ( 2.000) 45.828 R3 ( 2.000) 46.138 R4 43.698
R5 43.550 R6 42.704* R7 ( 2.000) 44.580
20 3 771 X3 Daniel Pyziak 2000 Toyota MR2 Spyder Black
R1 (DNF) 43.428 R2 43.149 R3 43.054 R4 42.934
R5 42.772* R6 43.345 R7 43.016
31 4 189 X3 Wayne Stockel 2001 Mazda Miata SE White HoustonMiataClub.com
R1 45.633 R2 ( 2.000) 46.087 R3 44.180 R4 44.052
R5 ( 2.000) 45.692 R6 43.747 R7 43.699*
48 5 250 X3 Preston Temple 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit Grey
R1 (DNF) 47.558 R2 (DNF) 46.304 R3 ( 4.000) 48.741 R4 45.896
R5 ( 2.000) 51.484 R6 45.556 R7 45.128*
53 6 717 X3 Nick Kelly 1999 Mazda Miata Twilight Blue
R1 ( 4.000) 50.359 R2 ( 2.000) 48.760 R3 ( 4.000) 49.879 R4 46.093
R5 45.798* R6 46.116 R7 ( 2.000) 47.407
54 7 210 X3 Westley Yates 2006 Acura RSX Magnesium Metal
R1 (DNF) 50.411 R2 47.399 R3 ( 2.000) 49.498 R4 ( 2.000) 48.834
R5 46.128* R6 (DNF) 46.233 R7 46.584
56 8 205 X3 Jason Smalling 2008 Honda Fit Blackberry Pear
R1 46.826 R2 ( 2.000) 49.038 R3 46.924 R4 46.254*
R5 47.051 R6 47.479 R7 46.520
57 9 244 X3 Kristina Vivar 2007 Mazda Miata White Penumbra Energy
R1 ( 0.000) 48.127 R2 (DNF) 50.084 R3 ( 2.000) 48.648 R4 46.323
R5 62.410 R6 47.309 R7 46.291*
67 10 180 X3 Neil Aggarwal 1994 Mazda Miata Red
R1 48.070 R2 48.070 R3 ( 2.000) 50.796 R4 48.541
R5 48.805 R6 47.779* R7 48.322
72 11 712 X3 Sarah West 1999 Madza Miata Twilight Blu
R1 ( 0.000) 54.915 R2 (DNF) 51.977 R3 ( 2.000) 53.120 R4 50.492
R5 49.515* R6 ( 4.000) 53.085 R7 ( 4.000) 53.058


Edit: Wow it did not like that formatting at all. Oh well, I came in 2nd place in X2 class losing .02 seconds to Mike. I also came in 13th overall. Not bad considering I'm on STREET tires and thats out of 80 people registered.

 

Yea congrats chad, you drove really well this weekend. It was really amusing to see you jump up and down every time they announced someone elses time and it was slower than yours.

Your dad on the other hand....

Lol, it was good to see him out there. I think your car scared him a little.

 

^^ Sarah?

Yup, I try to win gracefully!!

I still lost to Mike by .02 seconds!!

I really liked the course(except for that 1 turn/sweeper thing I kept hitting a cone at. I really did very well and was actually quite satisfied with most of my runs.

The new rule change really killed it for me though because I was really looking forward to scaring the **** out of my Dad.

Hopefully you keep coming out and actually driving. You slide around almost as much as Nick and a few times I thought he was driving instead of you.

 

Yea it's me. The new rule does suck ***. I'll probably just end up driving at BMW and then catching rides at SCCA, mostly because of the cost, and then driving to Galveston on top of it... no bueno.

And I know, I know, I learned from a scary driver. That's going to be hard to get out of my system.

 

You mentioned rule change? So you saying we can't have passengers anymore?

 

Yup, at the BMW events we can't ride or have passengers. You have to be a certified BMW instructor or some BS like that.

So gulf greyhound is the place to go now. More expensive but car hopping is fun. Plus you actually learn a bit watching other people drive.

 

Plus, if I heard it right, you also have to be a card carrying bmw member
So that was my first and last time out to that event.

 

You can race without being a BMW-CCA member.

I'm not even sure what the yearly subscription is. I tried to sign up a while ago so I could go to the BMW midnight autocross in dallas, but "Mazda RX-8" wasn't on the list of BMW cars.

 

HM I am sure I heard them announce that one has to show the BMW card when one shows up. Part of the new rules.

 

I think that was only if you were in a bmw since their times actually count and for us its pretty much just a practice session. I could be wrong. Anyone wanna chime in? Nick? Chad?

 

Hey, HM and Hero look at this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGKSlV-FPNw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGKSlV-FPNw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9trOAbZPE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72_jQPGrat4



On a side note, if I buy those eyelids will someone paint them for me
ie HM?

 

You don't have to own a BMW to join the club. The Porsche club on the other hand....

 

I did not say you had to own a BMW, but one has to be a card carrying member. ie one has to be a BMW member to race but they would also honor the Porsche member card.
Or did I hear wrong?
That and no passengers/riders (unless the driver is an instructor) were 2 new rule changes.

 

While they did say that, you missed the part right before. If you are NOT a BMW-CCA member you must show a valid drivers license.

The part about being a BMW-CCA member or a porsche club member was for the $10 off the event. Honestly I should of probably asked if that went for the SCCA as well because I put my SCCA member number in everytime I register and get $10 off.

The no passengers rule change is BS and will hurt new people to the sport. A long list of people have helped me out since I started back in March and maybe 2-3 were instructors.

Not to mention simply riding with random people at speed. Different people have different ideas on how to navigate the track.


I might ask how to become an instructor next event and see what they say. Personally I think Nick should become an official instructor. He's one of the better instructors around.

 

" Houston BMW CCA in good standing will always can register early (right after the last event is over). The database provided by the National office will be used to validate members current standing. Participants that are not Houston BMW CCA members in good standing will be allowed to participate, and will be able to register the Friday before the week of the next autocross."

Your SCCA member number does not entitle you to any discount. If you go take advantage of their events maybe you should consider being a member.

"Membership runs $40 a year, with discounts for multi-year or lifetime memberships. It includes Roundel (print and online), full access to BMWCCA.org, access to Technical Service Advisors, and member discounts."

 

I didn't even notice the discount until 3 or so events ago. I use DLBracing to register for both BMW and the Houston SCCA events so I've always put my member number in. But yeah, $40 is cheap. It seems they fixed their website too so I can actually register without having a BMW. I'll probably register in January.