Hai, kanpai!!!!

 

good luck, folks!

 

Looks like only me and Hong Wong Fooey signed up for STX at the Pro Finale, which means the B1 bump class for us.

STX has become the wasteland for lame autocrossers ....

 

Why were your Saturday runs DSQ'd?

 

Sounds like a tire (brand) change, which takes away your previous runs.

 

which rule is that?

 

The overall class points championship paid $1000 from Toyo tires

and another $400 from Mazda

 

Good luck guys!

 

Hmmm...note to self...maybe time to renegotiate the co-drive deal...oops, did I say that out loud?

JK, looking forward to driving the TeamRX8 STX car!

 

Anybody have a left front sway bar mount :-(

 

Never mind got one thanks Chris!

 

Good luck tomorrow folks!!!

 

Good luck to the STX guys!

 

Throw out the Honduh Crapboxes and there is a decent battle between the real STX cars. I managed to cone out Day 1 again

Street Touring Xtreme Drivers: 43 Trophies: 12
T 1 46 Jeff Wong 1991 Honda Civic Si Bla Toyo 68.025(1) 66.468 68.363(1) 66.468
Moorpark,CA Toyo Tires / ProParts US California
T 2 47 Sebastian Rios 1989 Honda Civic Si Whi Toyo 67.153 71.294(2) 66.789 66.789
Corona,CA ProParts USA - Blind Squ California (0.321)
T 3 177 Craig Mankiewicz 1989 Honda Civic Si Blk Toyo 71.064(2) 69.153(1) 67.111 67.111
[77] Milwaukee,WI TUR REDSHIFT Milwaukee/ (0.322)
T 4 86 Adam Ansorge 1989 Honda Civic Si whi Toyo 68.593 67.749 67.226 67.226
[186] Austin,MN Lucky Lugnuts / Red eye Des Moines (0.115)
T 5 127 Jeff Stuart 1993 BMW 325i White Hankook 68.997 69.566(1) 67.830 67.830
[27] Santa Barbara,CA Berry Family Racing/OS G California (0.604)
T 6 197 Chris Conant 1988 BMW M3 Red 68.314 68.000 67.919 67.919
[97] Lenexa,KS AST Import Specailist D Kansas Cit (0.089)
T 7 49 Mark Gronowski 2002 Subaru WRX Blue Hankook DNF 68.475 67.997 67.997
[149] Boulder,CO Colorado/R (0.078)
T 8 89 Shaikh Ahmad 2004 Mazda RX-8 Hankook 70.380(1) 73.156(3) 68.013 68.013
[189] Redwood City,CA Fat Cat Motorsports San Franci (0.016)
T 9 194 Mike Kazmierczak 1991 Honda Civic Si Red Toyo 68.018 68.464 68.883 68.018
[94] Huntington Beach,CA California (0.005)
T10 99 Mike Wood 2005 Mazda RX8 White Hankook 70.471(1) 69.202 68.185 68.185
[199] Alamo,CA Toyo/CobbTuning/Truechoi San Fran/N (0.167)
T11 94 Mike Hsu 1989 Honda Civic SI red 68.529 70.243(1) 68.217 68.217
[194] Fremont,CA San Franci (0.032)
T12 77 TJ Pierson 1989 Honda Civic Toyo 72.034(1) 68.243 69.089 68.243
[177] New York,NY Thanks Jason! Northern N (0.026)
13 81 Sean OGorman 1989 Honda Civic Si Whi N/A DNF 68.479 72.060(2) 68.479
[192] North Royalton,OH Saul's Motorsports Ohio Valle (0.236)
14 149 Tyler Gronowski 2003 Subaru WRX Silver Hankook 69.903 68.764 68.547 68.547
[49] Denver,CO SUBA PERFORMANCE .com (0.068)
15 198 Ivan Austin 2004 Mazda RX8 Yellow Hankook 68.662 72.195(2) 73.913(2) 68.662
[98] Minneapolis,MN TelemetryWeb / Mazdaspee Milwaukee/ (0.115)
16 96 Michael Kuhn 2004 Mazda RX-8 Black Hankook 68.890 73.152(2) 68.690 68.690
Charlotte,NC Race Roots/MazdaSpeed Central Ca (0.028)
17 180 Jason Morrow 2002 Subaru WRX Silver Hoosier 68.722 70.232(1) 70.185(1) 68.722
[80] Calgary,AB Whiteline/Lightspeed Northwest/ (0.032)
18 189 George Hudetz 2004 Mazda RX-8 Hankook 71.003(1) 71.100(1) 68.793 68.793
[89] Lake Oswego,OR Fatcat Motorsports Northwest/ (0.071)
19 175 Michael Waich 1989 Honda Civic Si Whi Toyo 68.815 69.089 68.819 68.815
[75] Minneapolis,MN AMR Engineering - White Milwaukee/ (0.022)
20 91 Stephen Rife 1989 Honda Civic Si N/A 86.390(8) 72.012(1) 69.318 69.318
[191] Knoxville,TN Aptus DesignWorks East Tenne (0.503)
21 13 Preston Jordan 2003 BMW 330i ZHP Black Hankook DNF 69.342 69.418 69.342
[113] Minneapolis,MN Vorshlag/AST/the alignme Land O Lak (0.024)
22 113 Matt Murphy 2003 BMW 330i ZHP Black Hankook 70.067 69.952 69.523 69.523
[13] Minneapolis,MN AST/Vorshlag/The Alignme Land O Lak (0.181)
23 98 Mark Yakich 2004 Mazda RX8 Yellow Hankook 71.404 69.726 69.608 69.608
[198] Farmington,MN TelemetryWeb/Mazdaspeed Land O Lak (0.085)
24 182 Shane Donahue 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX Dunlop 71.678(1) 71.507(1) 69.695 69.695
[82] Excelsior,MN TurnInConcepts/Morries S Milwaukee/ (0.087)
25 144 Randall Prince 1997 BMW 328is White N/A 73.559(2) 70.078 69.751 69.751
[44] Auburn,GA www.trmtuning.com / www. Atlanta/So (0.056)
26 75 Matthew Waich 1989 Honda Civic white Toyo 75.639 70.386 69.858 69.858
[175] Minneapolis,MN Land O Lak (0.107)
27 9 Derek Punch 1997 BMW 328 Silver Hankook 71.950(2) 70.094(1) 69.920(1) 69.920
Escondido,CA Frank Fahey Motorsports San Diego/ (0.062)
28 27 Mark DeShon 1993 BMW 325i White Hankook 70.949 70.099 72.109(1) 70.099
[127] Hesperia,CA Berry Family Racing/OS G California (0.179)
29 44 Brian Cembor 1997 BMW 328is White N/A 71.404 72.491(1) 70.213 70.213
[144] Norcross,GA HoneyBadger Racing Atlanta/So (0.114)
30 191 Stephen Ingram 1989 Honda Civic Si Bla Toyo 80.032(3) 72.721 70.284 70.284
[91] Thomasville,NC RRAX.com ATL/SE (0.071)
31 192 Chris Cline 1995 BMW 325is Black Hankook 73.853(1) 71.557 70.303 70.303
[92] Greensboro,NC Forest Oaks Insurance/TR Atlanta/So (0.019)
32 73 Stuart Taylor 2004 Mazda RX-8 Silver Dunlop 75.681(2) 70.384 74.161(2) 70.384
Airdrie,AB Northwest/ (0.081)
33 82 Daniel Berge 2004 Subaru WRX Black Dunlop 82.841 79.638(4) 70.420 70.420
[182] Saint Paul,MN TurnInConcepts/morris Su Land O Lak (0.036)
34 199 Mark Sipe 2005 Mazda RX-8 White Hankook 79.956(5) 71.145(1) 70.442(1) 70.442
[99] Keller,TX Toyo/CobbTuning/Truechoi Texas/Sout (0.022)
35 110 Douglas Hitchcock 1989 BMW 325i zinnoberr Hankook 70.471(1) 74.487(2) 70.554 70.471
[10] Kansas City,MO Elephant Motorsports Kansas Cit (0.029)
36 97 Charles Wilson 1988 BMW M3 Red 70.518 70.985 79.785(4) 70.518
[197] Lees Summit,MO Kansas Cit (0.047)
37 186 Chuck Bower 1989 Honda Civic Si whi Toyo 70.659(1) 75.155(3) 70.618(1) 70.618
[86] Minneapolis,MN go faster daddy!!! Land O Lak (0.100)
38 23 Andre Downey 2002 Subaru WRX Red 72.674 71.672 73.017 71.672
Philadelphia,PA Woodlawn Garage South Jers (1.054)
39 80 Wayne Dyck 2002 Subaru WRX Silver Hankook 72.036 72.406(1) 72.529(1) 72.036
[180] Calgary,AB Whiteline/Lightspeed Northwest/ (0.364)
40 22 Pete Bates 2003 Nissan Sentra Spec Dunlop 72.359 73.129 72.221 72.221
Lancaster,OH Petes LCG Ohio Valle (0.185)
41 92 Jason Proksch 1995 BMW 325i Black Hankook 73.229 72.987 72.593 72.593
[192] Fishers,IN Forest Oak Insurance/TRM Indianapol (0.372)
42 33 Jeremy Salenius 1988 BMW 325is Black Hankook 73.753(1) 74.375(1) 74.750 73.753
Shawnee,KS My Bank Account Kansas Cit (1.160)
43 10 Sonja Hitchcock 1989 BMW 325i red Hankook 76.042 74.564 76.037(1) 74.564
[110] Kansas City,MO Elephant Motorsports Kansas Cit (0.811)

 

Mark coned again, and I didnt have a rear upper control arm bolt for my first 2 runs, so my rear wheel was doing funky things! Got everything tight and am going out tomorrow to give it my all.

 

Any issues come up with the whole ignition coil clarification? Or did everyone just leave the BHR coils at home?

Heard about that on ustream! Crazy!

 

No clarification needed. Just take the bracket off ...

 

I was informed this morning that amistake was made in the points calculations and that Jeff Wong is the 2011 Pro Solo STX Class Champion. I had questioned it after the awards banquet, but apparently it took five days for them to figure it out with everything else that was going on this week.

 

Well, that's a bummer. I guess it's not totally unexpected tho.

 

Good luck guys. Hopefully I will get my car fast enough to compete. I am still running completely stock but think I will go into STX next year as it is a better multiplier. Hopefully I can make some money available to add some goodies to the car.

 

After being assured that it was correct it wasn't my expectation to be told "oops" five days later. That said, it would never be acceptable for me to receive the accolades and awards deservedly earned by someone else.

 

Mark, thanks again for letting me drive the STX car.

I think, day one, we should have had something for the class, with that fun and fast course, but it didn't quite work out. Day two? fuhgettaboutit. If one had tried, you couldn't have designed a course that favored the ST cars more...

 

Man, it was hot - particularly on Friday.

In STX, Congrats to Shaikh for being the fastest RX-8 driver on the East course, Michael Kuhn for being the fastest RX-8 driver on the West, and Mike Wood for being fastest RX-8 driver overall - and for being the second fastest "real" STX driver. And congrats to all three for getting a trophy. It will be interesting to see what the field looks like next year with the Civics gone, what with 7 of the 12 trophies this year going to the Hondas.

True to my form, I had an off-day on Thursday (east course) but moved myself up a few spots on Friday. I need to learn to drive sweepers better, LOL. I decided to run new stock coils by the way, although Mark's adaptation of the BHR kit seemed fine.

Also, congrats to Brian Coulson for being the top-placing RX-8 in CS.

 

Don't forget the fastest paxed RX-8 driver, Brian C. Looking at the unofficial pax results he placed 111th with Mike at 423rd. Good job to all... can't believed that CS Solstice paxed 15th overall.

 

Fixed for truth.