That is ok.... DKNV was able to get to events on her own before you came along, she can still come out and play. Might be faster without you under the car. lol

 

^zing!


I've ended up with a Friday set up assignment, so I won't work on the weekend...which is good, because I have to fly to Mexico first thing Monday morning and the late afternoon work assignment was going to complicate things...it's not like I'd have to stick around Sunday afternoon for trophies or anything, so I can be home early

I just reread...baggy's out? that sux.

 

kind of funny that her best finishes have all been in the cars that I've been under

 

You must be busy.... Took you 12 hours and that was the best come back you got.

 

well I could post the car setup preference comments that I overheard Mrs. Lose make at the El Toro Pro, but I prefer not to get our personal poop throwing splashed onto the women

 

You guys just need bigger tires...can I interest you in a set of half used (only the outside half) Hoosiers?

 

let me guess, half-off sales price too

 

I learned years ago to let her go ahead and blame the car setup... Unfortunately for her the data system does not lie, but it also does not make me the bad guy, if you have a bad day the computer will not spare your feelings.

 

Half off a only used once Whiteline swaybar also???

 

No, the bar worked really well at SD...and besides, it's Matthew's not mine

I also really like the 285 Hoosier, but the wear is too much for me for local events. So, the Kumhos are for local events and we'll go back to the phat boy HoHo's in the future...

 

I guess Jason should have stayed home...

Close it out tomorrow, Mike!

And hope you hang on to that last piece of wood, Steve!

 

I did not want to kick Mike's butt three events in a row with the same old set of tires, 60 runs now, need him to think he got something for the $1k he spent on his new set. He is going down on Sunday.

btw he already called Braun and told him the 285 Hoosiers are not going back on the car. Welcome back to the V710 Mike.

 

OK, here's the preemptive strike...Jason got by me today, doing his usual job of very fast driving (despite tires that are anywhere between 40 runs and two years old ). I got off to a bad start, making major mistakes my first two runs, and just never developed the rhythm to really push...my last run was very smooth..or slow, depending on how you look at it

Anyhow, it was a really fun weekend, rain storms, wind storms and blowing it on Sunday notwithstanding. It was great to hang out with fellow RX8 drivers and even the racing had it's moments...

EDIT: I forgot, I DID not say the fatty HoHo's are "not going back on the car". I'm not sure where that came from!

 

Better to put them in your tummy.

 

No, those would be the trans fatty HoHo's, not to be confused with the tires...

 

Then where does "spare tire" come from?

 

Mike,

Thanks for the hospitality--hot dogs, chips/salsa on Saturday. Congrats to Jason, Mike, Matt, and Reza on the trophies. The chase for 4th place was fun! Reza (thanks to a few tips from Jason) stole 4th away from Steve--Reza earned a second trophy on the way home near Buhach/140 thanks to Atwater's finest.

-Rick

 

Oh man, Reza got popped for a ticket?

It was good to see him pick up speed on Sunday, but I was bummed that CRX lost the last trophy, he was doing well...I think the "red mist" descended on his last run each day, compelling him to drive maybe just a little too fast

I know Matt wasn't particularly pleased with his times, he's usually faster, but it definitely was a course that, if you got off balance was hard to make it up.

Also, thanks should be given to ULLLLOSE for coming up to run with us mid pack drivers, making it more interesting and fun...

Props to DKNV for driving well in a lightly subscribed ladies class, also!

 

Mike fought the good fight on Saturday but just came up a bit short on Sunday. By far that was the best course I have seen at Atwater, some actual transitions, not the typical CP road course they usually setup. Still not an Atwater fan, that surface is a pain in the @ss.

The tires had 57 runs before Atwater , 3 drivers at the SD tour, 2 drivers at the El Toro Pro, 2 drivers at a local cal club event. Plus they were driven to all those events to the tune of about 300 miles. Even with my big smoky nascar donut on course, someone had to do it as the bag-head was not there, and 8 runs on the Atwater concrete (6 by me and 2 by Stuart) they still have rubber on them.

I am sure Stuart will be getting some shocks and new tires for his car now. It was nice to meet Mike and Megan. They have a good group of BSers up there.

 

The Kumhos are amazing tires. In the two years I ran my old Z06, I never corded a tire, even at 100+ runs. As a matter of fact, I've paxed really well at AAS events at Atwater on 100 run tires...they don't seem to work all that well on asphalt, though, once you get past about 75 runs, but on that concrete, they seem to hang in pretty well...

I wonder if the 245 Hoosier would be closer to the V710's wear. I think it's clear that the 285 on the 8" rim, while plenty fast, is going to eat up outside edges faster than you can flip them...plus, I don't think they work worth a darn once flipped...not sure why that would be, though?

 

lol, you must be joking ....

 

I have 86 runs on my current set of 245 Hoosiers, all on asphalt.
One more event on a cheese grater surface should finish them off.

I guess they are wearing well because I'm so slow?

 

Jeremy and I are looking forward to seeing how slow you are in Walnut Ridge, Eric.

 

it won't matter what size Hoosiers they are if the pressures are too low ...

 

... except, as I had the opportunity to learn on Saturday, they are not worth driving on in standing water. Yet, I don't think it's real clear whether the hoosier wets would have made any difference either, witnessing Kevin Dietz'* running on the race rubber up against Chris *** & Pilar on hoosier wets, and still coming out on top.

Anywho, thanks to the BS contingent who shared their feedback on how the course drove, as well as a Big thanks to SFR for hosting the event!

* as was announced at the Tour, Kevin, along with Ron Bauer, are on TV this week - I think it's Speed Channel, Wed. 8pm -- show called 'Setup'.