2010 Pro Finale & Solo Nationals thread
09-04-2010 | 10:06 PM
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Full Day 1 results are up: http://www.scca.org/documents/result...20results4.pdf
09-05-2010 | 05:20 PM
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Final Pro Finale results are posted: http://www.scca.org/documents/result...20results6.pdf
09-05-2010 | 05:33 PM
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Wow it is windy here! Just got done with 4 runs on the Test N Tune course. Car was pushy at first but I made some changes and it's feeling better, We'll see how it feels tomorrow morning..
09-07-2010 | 01:52 PM
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Day 1 results are up at sololive.scca.com.
Hollis leads in the cherry pickin' ST Civic, followed by Mankiewicz in another ST Civic. Austin in 4th in the 1st RX-8, Coleman in 8th, and KJ in 10th. Go get 'em boys!
Hollis leads in the cherry pickin' ST Civic, followed by Mankiewicz in another ST Civic. Austin in 4th in the 1st RX-8, Coleman in 8th, and KJ in 10th. Go get 'em boys!
09-07-2010 | 02:18 PM
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I saw Ivan and Neal were co-driving, are they both in the RX8?
09-07-2010 | 09:30 PM
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wtf? ""saitei desu", Latin for link sausage"...Mark, I have a hard enough time understanding you when you speak English...are you calling yourself a tube steak?
btw, stay off those cones tomorrow and run for day two glory. Looks like you have good speed!
btw, stay off those cones tomorrow and run for day two glory. Looks like you have good speed!
09-07-2010 | 09:43 PM
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09-07-2010 | 10:47 PM
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^Let's hope so.
Fun course, but I couldn't find the speed my co-driver did - I'm about 1 second off Karl's time. Not bad, but not where I was hoping to be. I drove good lines and didn't make any major mistakes (unlike the Pro Finale where I just plain drove poorly), but I think I'm under-driving the grip level by a small margin. The 17" Hankooks on the concrete are at once grippier and less precise than the 18" Bridgestones were on asphalt, and I'm not adapting quickly enough.
KJ is right there with Karl, who was the quickest RX-8 pilot on day one, so props to KJ.
I hope to get back into the trophies tomorrow - I'm about .6 out.
Fun course, but I couldn't find the speed my co-driver did - I'm about 1 second off Karl's time. Not bad, but not where I was hoping to be. I drove good lines and didn't make any major mistakes (unlike the Pro Finale where I just plain drove poorly), but I think I'm under-driving the grip level by a small margin. The 17" Hankooks on the concrete are at once grippier and less precise than the 18" Bridgestones were on asphalt, and I'm not adapting quickly enough.
KJ is right there with Karl, who was the quickest RX-8 pilot on day one, so props to KJ.
I hope to get back into the trophies tomorrow - I'm about .6 out.
09-08-2010 | 08:27 AM
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I think it's Japanese for "This is Rock Bottom".
+1 Your raw times are right there with the trophies Mark!
+1 Your raw times are right there with the trophies Mark!
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09-08-2010 | 08:35 AM
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Day 1 West course video from Philip Royle (15th out of 43 with a 63.554):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV6134Wt0d4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV6134Wt0d4
09-08-2010 | 11:27 AM
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So close!
Class standings for GS [28 Cars] (9/8/2010 11:24:51 AM)
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T 1 191 Kevin Royce 2005 Dodge Neon SRT4 Bl Hoosier
64.985 65.252 64.062 127.782
64.745 64.085 63.720
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T 2 189 Eric Jones 2010 Hyundai Genesis Co Hoosier
65.368 64.238 66.802(1) 127.795
64.511 63.647 63.557 (0.013)
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T 1 191 Kevin Royce 2005 Dodge Neon SRT4 Bl Hoosier
64.985 65.252 64.062 127.782
64.745 64.085 63.720
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T 2 189 Eric Jones 2010 Hyundai Genesis Co Hoosier
65.368 64.238 66.802(1) 127.795
64.511 63.647 63.557 (0.013)
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09-09-2010 | 04:14 PM
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The car was great, no excuses. I just never drove it to the best potential, 100% driver suckage 
09-09-2010 | 06:14 PM
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Top three in CS are MX-5 Miatas with Bryan Heitkotter way out in front, 370Z in 4th and Ruggles the first RX-8 in 5th. Looks like Uuuuloser got some of my cone cooties on him 
http://sololive.scca.com/CS.html
http://sololive.scca.com/CS.html
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09-09-2010 | 08:49 PM
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Top three in CS are MX-5 Miatas with Bryan Heitkotter way out in front, 370Z in 4th and Ruggles the first RX-8 in 5th. Looks like Uuuuloser got some of my cone cooties on him
http://sololive.scca.com/CS.html
http://sololive.scca.com/CS.html
Seriously, cones suck. Go get 'em tomorrow, ULLLLLLLLLLLLLOSE.
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09-09-2010 | 09:01 PM
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thanks Chike. We had a broken wire to one of the injectors so our first runs
on Wednesday were done on 3 cylinders. and i still had the fastest 1st run!
slow down to go fast... ;-)
my pit crew was able get the connection soldered together (took 2 tries) but
we had neglected watering down the tires so they were over heated for my
3rd run. oh well.
ps. i think i figured out why i never won BS. look at what the trophy winners
from last year are doing in their new classes this year. yikes!
on Wednesday were done on 3 cylinders. and i still had the fastest 1st run!
slow down to go fast... ;-)
my pit crew was able get the connection soldered together (took 2 tries) but
we had neglected watering down the tires so they were over heated for my
3rd run. oh well.
ps. i think i figured out why i never won BS. look at what the trophy winners
from last year are doing in their new classes this year. yikes!
09-09-2010 | 09:07 PM
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BS (Ran 2nd heat Tues/Wed) - top West Course time by M. Pfannenschmidt 59.804
CS (Ran 5th heat Thurs/Fri) - top West Course time by B. Heitkotter 59.745
With this said, who knows how much faster the courses have gotten as the week progressed??? We're being nothing more than armchair quaterbacks here. Plus, in my book, I consider BryanH a much better solo driver than Marc P. (no offense).
09-09-2010 | 09:27 PM
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It won't be me starting that thread. However, you do raise an interesting point which has some merit...
BS (Ran 2nd heat Tues/Wed) - top West Course time by M. Pfannenschmidt 59.804
CS (Ran 5th heat Thurs/Fri) - top West Course time by B. Heitkotter 59.745
With this said, who knows how much faster the courses have gotten as the week progressed??? We're being nothing more than armchair quaterbacks here. Plus, in my book, I consider BryanH a much better solo driver than Marc P. (no offense).
BS (Ran 2nd heat Tues/Wed) - top West Course time by M. Pfannenschmidt 59.804
CS (Ran 5th heat Thurs/Fri) - top West Course time by B. Heitkotter 59.745
With this said, who knows how much faster the courses have gotten as the week progressed??? We're being nothing more than armchair quaterbacks here. Plus, in my book, I consider BryanH a much better solo driver than Marc P. (no offense).
I agree with both your points, regarding course and driver...on the other hand, bumping the "MS-R" would be an easy out to address what is, imho, an SAC error...
But, no, I'm not suggesting that I'm in any way serious about the idea!
09-09-2010 | 09:29 PM
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thanks Chike. We had a broken wire to one of the injectors so our first runs
on Wednesday were done on 3 cylinders. and i still had the fastest 1st run!
slow down to go fast... ;-)
my pit crew was able get the connection soldered together (took 2 tries) but
we had neglected watering down the tires so they were over heated for my
3rd run. oh well.
ps. i think i figured out why i never won BS. look at what the trophy winners
from last year are doing in their new classes this year. yikes!
on Wednesday were done on 3 cylinders. and i still had the fastest 1st run!
slow down to go fast... ;-)
my pit crew was able get the connection soldered together (took 2 tries) but
we had neglected watering down the tires so they were over heated for my
3rd run. oh well.
ps. i think i figured out why i never won BS. look at what the trophy winners
from last year are doing in their new classes this year. yikes!
09-10-2010 | 08:53 AM
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Yeah, back to Evo School 101 for me
gotta luv teh splitter though, just throws the cones out rather than letting them get under and bust the undertray
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gotta luv teh splitter though, just throws the cones out rather than letting them get under and bust the undertray
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