2009 Peru National Tour 7/4 - 7/5
07-02-2009, 08:33 AM
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2009 Peru National Tour 7/4 - 7/5
2009 Peru National Tour
Grissom Aeroplex
07/04/2009 - 07/05/2009
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Run/Work Order:
Run Heat 1: DS, ESL, STL, STS, CSP, DSPL, XP, DP, FP, GP, SSML, AML, DML, EML, FM, FJA, FJB
Run Heat 2: SSL, BS, FS, GSL, HS, STX, STUL, ASPL, ESP, CPL, SML, SMF, BML
Course open for walking
Run Heat 3: AS, CS, DSL, STSL, BSP, CSPL, FSP, XPL, DPL, EP, FPL, GPL, CM, FML, F125, FSAE
Run Heat 4: BSL, ES, FSL, HSL, ST, STXL, DSP, ESPL, CP, SMFL, SSM, AM, DM
Run Heat 5: SS, ASL, CSL, GS, STU, ASP, BSPL, FSPL, DPL, SM, BM, CML, EM, F125L, FSAEL
Work Heat 1: AS, BSL, CS, FSL, HSL, STXL, BSP, FSP, CP, SMFL, CM, FML, F125, FSAE
Work Heat 2: ASL, CSL, ES, GS, ST, STU, BSPL, DSP, FSPL, EPL, SSM, AM, CML, DM, F125L, FSAEL
Course open for walking
Work Heat 3: SS, BS, ESL, STL, ASP, DSPL, ESPL, SM, SSML, AML, BM, DML, EM, EML
Work Heat 4: SSL, DS, GSL, STS, STUL, ASPL, CSP, XP, DP, FP, GP, SML, BML, FM
Work Heat 5: DSL, FS, HS, STSL, STX, CSPL, ESP, XPL, CPL, DPL, EP, FPL, GPL, SMF
Good luck in Peru to all that are making the trip!
Grissom Aeroplex
07/04/2009 - 07/05/2009
Link to Event Page
Link to Entry List
Run/Work Order:
Run Heat 1: DS, ESL, STL, STS, CSP, DSPL, XP, DP, FP, GP, SSML, AML, DML, EML, FM, FJA, FJB
Run Heat 2: SSL, BS, FS, GSL, HS, STX, STUL, ASPL, ESP, CPL, SML, SMF, BML
Course open for walking
Run Heat 3: AS, CS, DSL, STSL, BSP, CSPL, FSP, XPL, DPL, EP, FPL, GPL, CM, FML, F125, FSAE
Run Heat 4: BSL, ES, FSL, HSL, ST, STXL, DSP, ESPL, CP, SMFL, SSM, AM, DM
Run Heat 5: SS, ASL, CSL, GS, STU, ASP, BSPL, FSPL, DPL, SM, BM, CML, EM, F125L, FSAEL
Work Heat 1: AS, BSL, CS, FSL, HSL, STXL, BSP, FSP, CP, SMFL, CM, FML, F125, FSAE
Work Heat 2: ASL, CSL, ES, GS, ST, STU, BSPL, DSP, FSPL, EPL, SSM, AM, CML, DM, F125L, FSAEL
Course open for walking
Work Heat 3: SS, BS, ESL, STL, ASP, DSPL, ESPL, SM, SSML, AML, BM, DML, EM, EML
Work Heat 4: SSL, DS, GSL, STS, STUL, ASPL, CSP, XP, DP, FP, GP, SML, BML, FM
Work Heat 5: DSL, FS, HS, STSL, STX, CSPL, ESP, XPL, CPL, DPL, EP, FPL, GPL, SMF
Good luck in Peru to all that are making the trip!
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07-02-2009, 03:45 PM
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The forecast is nice - low 80s. I can deal with that!
I expect to be destroyed as well, but that's okay.
07-03-2009, 10:32 PM
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Been unseasonably cool there the past few days; when I left for Maryland Thursday morning it was 58 degrees F.
Spent 6 years at that place back in my USAF days, and the 'ride' I was used to understeered like a pig. Then again, you wouldn't try running a KC-135A through autocross, 'cause the cones would be blown into the next county after the first slalom...
Good luck to all, may the winner be an -8!
Spent 6 years at that place back in my USAF days, and the 'ride' I was used to understeered like a pig. Then again, you wouldn't try running a KC-135A through autocross, 'cause the cones would be blown into the next county after the first slalom...
Good luck to all, may the winner be an -8!
07-04-2009, 02:10 PM
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Results through the end of heat 3/early heat 4: http://www.scca.com/documents/result...1%20to%203.pdf
According to a post on NASIOC, morning run groups were dry, rain a factor in the afternoon.
According to a post on NASIOC, morning run groups were dry, rain a factor in the afternoon.
07-04-2009, 07:05 PM
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The first heat was totally dry. It drizzled all through the second heat, but the course never really got wet. The sky opened up more during the third heat, though, and it's still raining. I am soaked to the bone.
I might be able to post video of the first course tonight. We'll see.
Heh, the preliminary results that we were handed on the grid showed me in second, but the website has Chris Bailey above me. Ties can't happen very often, and I'm sure we won't be in the same position after tomorrow.
I might be able to post video of the first course tonight. We'll see.
Heh, the preliminary results that we were handed on the grid showed me in second, but the website has Chris Bailey above me. Ties can't happen very often, and I'm sure we won't be in the same position after tomorrow.
07-04-2009, 07:24 PM
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The first heat was totally dry. It drizzled all through the second heat, but the course never really got wet. The sky opened up more during the third heat, though, and it's still raining. I am soaked to the bone.
I might be able to post video of the first course tonight. We'll see.
Heh, the preliminary results that we were handed on the grid showed me in second, but the website has Chris Bailey above me. Ties can't happen very often, and I'm sure we won't be in the same position after tomorrow.
I might be able to post video of the first course tonight. We'll see.
Heh, the preliminary results that we were handed on the grid showed me in second, but the website has Chris Bailey above me. Ties can't happen very often, and I'm sure we won't be in the same position after tomorrow.
07-04-2009, 08:50 PM
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Day 1 results: http://www.scca.com/documents/result...ay%20Final.pdf
Great job in STX Nick. Hopefully tomorrow will bring dry weather.
Great job in STX Nick. Hopefully tomorrow will bring dry weather.
07-05-2009, 03:45 PM
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Day 2 results: http://www.scca.com/documents/result...inal%207-5.pdf
Congrats to Rogers for getting it done in BS.
Looks like my buddy Nick finished 3rd in STX @ his first NT in his RX-8!
Congrats to Rogers for getting it done in BS.
Looks like my buddy Nick finished 3rd in STX @ his first NT in his RX-8!
07-06-2009, 06:53 AM
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I know, man, I suck. God, why do I even try? 
I should have won my first time out, just like you.
Bullshit aside, I had a great time. I was close to a trophy, but I got beat by guys who know the cars they're driving, and that level of competition, way better than I do. I think the major thing I was missing was confidence. I didn't drive the way I do at home because I was always aware that there were a few hundred very good competitors watching me. I just didn't push the car. Every run was cautious, which is a silly reason to lose.
I think the car was capable of winning that event. Me? Apparently not so much. That's okay, because working on that part is pretty cheap. If I was several seconds off, I would be really disappointed. That I was close as I was is encouraging. Next time I'll be better prepared, and so will the car.
I should have won my first time out, just like you.Bullshit aside, I had a great time. I was close to a trophy, but I got beat by guys who know the cars they're driving, and that level of competition, way better than I do. I think the major thing I was missing was confidence. I didn't drive the way I do at home because I was always aware that there were a few hundred very good competitors watching me. I just didn't push the car. Every run was cautious, which is a silly reason to lose.
I think the car was capable of winning that event. Me? Apparently not so much. That's okay, because working on that part is pretty cheap. If I was several seconds off, I would be really disappointed. That I was close as I was is encouraging. Next time I'll be better prepared, and so will the car.
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07-06-2009, 08:49 AM
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Nick,
Great going man! Cline finsihed one spot out of the STX trophies last year at Nats, and finishing ahead of him is definitely worth something. Krauss is definitely no slouch in the Talon, and this season alone already has a 2nd place at Finger Lakes NT, and wins at the DC Pro and now the Peru NT.
Competing on the national stage can definitely be nerve-racking for anyone. You'll feel more comfortable next time.
Great going man! Cline finsihed one spot out of the STX trophies last year at Nats, and finishing ahead of him is definitely worth something. Krauss is definitely no slouch in the Talon, and this season alone already has a 2nd place at Finger Lakes NT, and wins at the DC Pro and now the Peru NT.
Competing on the national stage can definitely be nerve-racking for anyone. You'll feel more comfortable next time.
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It's nothing new for BMW's...the E30 3-series often did/do the same thing on high grip concrete. NASA SPEC-E36 road racers have also complained of the same two wheelin' issue and they must run a spec Yokohama A048 on an 8" wheel.
Great to meet you this weekend Nick, the car looked great on the grid (didn't get a chance to watch you on course). Hope you can make it to some events in Joilet or Peru again.
Chris H
Great to meet you this weekend Nick, the car looked great on the grid (didn't get a chance to watch you on course). Hope you can make it to some events in Joilet or Peru again.
Chris H
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07-06-2009, 04:23 PM
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It's nothing new for BMW's...the E30 3-series often did/do the same thing on high grip concrete. NASA SPEC-E36 road racers have also complained of the same two wheelin' issue and they must run a spec Yokohama A048 on an 8" wheel.
Great to meet you this weekend Nick, the car looked great on the grid (didn't get a chance to watch you in course). Hope you can make it to some events in Joilet or Peru again.
Chris H
Great to meet you this weekend Nick, the car looked great on the grid (didn't get a chance to watch you in course). Hope you can make it to some events in Joilet or Peru again.
Chris H
It was nice to meet you, too, Chris. You didn't miss much if you didn't see me run. You and your codriver were busy destroying your own class anyway.
I'll make the trip out to Peru again for NTs, but it's unlikely I'll show up there for local events. It's three hours of county highway driving. I have a full schedule of my own local events.
I suppose the draw would be to see how you and John drive, if I got the chance. I learn best by riding with people who are faster than I am.