TopGear8

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^I agree with you. But I also feel there is a difference between breaking the rules, and intentionally breaking the rules to make your car faster/handle better/ weigh less...

If I take the side skirts off, logic says I will just be faster

Simmons-Racing

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So who Won the Practice course?





Simmons

TeamRX8

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yeah, you know it's not legal and are intentionally breaking the rules

it will be interesting to see what happens with this turnout ....

Simmons-Racing

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Don't let those BMW's win tomorrow


Is that Ruggles car, or Fossum's?


Good luck

Simmons

TeamRX8

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pretty sure it's Jim's RX8

Unoffical Class standings for STX [14 Cars] (3/10/2012 5:16:31 PM)

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T 1 144 Randall Prince 1997 BMW 328is White Dunlop
54.489(1) 51.680 54.012(1) 51.680

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T 2 51 Jason Ruggles 2007 Mazda RX-8 Silver Hankook
57.444(2) 52.019 51.820 51.820
(0.140)
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T 3 151 Jim Fossum 2007 Mazda RX-8 Silver Hankook
53.123 52.070 51.845 51.845
(0.025)
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T 4 84 Dennis Sparks 2005 Mazda RX-8 White Hankook
53.348 52.018 51.862 51.862
(0.017)
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T 5 194 Simon Kim 2005 Mazda RX-8 Shinka Yokoham
53.442 52.590 52.706 52.590
(0.728)
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6 44 Brian Cembor 1997 BMW 328is White Dunlop
DNF 53.861 52.739 52.739
(0.149)
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7 96 Michael Kuhn 2004 Mazda RX8 Black Hankook
53.533 53.072 52.925 52.925
(0.186)
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8 23 Brian Tyson 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Hankook
54.805 53.961 54.303 53.961
(1.036)
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9 94 Anselmo Kim 2005 Mazda RX-8 Yokoham
58.504(2) 54.438 54.615 54.438
(0.477)
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10 179 Lee Chhit 2009 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Hankook
56.989 58.509(2) 55.814 55.814
(1.376)
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11 184 Chris Sparks 2005 Mazda RX-8 White Hankook
56.547 56.268 59.818(2) 56.268
(0.454)
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12 73 Wilson Richardso 1987 BMW 325is Black Hankook
60.843(1) 61.578(2) 57.326 57.326
(1.058)
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13 79 Daniel Chhit 2009 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Toyo
57.336(1) 57.527(1) 57.588(1) 57.336
(0.010)
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14 8 Joshua DuBois 2006 Nissan Sentra Spec Falken

Simmons-Racing

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I wonder if it was warm enough for the Hankook's?


Simmons

TeamRX8

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wish I could have been there on my Toyos ... only just got my shocks back today, trying to run a local event tomorrow.

6MTGirl

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Ruggles autocross his own car?

Nice job Jay and Jim! Awesome time by Jason sitting only a tenth out of first, considering he's hardly had any seat time in an STX car (thanks to me being MIA this year). Good luck to them tomorrow!

tpdrx8

Nice job to the J&J team today!

Now suck it up and nail the Beemer tomorrow!

TeamRX8

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unofficial congrats to Jason, Jim, and Sparky



**** UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (INFORMATIONAL ONLY) ****

Class standings for STX [14 Cars] (3/11/2012 3:40:40 PM)

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T 1 51 Jason Ruggles 2007 Mazda RX-8 Silver Hankook
57.444(2) 52.019 51.820 102.016
50.594 50.196 50.397
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T 2 151 Jim Fossum 2007 Mazda RX-8 Silver Hankook
53.123 52.070 51.845 102.153
51.961 51.295 50.308 (0.137)
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T 3 84 Dennis Sparks 2005 Mazda RX-8 White Hankook
53.348 52.018 51.862 102.296
50.505 50.543 50.434 (0.143)
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T 4 144 Randall Prince 1997 BMW 328is White Dunlop
54.489(1) 51.680 54.012(1) 102.474
53.772(1) 54.694(2) 50.794 (0.178)
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T 5 194 Simon Kim 2005 Mazda RX-8 Shinka Yokoham
53.442 52.590 52.706 103.210
54.599(2) 51.036 50.620 (0.736)
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6 96 Michael Kuhn 2004 Mazda RX8 Black Hankook
53.533 53.072 52.925 103.902
51.397 50.977 51.278 (0.692)
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7 44 Brian Cembor 1997 BMW 328is White Dunlop
54.508 53.861 52.739 104.240
55.654(2) 53.943(1) 51.501 (0.338)
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8 23 Brian Tyson 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Hankook
54.805 53.961 54.303 106.539
53.211 54.348(1) 52.578 (2.299)
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9 94 Anselmo Kim 2005 Mazda RX-8 Yokoham
58.504(2) 54.438 54.615 106.867
52.443 52.429 63.237(1) (0.328)
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10 179 Lee Chhit 2009 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Hankook
56.989 58.509(2) 55.814 108.997
53.774 53.425 53.183 (2.130)
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11 184 Chris Sparks 2005 Mazda RX-8 White Hankook
56.547 56.268 59.818(2) 109.314
54.073 55.871(1) 53.046 (0.317)
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12 79 Daniel Chhit 2009 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Toyo
57.336(1) 57.527(1) 57.588(1) 111.137
57.962(2) DNF 53.801 (1.823)
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13 73 Wilson Richardso 1987 BMW 325is Black Hankook
60.843(1) 61.578(2) 57.326 113.983
56.657 61.168(1) 56.981(1) (2.846)
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14 8 Joshua DuBois 2006 Nissan Sentra Spec Falken
70.154 65.575 65.218 125.466
64.338 61.448 60.248 (11.483)

mwood

Wow! That is some tight competition...I sincerely hope the STAC/SEB leaves STX the heck alone...no Suboyotas need apply.

STX looks GREAT this year

GeorgeH

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An all-RX-8 podium! Nice job guys!

tpdrx8

Most Excellent to the J&J team!

So, do you win tires in STX?

TeamRX8

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I believe Toyo and Kumho are the only contingency this year

tpdrx8

That sucks.

Looks like Dat was flyin'. Do you think you could have beat him for some Hoosiers had you stayed in CS?

(mostlly wanta' know for my coulda'/shoulda-ness)

Simmons-Racing

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Congrates to Jason, Jim, and Sparky

Any video?


Simmons

costello

Tom, you should've come out. I think it was one of the warmest temps I've ever seen at Dixie and the grip seemed very good this year.

I left a lot of time on the table. First day I think I should've been 0.5 sec faster. (Based on my comparison with STR and ES times). Couldn't improve on my first run time for some reason. Seems to be the issue with my driving at NT events lately. Second day I got faster each run and had a pretty decent 3rd run, but I had a cone in the slow area over that bump. So dumb of me for hitting that, I was well in control of the car and was just careless. My 2nd run time was my fastest clean time on Sunday(which was a little over 1 sec off of Darrin's STR time I think.)

Dat

tpdrx8

Dat, I would have loved to be there.

Unfortunately we are in the process of moving from Hickory to Atlanta and although the car was on the trailer Saturday night, it and the 4Runner were full of household items along with a couple sets of race tires.

Ironic that we now live closer to the event and I still couldn't make it work :-(

Next year for sure!

Sparky

Saturday's course. Note the crossover just after the start and before the finish!

http://youtu.be/W3vZY3lNCxI

and Sunday.

http://youtu.be/-nENomNnjyI

Sorry for the artifacts on some of the footage. Video card is on it's last legs.

Congrats to Jason and Jim, and thanks for all of the support from the RX-8 community!

dell

I had a great time . The courses were good, but I preferred the Sunday one little more. Mainly because I wish I could have driven better on Saturday, but main goal was to just enjoy and drive hard, which I did more so on Sunday. Trophy is just added bonus. It was also good to meet other competitors in the class. STX appears to be a great class.

Oh, and watching Darrin and David drive the Miata at the limit was sure fun to watch on the course. Great to see Miata taking STR win!

Simmons-Racing

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Thanks, it looked like fun. Nice job.

Simmons

BRODA

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Congratulations for the great driving guys. Lots of lead changes, and only 0.4 seconds between first and fourth after two days. Must have been a fun weekend.

TopGear8

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Great driving out there Dennis, as well as Jim and Jason. I just couldn't get the flow of the course and my times showed it. I look forward to seeing you at Zmax!

cturbo28

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This weekend was a great first event for the season. Although Team missed the race due to mechanical issues it was still a great event. Too bad we did not get to bench race between heats and talk RX8 mods and such. Also I was pitted next to Micheal, I was rude and did not introduce myself. sorry.... Good job to all the RX8 top finishers.

I need to bring the 8 out of retirement and have fun with you guys!

Sparky

Great to meet you in person finally. Zmax should be a blast!