BSCC Autocross Season
05-12-2009, 05:21 PM
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In SCCA your options are:
Novice - for one or two more events, I'm not sure how many you've done so far but generally they expect you to move onto your real class after 3 events or you win the novice class. I don't think they have a novice class for the pro-solo so you'll have to pick either (T) or (NS4) if you decide to go.
Street tire class (T) using the BSP pax index value.
Non stock 4 (NS4) using the STX pax index value. - this is the class I run and probably the best fit for RX8's with simple bolt on mods.
Time only am or pm (TOAM) and (TOPM)
In WWSCC your options are:
Novice - same as above
Street tire - non-stock (ST2) using the BSP pax index value.
Street tire - touring (ST3) using the STX pax value. - this is the class I run and probably the best fit for RX8's with simple bolt on mods.
Time only am or pm (TOAM) and (TOPM)
In BSCC your options are:
Novice - I believe you can run here all year.
Street tire (T) using the BSP pax index value.
Sports B (SB) - straight up time, no pax value. This is the class I'm running even though its a race tire class, seems to be the best fit. But its a toss up between this and street tire.
Time only am or pm (TOAM) and (TOPM)
05-13-2009, 08:58 AM
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05-16-2009, 07:57 AM
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05-17-2009, 10:14 PM
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Oh man, what a wild grid there was today! I took 2nd in NOVAM as my last Novice finish ever for SCCA... I was 1.5 seconds faster than 1st but I hit a cone, my only one for the morning. Afternoon my tires were overheating and I was all over the place. I ended up faster than the morning but I was sideways enough that a couple people asked me afterwards if I'd been yelled at for drifting 
All of my pictures are here: http://pics.dpsubs.org/Packwood_5-17-2009/
Highlights:
The Maxima was back but he broke it today. Something in his front suspension popped out and he started hearing grinding noises. Caused a bunch of reruns behind him in the afternoon.
It was a big grid but we still got 4 runs both AM and PM
And we have a new addition to the known family of F-Mod cars running in local SCCA:
I got to talk to the two guys driving it a lot because I was next to them in grid for the afternoon. It has a 3 gallon gas tank and it only got 4 runs before they had to refill it! I don't think we can complain anymore... <1mpg... Still, it was a two-stroke running 110 octane. They're given a very short list of engines they can run and a maximum tire size/width but I think the body is up to them.
Just a cool shot. Even noobs can take good photos if they shoot enough
Aaaand then there was this ******. He was putting in really good runs and... that thing is super charged.
All of my pictures are here: http://pics.dpsubs.org/Packwood_5-17-2009/
Highlights:
The Maxima was back but he broke it today. Something in his front suspension popped out and he started hearing grinding noises. Caused a bunch of reruns behind him in the afternoon.
It was a big grid but we still got 4 runs both AM and PM
And we have a new addition to the known family of F-Mod cars running in local SCCA:
I got to talk to the two guys driving it a lot because I was next to them in grid for the afternoon. It has a 3 gallon gas tank and it only got 4 runs before they had to refill it! I don't think we can complain anymore... <1mpg... Still, it was a two-stroke running 110 octane. They're given a very short list of engines they can run and a maximum tire size/width but I think the body is up to them.
Just a cool shot. Even noobs can take good photos if they shoot enough
Aaaand then there was this ******. He was putting in really good runs and... that thing is super charged.
05-17-2009, 11:20 PM
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Oh! I also hit a ******* bird on the way there. It glanced off my bumper on the passenger side right near the corner, left some nasty crap behind... it was pretty gross.
05-19-2009, 08:43 AM
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I didn't take any of the smudge... I missed a lot of stuff actually. Like I didn't take pics of the bonkers mid 90's corvette with the gigantic freaking wing, or of the pull cord start on the F-Mod car next to me, or the decently hot chick in front of me with the speed3... I just need to take a helmet came to these things that takes pics every 10 seconds.
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05-22-2009, 10:34 AM
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05-24-2009, 10:44 PM
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If anyone who's coming has a spray bottle (think pump-up canister with hand sprayer connected by a cord) bring it! Definitely overheated my tires again this afternoon.
We have a new winner of the "Most absurd car at an autocross"
This car was beyond insane. It was in XP too... with that stripped Focus and another stripped civic.
We have a new winner of the "Most absurd car at an autocross"
This car was beyond insane. It was in XP too... with that stripped Focus and another stripped civic.