Anytime Doc...you've got some good kids there.

Josh - Was good to see you again. Hope you and your lady friend had a good time killing cones today.

 

Oh yeah!
I played from the time you left until 10:30pm (Yulia wanted to eat) then played a couple more hours during the night!

 

It was good to see you guys at the auto-x!
Doc's driving was very impressive.
Thanks Steve for letting me riding along during your last run (and for not being gentle with the cones )

 

No problem Jon, I figure you have about as many hours logged into working on my as I do.

Thanks Doc for taking me on the course walk and giving me some solid advice. I def. felt pretty prepared.
Thanks to John Megan and Brian also, I know we all had autocross conversations in the past.

Now starts the quest of improving my times...

 

you can dew it!!!

 

Guess what I saw on Fox8 News:
http://www.fox8.com/video/?autoStart...clipId=3839554
Think I recognize a couple guys

 

It was good seeing all you guys too, fun to hang out with a bunch of fellow 8 drivers and drive auto-x again.

John: Ya I had a good time i only killed a few cones haha and my girlfriend had a good time riding along with me and doc.

Thanks again to doc for giving her a bonus ride so she didn't have to get stuck with my slow driving skills haha.

Good seeing you all again and hopefully I'll get a chance to meet up with you guys again before I go to work at camp again for the summer.

 

another boring weekend at work, reading posts about you guys having fun at auto-x

If I still worked at best buy I would just call off and come do fun **** instead

 

Doc,

I know you were talking to me about my car backfiring today at the autocross, but I figure I'd let you know that your's was backfiring pretty good too when Ki was driving it.

I noticed it when I was sitting watching the runs in the first session.

just an fyi

 

RX8 wheels should fit an 09 6, right?

I think I'm going to give the wife my 8 wheels and get something new.

 

From what I read it could work. Just have to make sure that the OD of the tire doesn't change too much. This should help...

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

 

Did those numbers work for you or were they too dark? If they worked you can definitely keep them. And I've got some more of the paper if you ever want to make a 1 for them. Sounded like you had someone codriving on Saturday.

 

He didn't use them. When I got there he had printed out numbers on the car.

I still hve them in the bag. I can either give them to you the next time I see you or have Megan get them to you sometime this week or something like that.

 

Kickin Asphalt Charity AutoX

http://devilboi.crackmonkey.us/e107_....php?album=108



NORA AutoX at Northfield Park

http://devilboi.crackmonkey.us/e107_....php?album=107

 

Props to the new auto-xers this weekend! Josh, it was nice meeting you, I didn't get a chance to see your runs

Steve - great job ...Definitely getting the hang of it really quick!
Again, thanks to Brian for letting me beat on the 8..

Doc, I sorry, I missed your runs for the most part

Great seeing everyone this weekend!

 

great pics

 

Steve...I did notice one thing that you were doing "wrong" in one of the photos. Brian, Megan, Doc, et all correct me if I am wrong, but your hands shouldn't leave the wheel but to shift. It's the only thing that I saw on the photos though. Again...great job this weekend!

 

Thanks

 

Yeah, was a really fun time. I think Jon even had fun in his ride along with me... despite the entire sport being silly driving around parking lots dodging cones, lol.

I think I "drank the kool-aid" and put all of the autoX dates on my calendar. Won't be able to make them all, but most.
Top priority right now though is to purchase a winter car... boo!


DB: I can't see my left hand in the pic... maybe i'm adjusting myself? Cool pic though, looks like I'm trying to sneak up on that cone.

 

Click on the pict and you will see it better.

 

Right. Should be at the 10/2 or 9/3 position we all learned in Drivers ed and then promptly ignored. You should also have your wrists on the top of your steering wheel when you extend your hands all the way forward.

The position allows you to completely turn your wheel without removing your hands. If you have to cross your hands over to get your wheel to completely rotate you're eventually going to hit cones (or on a track get an off-track excursion) if you have to crossover regularly.

And don't wrap your thumbs around the wheel.
You don't want your thumbs wrapped because they have a tendency to break if you hit something hard.

It will seem really, really awkward when you start doing it but eventually you'll wonder WTF you were doing sitting back so far. Even though my GF is shorter than me I have to push the chair forward when I drive her car because it feels so weird.

 

Got it... yeah, I see what you guys are saying.. I always start at 9-3, but I guess I got away from that a bit. Oh well. And my thumbs will never break.

 

yea...I dunno crap about driving on a course...but I try and pay attention when ppl talk.

 

I'm sure lots of guys go really fast without 'proper' technique so I doubt it's a huge deal but if your just starting to learn ya might as well learn it right.

 

Well, I'm not really going that fast, so I might as well do it right so at least I can claim to know something about what I'm doing.