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So will Carter dominate in his new ride or will the Buckley/Hertweck team have something to say about it??? Can any of the Zboys step up.... We will be waiting for updates.

John V

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(yawn) Did you see the A Stock entry list?

NoCones

We'll see. I haven't autoxed since I can't quite remember when...maybe August...and Aaron hasn't since Nat'ls.

I'm just glad to have a functional car after this.


I was also concerned about some sort of meguiars-looking substance I noticed on my dipstick yesterday...but after a search here, it seems that's a normal cold-weather condition.

TeamRX8

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ouch, sorry to see that man

John V

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Ugh, bummer man. I keep having a recurring nightmare where I spend all this time and money to get my car prepped for the autocross season and then wreck it on the way to the event.

NoCones

thanks, guys...$8500 worth of repairs (without even scratching either front fender)

I got sideways coming around a curve on a snowy/icy road...basically t-boned an oncoming pickup in its driver's door while I was sliding perpendicular to the road...which spun me off the road and up a bank (the bottom black plastic piece of the rear bumper cracked from the trip up the bank)

tomsn16

Sorry to see NoCones crash.Hate that.
My guess is that the Dixie tour will not be much of an indicator with most drivers just out of Winter hibernation here in the East.The combination of new rides,months without seat time and forecasted rain both days may produce a conefest.But we are all anxious to get down to South Georgia and 75 degrees.

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That sucks....

clyde

Sounds like you were okay, which is more important. I hope that the car is still competitive too.

Sorry to hear that I passed my three year nightmare to you.

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Looks like fun, I hope Cashmore can find a ride.

Check BS for SD..... Braun, McWho, Wilkenson, Goeke, Baghead, me.

John V

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I think GH is still planning on going.

TeamRX8

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that was me in 1996, crashed my FD3S Rx-7TT 3 days before infamous Blizzard Dixie Tour event, driving car on highway in the rain and it hydroplane-snapped into a broad slide at 60 mph ended up with the passenger door bowed around a tree

rotor-te-rex

Latest weather does not look too bad, for Saturday especially, and only a 30% chance of rain on Sunday with a high that day of 77.

http://weather.msn.com/tenday.aspx?w...ns=wc:USGA0589

Weather also looks good for the Pro Solo practice Thursday and Cone Clinic on Friday.

I get that milky looking stuff on my dipstick even down here, NoCones, even with Mobil 1. Sorry about the crash. Snow sucks. Does your car have traction control out of curiosity? Mine has saved me a couple of times in the rain with too much gas coming out of a side street onto a 50 mph highway, but not sure how good it is in the snow.

My son is bringing his Miata on Friday so he doesn't miss an extra day of school so he could always drive that if someone wants to co-drive my stock car in STU or his Miata on Falkens in CSP. I bought him stock rims so he could run stock and he proceeds to make other nickel and dime minor mods that take him out of stock.

NoCones

No traction control. I've got a base model with nav system as the only option.

Got the car aligned this morning...the wreck doesn't seem to have had any impact on its align-ability.

MX-5RACER

I'll have the CS Miata out again. Looking forward to the event.

NoCones

Run/work is up: BS works 1st, runs 3rd

timaf

I won't be running this event but I will be there on Sunday to hopefully look up some BS drivers. Would like to see how others set up there cars since I just switched from CS miata to BS RX8. Weather should be pretty good, dry,not too hot. Should be interesting.

John V

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There certainly is no consensus on what the best setup is.

timaf

yeah, but won't hurt to look before I plop down bucks for Koni's, racing beat, Kumho's, k&N, Jet fuel gel in the gas lines, etc

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day one:

B Stock Drivers: 6 Trophies: 2 Run Heat: 3
T 1 123 Carter Thompson 2004 mazda RX8 Kumho Tennessee R 38.419 38.673 38.061 38.061
[23] Murfreesboro, TN VetteSport/Koni SE
T 2 187 Bryan Hertweck 2004 Mazda RX-8 Kumho Blue Ridge R 39.914 40.806(1) 38.819 38.819
[87] Summerfield, NC Frictionless Rollers, Inc. SE (0.758)
3 96 Keith Robertson 1995 BMW M3 Kumho Central Flor DNF 38.848 39.170 38.848
Tampa, FL Jest Fur Fun Racing SE (0.029)
4 87 Aaron R Buckley 2004 Mazda RX-8 Hoosier North Carol 41.511(1) 39.566 39.213 39.213
[187] Charlotte, NC www.stockstreettirerules.frictionles SE (0.365)
5 23 Jim Thompson 2004 mazda RX8 Kumho Tennessee R 40.782 40.603 40.035 40.035
[123] Cleveland, TN VetteSport/Koni SE (0.822)
6 28 Dustin Graham 2005 Nissan 350z Track Dixie Regio 41.104 42.191(1) 40.159 40.159
Tallahassee, FL SE (0.124)

TeamRX8

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thanks, forgot all about it

mwood

Was there weather variation today? Seems like BS wasn't as fast as I would expect...

TeamRX8

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no, I spoke to Jim and he siad that it was a very fast course with not may tight turns, most of them with long straights between

or maybe it was the 285 tires

mwood

That must explain DS, GS, and ES out PAX'ing BS

Is Carter running 285 Kumhos? (since they seem to be the only people in the world to be able to get them on the 8" rim...)

I did notice where the only Team HoHo car is at...

TeamRX8

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o jeez, the BS pax factor, whatevah was I a thinkin, musta forgot about Nats already ...