heh...he said exactly the same thing about swapping tires...

nope, he's just old and gets confused easily.

i did run Kumhos last weekend...worked well on the car...but i think
i'll stick with Hosers for the tour.

 

We did that in 2003, Jennifer ran Kumhos and I was on Hoosiers. Even being in different heats all those extra tire changes sucked.

So with only 160 cars will we get fun runs?

 

wow, only 160, that's low by Tour standards

 

Course maps are up!!!

Day 1:



Day2:



Looks like Roger Johnson has designed a couple of really entertaining courses! Notice that (unlike Walnut Ridge :wink: ) the course is actually quite different on Day 2!

 

Both courses are run the same direction both days and a number of the turns are reused both days. I am a little surprised that it was done that way. I have never been disappointed by one of Rogers courses and I am sure this will be a fun one, but I am disappointed to see we will run a number of the same turns in the same direction.

 

Roger has been re-using parts of the Day 1 course on Day 2 for years.
Very few of these re-used turns are entered exactly the same way on Day 2.
Looking at the maps, 3 of the 4 slaloms are the same but none of the big
turns/sweepers are the same.

I don't think you'll be disappointed...

 

the run order is up on the SCCA website

BS runs heat 3, works heat 2

 

Sat 3rd heat results are up: http://www.scca.org/_FileLibrary/Fil...20-%20Res3.pdf

Jason has a 4 tenths lead over Kenneth Baker, followed closely by Jon Wagner in 3rd.

 

Hoosiers certainly don't look like too much of a liability. Anyone know which HoHo's are being run?

Jason's probably sweating it...he's right where the 2nd and 3rd place guys want him...

 

Forget what the results show I think the only guy on Hoosier is EDJ, Baker and Wagner are both on 245 V710s.

Bummed I did not speed up at all but I think I got the Pace award for sat.

 

So, no Hoosiers in the top 3, huh?

I just looked at the day one results and it was nice to see my old SS friend, Lance, leading the way in the old school Z06...over Erik in a GT3? I guess his 3 rotor beast ate a transmission?

Anyhow, as I sit here, between practice tests for a real estate exam I have to take on Monday, I'm more than just a little envious of everyone (all 190 or whatever the pathetic turnout ended up at) who is getting to play at the National Tour event!!!

Do good tomorrow, ULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOSE, and all the rest of the RX8 posse

 

Looks like Jason put the smack down on the rest of the field today... and my buddy Sean pulled a Sipe with massive cone carnage both days in SS:

http://www.scca.org/_FileLibrary/Fil...ry-%20Res3.pdf

 

Wow, it looks like Jason was flyin' today...after a pretty middle of the road PAX effort yesterday, today's gonna move him waaaaaay up on the index...if you're in to that kind of thing...anyway, congrats ULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOSE

Also, my pal Lance Adams hung on to win SS, running the Z06 against Streldoc in a borrowed GT3...awesome!

 

Yeah, Jason laid the smack down today, straight-timing A Stock and laying up a time that would have trophied in Super Stock on today's course. Congrats to him on a well-earned victory.

BTW, edj was the only RX-8 pilot on Hoosiers (245s). The rest of us were on 245 Kumhos, even though they've still got me listed on Hoosiers in the results. The pathetic thing there is that I watched Doug Gill come over and verify the tires on every single B Stock car after Jason pointed out the discrepancy in Saturday's results.

One interesting data point from the weekend: I was curious to see if Baghead's claim about the weight difference between Base and Sport model cars was true, so we weighed Jason's car ('05 Base, Konis, 245 Kumhos, 1st gen lightweight SSRs, Mazdacomp front bar) and mine ('04 Sport, Konis, 245 Kumhos, 1st gen lightweight SSRs, stock bar). Both cars were in race trim, and mine was maybe a gallon lighter on fuel than Jason's. His weighed in at 2845 lbs, and mine was 2849 lbs. With the difference in fuel levels you could call it a ten pound difference, maybe fifteen tops.

I guess the Sport package isn't 40 pounds heavier after all.

 

Maybe the auto front bar is lighter?
Hmmmm....I wonder if "anyone" has tried that bar?

Congrats to ULLOSE!

FM(recent first loser even though he has a better car)

 

Congrats to ULLLOSE on the *** kicking he delivered over the weekend.
My butt still hurts...

Now I need to talk to Roger about all those orange things that litter
his otherwise fine courses...

 

PAX results are up. Congrats to Jason for top PAX on Sunday.

 

Good job to Jason.
Especially on day 2!
FM

 

Did Jason remove the wing?

 

Still have the wing... It is only 3 lbs.

 

Fun weekend. Got the Sat Pace award, top Pax Sun and a big win. I wish I did not have to sit in Houston for two more days and then spend 24hrs driving home.

 

Congrats Jason

 

congrats to jason mccall (former rx-8'er) on his win in STU and his wife in STUL.

 

Only took 22 hrs to get home.

 

Just added up my gas bill... Better than I thought it would be, $508.35. High for the trip was 3.89 and low was $3.19 for super. Cool thing is TX has 93 oc.

Got about 22 mpg avg with ac on, best tank was 24 and worst was 20. Only used 1/2 qt of oil for almost 3200 miles and 12 autox runs.