2009 Houston Tour
03-30-2009, 10:46 AM
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2009 Houston Tour
Looks like B-stock has made a class - despite numbers being low for the event: Entry List
Best of luck to all in attendance!
Best of luck to all in attendance!
04-01-2009, 02:53 PM
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Y'all have fun - I was looking for a ride for this event, but opted to spend the weekend at Harris Hill Road instead.
Look for former B Stockers Jeremy Foley and Jon Wagner in J-Fo's new '08 Z06 in Super Stock. They should be exciting to watch - they don't call themselves Team Wheelspin for nothing! :D
Look for former B Stockers Jeremy Foley and Jon Wagner in J-Fo's new '08 Z06 in Super Stock. They should be exciting to watch - they don't call themselves Team Wheelspin for nothing! :D
04-04-2009, 03:38 PM
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Provisional Day 1 results are posted: http://www.scca.com/documents/result...eliminary5.pdf
04-04-2009, 07:21 PM
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Good job by edj, looks like he was flying 
I wonder if there's some type of story behind the story...BS/CS right on top of SS (and Lance is a good driver) and some other fast classes with top drivers not much quicker.
I wonder if there's some type of story behind the story...BS/CS right on top of SS (and Lance is a good driver) and some other fast classes with top drivers not much quicker.
04-04-2009, 07:40 PM
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Actually, I was comparing his time to SS. However, CS has some solid drivers - 2nd place is Pedroza and he's fast in his MSR.
Exactly. Maybe the course was RX-8 friendly. Either way, Eric delivered today!
Exactly. Maybe the course was RX-8 friendly. Either way, Eric delivered today!
04-04-2009, 07:55 PM
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Lots of sweepers and variations on fast offset gates. Two large 180 sweepers. The slaloms are mostly three cone give and gos. Pretty typical Roger Johnson. Two Kinney cones. I killed the one at the finish and took it with me.
04-04-2009, 08:32 PM
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Here's some in-car video of the course from my buddy James Wilson's HS impreza wagon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-YeIqnY8c&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-YeIqnY8c&fmt=18
04-05-2009, 02:15 PM
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Provisional results are up: http://www.scca.com/documents/result...visional12.pdf
Congrats to Eric on the win. Looks like Saini ran closer to him on Day 2.
Congrats to Eric on the win. Looks like Saini ran closer to him on Day 2.
04-05-2009, 07:31 PM
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don't read too much into the margin of victory...
Jason hasn't set up the R3 yet, just ignore any previous
claims you might have read on the internet. ;-)
i'll have some rx8 video up at some point. feel free to giggle at it...
Jason hasn't set up the R3 yet, just ignore any previous
claims you might have read on the internet. ;-)
i'll have some rx8 video up at some point. feel free to giggle at it...
BS is all about the beat down in 2009... 
04-06-2009, 10:23 AM
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I _thought_ the car was set up pretty well for the concrete, and it was... but it sucked for the asphalt. That, and I thought it would be okay as I was only about a half second off after my first run on Saturday - then, when Eric opened the can of whoop ***, I tried a bunch of shock changes that definitely didn't work!
Need to go back to the drawing board, probably try the 265 Hoosiers, need to work on the alignment more, and figure out if I can get the car to work on this stiff of a setup... I know everyone has tried this before, and I'm not discrediting the work that others have done with setup - but I'm a stubborn **** and I'm going to continue down this road to see if it will work!
Next stop, Blytheville Tour, hopefully! Big congrats to Eric... despite the CS beatdown, he should hold his head high - I watched his runs, he was hitting his marks, online and carrying great speed - awesome driving!
Need to go back to the drawing board, probably try the 265 Hoosiers, need to work on the alignment more, and figure out if I can get the car to work on this stiff of a setup... I know everyone has tried this before, and I'm not discrediting the work that others have done with setup - but I'm a stubborn **** and I'm going to continue down this road to see if it will work!
Next stop, Blytheville Tour, hopefully! Big congrats to Eric... despite the CS beatdown, he should hold his head high - I watched his runs, he was hitting his marks, online and carrying great speed - awesome driving!
04-06-2009, 01:25 PM
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ok, back on a real computer...
Had a great time, 2 excellent Roger Johnson courses except for a funky start on day 2,
great to see Jason & Juliann back out. sorry for the rude treatment...ok not really. ;-)
I drove better on Saturday than Sunday. I plowed through the last 180 on Sunday which
cost me a time closer to CS but they still would have beat me for the weekend. I'm beginning
to think the BS/CS merge isn't a good idea, just like the rest of you.
Here's a link to the videos I took:
http://outserv.cactus.org/~edj/videos/
the files are pretty large and image quality so-so. they look much better un-compressed.
when's the next event?
Had a great time, 2 excellent Roger Johnson courses except for a funky start on day 2,
great to see Jason & Juliann back out. sorry for the rude treatment...ok not really. ;-)
I drove better on Saturday than Sunday. I plowed through the last 180 on Sunday which
cost me a time closer to CS but they still would have beat me for the weekend. I'm beginning
to think the BS/CS merge isn't a good idea, just like the rest of you.
Here's a link to the videos I took:
http://outserv.cactus.org/~edj/videos/
the files are pretty large and image quality so-so. they look much better un-compressed.
when's the next event?
04-06-2009, 09:03 PM
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The Fair's took pics at this event - many are still being uploaded:
You can really see how gritty the surface is in many of the pics...
Meanwhile, here's some pictures from the event.
Cheers,
Terry Fair
- Friday practice: http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/gallery/7823632_YKQPG
- Saturday-Sunday: http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/gallery/7823635_VGSHx
Cheers,
Terry Fair