GA RX8 Club Thread
 

Welcome to the GA Rx8 Club's thread. This thread will remain stuck so that it may be used for club member's to talk and plan meets.

You can also visit their web site at:
http://garx8club.com



Rules are simple.

Follow RX8 Club Rules.

Things that won't be tolerated:
foul language
advertising without permission from RX8Club

Cool...

Thanks Alex!

Ok...
Let's get down to business. I am getting us some *free* web space (about 250MB worth) where we can host files, etc... If we need more space, then we'll probably need to start paying. More on that later. Anyone have any ideas for a URL?


"RX8 is enough" weekend event:
I really want to do a big weekend event so that those a bit outside can drive up and have fun. Maybe combine some pieces of these ideas into a big weekend get together... Make it worth the drive for some like Lego and Phlash.
- Mountain Runs with Nabil
- Andretti Karting & tech session (Catered by Jim Ellis in the upstairs lounge & bar)
- Dyno day on a Sunday
- ???


"The 8s do the Autocross" on Sunday may 22nd:
Registration for the next autocross is open. However, we need to decide when we want to run before we sign up... Morning or Afternoon. We should sign up soon, though so lets get a consensus in the next day or two. Morning = onsite a turner field by 8:00 am. Afternoon =onsite by 11:30.


Any other events/activities to plan?

Oh, you may wish to subscribe to this thread as well.

Good point. I'll post instructions on what to do to register soon. Please pass word along to all your friends. Remeber there are (supposedly) only 20 novice slots in the afternoon, so we need to be quick on the draw.

-Travis

What about Time Only? do they limit the number of T.O. entries? That could be a fall back for the new autoxers if they miss getting a novice slot.

Unfortunately no, but honestly, they are a little lax on the novice slots. They want people to come out. I'll shoot them an email letting them know our intentions. The local mini and miata clubs do this from time to time too.

I have autoxed before in a different car that was modified and was in the street modified class. I know B stock allows some mods like exhaust and bars but they say nothing of air intakes. I was wondering if this mod alone will put me into Street modified.

I like the idea of doing the whole weekend thing. That sound good.

As for the Autocross, I may have to come and be the Photo guy. Not too keen on using a helmet that has had some other sweaty dude in it, and a new one is a couple hundred. Hopefully by the next one I can work the helmet in, right now I want that exhaust off Charlies car.

But I would be glad to do the photo part, anyone have a video cam they want to use too?

There are lots of rules for all classes, but to summarize your predicament, I believe you are in STU class now. Airbox, rear sway, springs will each put you there. But it's a good class if you like to modify a car.

I am sure we could scare up a helmet from someone, maybe someone with a bike helmet. Snell 95 or better is all that is required.

As for vid cams, several of us have "MAZCARE VID-MOUNT 2000" camera mounts in the car, but... if you don't I am sure we can get with Charlie for a few more additions... :)

More autocross info
 

Sound Control:
This year there is a noise limit. 95db measured from several yards away from the track. There has only been one car to exceed that so far. If you do exceed, you can't run again that race until you do something to address it. Just be aware that passing tech may require you to do a test run for that reason. No biggie.

Rules:
The SCCA rules are finally online this year. If you just want to have fun, you don't need to read this. If you are more serious, you can get them here .

You should bring:
$35
Driving shoes and comfy shoes.
Some painters tape to tape up your number
Something to snack on and drink
Cap
Your car with everything loose removed (change, floormats, etc...)
Tire guage (or borrow one from someone else)

We should collectively bring:
A tent we can put up and some chairs to sit in
A cooler


Go here to sign up... Afternoon Novice please. When it asks for your name, please give them your first name and last initial. When it asks for a sponsor, please put GA RX8 Club so they will know we are all together.
http://www.joesvideos.com/scca_reg/

I wouldn't really do that. I would instead use your first name and last initial. This successfully addresses any concerns about warranty/insurance coverage but still allows the announcer and safety staff to do their job.

Yeah, I saw that :)
I sent an email to the folks that run the events and let them know we were planning to attend and would probably be giving partial names. I'll let you know what they say.

Score 1 for Nabil...
 

OK...

So here is my email and the reply from the SCCA guys:



To ATL SCCA SOLO2 guys:
RE: RX8 Club of Ga attending May 22nd autocross

We are still small, 10-15 people max and several may not show... But,
the group would like to attend the May 22nd afternoon session, largely
as novices.
I just wanted to mention this, so that you were aware of the intention
and could maybe allow for any increase this creates in the novice run
groups.

Also, the RX8Club.com message boards have been speckled with "Mazda
refuses warranty" and "insurance co refuses coverage" type of posts.
Several in the club would like to address this by not giving their full
name. If that poses an issue for the event, please let me know how we
can handle that better and still address their anonymity conerns.


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Dear "Bob",
We would be delighted if you and your "jaguar" driving friends would
come and race with us. We are aware that "Jane", "Dick", "Robert",
"Jim" and "Earl" will also be bringing their "jaguars" to race in the
SCCA Solo2 program. Especially since you will first run as novice
class drivers in the program, the make/model of your "jaguar" is not
important to us. Once you complete 2 events and begin running in class,
we will need to be sure your car is ACTUALLY in the right class with the
rest of the "jaguars", but that's not a concern for now.

WELCOME! Hope to see you then. Oh yeah, I hope you enjoy the "racing".

Brian LaRose

The second reply
 

Travis,
That last message was all in humor, directed to everybody. BUT
seriously, we are glad you can come race. I do recommend that instead
of first names, you may consider making them up, along with making up
the CAR TYPE as well. We have heard a few things about Mitzu and Suburu
looking around these results and 'notifying' people of a warranty
change.

I recommend made up names and made up car types. (thus the jaguar). That
should pretty much cover you guys.

Gosh, what a world we live in. Somebody can't buy something and use it
for the purpose it was intended..... :(

Welcome, and let me know if we can do anything for you. You need to be
SURE and go thru the registration process the RIGHT WAY just like
everybody else. Please let me know if your friends need any more advice
on covering their tracks.

My car is so far out of warranty that it isn't a concern to me but I'm
glad to support you.

Brian LaRose
TeamSolo




--------------- UPDATE ------------

Please see Brian's additional comments on Page 3 of this thread

At least he has a good sense of humor about it, I laughed pretty good at his first reply.

I am still going to try and do this, we will see how finances work out. Convincing the wife to be that I need a racing helmet is proving harder than expected. ;)

You can use it for other purposes as well ... you'll probably need it when she gets mad at you. :)

Can also be used for remodeling ... taking out walls ... knocking down small trees ... 1000s of uses ... ya just gotta "sell" it. :D

My suggestion is to go ahead and sign up now. That's not a real commitment it jsut reserves you a spot. You don't pay until you race, so there is no $ asked for during the registration process.

Or I end up buying her something that cost more than the helmet, just to make up for my "hobby".

Back on track, who else is going to do the autocross?

And does anyone have a preference on doing the weekend that "the other travis" mentioned? When is good for you guys, and when is bad. Almost any weekend is good with me. The weekend of the 28th of may is bad for me. Something about a wedding.

-travis #2

A weekend in June would be good.

I have autocross activities on the 4th-5th and then again the 17th - 19th. Otherwise, I think I am good...

We could check with Andretti to see if they have a good weekend for a group outing as well. Probably anytime is fine with them, though.

For June, I get married on the 4th, and then I am in Hawaii form the 5th through the 12th. Other than that I am good.

95 db, huh I guess i'll just have to see if mine is too loud. :D How many people are planning on going so far? I'll be there if my rims and tires ever show up. I've been waiting on them for over a month now. I might have to go get some tires put on my stock rims just to do this stuff.

Jamie

I just signed up and by the looks of it there's only 2 RX-8s listed right now along with a older GTi and a civic SI. Oh, this is probaly a stupid question but do you have to have a drivers license to race there?

Thanks,
Jamie

Ok guys, what days are we considering for the dyno day? Can I have more info on this? I also have a few friends that said they'd be all over this if we let them dyno with us.

Jamie

how much for the dyno run?

do we have to work the track afterwards?

Yes, if you race, you will also "work": meaning you will stand around and if a car knocks a cone over, you wait till it's safe and then run over there and stand it back up.

As for the cost of Dyno day, I remember it to be $50 a car.

I saw Charlie today and he said that he could probably get his acquaintance to do the dyno day on the 21st. That way we could make a weekend event out of the autocross and accomplish the goal of getting folks a little further away to come up as well...

Thoughts?

If I recall correctly, you do have to have a valid ID to sign in and no one under 16 may race, but they can be a passenger.

Even that sounds like fun, kinda like Frogger.

That sounds good to me. I can make that.

Reminder to register for Autocross on May 22nd ASAP
 

Counting on you guys:

Marietta8, Phlash, Lego, White05, DJseto, Air Force, Old Dragger, Xero, DerWankel & everyone else I forgot to mention...




They said they will hold the limit for Novice at 25 people for the afternoon session, so let's fill it up. It will be tons of fun!

Dear RX8Club SE members,

I just joined your board today because some of you are considering joining our club. I have some additional information for you regarding the upcoming events in Atlanta. Due to LEGAL and SAFETY reasons, we need you to register using your REAL NAMES, but the results with your name will not be posted to the web. So, For example, The following could be my registration:

NAME NUMBER/CLASS, CAR MAKE MODEL, Name to publish results under, DOB
Brian LaRose, #18 ESP, 1987 IROC Z/28, Shaggy Jones , 4/25/1967

But Results could look like:
--------------------------------
E Street Prepared
Shaggy Jones 53.174 DNF 49.820 49.280 = 49.280
JACK BOOTH 93 PORSCHE RS AMERICA 62.341 DNF DNF 58.722 = 58.722

This sounds complicated but it isn't. We need to know who you really are in case you pass out in the Atlanta heat, or whatever. So. I'm sorry if my earlier message was unclear, but hopefully, this clarification of how the web results are posted will help. People won't be able to directly identify you from the web results we post. I know that is your concern, and we are sensitive to this, but we NEED to have real Drivers Licenses that match, for emergency sake.

We ARE very glad to have some cool RX8's racing with us!

Brian LaRose

Please email me if you have any futher questions.

Guys, Just to let you know. The Atlanta Region has LOANER helmets for just this purpose. FREE to borrow them.

SO, no need to buy anything, other than a full tank of gas and about 5 hours of your weekend. oh yeah, and the $35 entry fee.

Brian

Brian,
You are referring to pre-registration on the web site or sign-in at the trailer on the day of the event?

Also, I know Gwinett County has the noise restriction, are we also doing the sound testing at Turner Field?


And thanks for taking the time out to post here. I know you guys are usually super busy...
-Travis

Pre-register on the website. You can find it by visiting

http://www.apexbenefits.biz/Motorsports.htm

Also, the noise restrictions are NOT in effect for Turner field.

Yes, I am busy, but my 11 year old son LOVES RX8's, so I'm glad to join your club... next year when he is 12 he will want to BEG for a ride with one of you guys.

And yes, he's going to be shopping for a used one in 5 years.

Brian

If we have already signed upand need to make a change to our name, how do do that?

if you login to the site, then click 'VIEW ENTRY LIST', when you scroll down to your name it will have a blue 'EDIT ENTRY' button on the right.

You can then change your name and click save.

As you will notice, Shaggy Jones is now registered in class S (TeamSolo afternoon).
So I know that the system works. :)

ENJOY!

Brian

Hey Lego, did you see this thread?

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/265-35-18-fits-60051/

Thanks man! Just posted on it.

I'll let Brian answer, but I think the deal is that when you create your login, you use your real name. When you sign up for an event, you overwrite them with whatever you want...

-Travis

OOOPS. We just noticed that the 'name to use' is NOT on the entry form as you have said. SO. We will be updating the registration software in the next few days to have a 'PUBLIC NAME' and "REAL NAME" fields. We just finished testing, it will get into production real soon.

Sorry about the confusion. Hold off a day or so, we'll get the software straight on our end.

Brian

hey guys,
I MAY be able to make this. May is the busy month for us(family wise) but i will check. Hope the autocross circuit doesnt have any of those 360 degree turning cones. if it does did count me out. Would like to do the dyno though. later
olddragger

I guess I will wear my hair net for the helmet, and suck it up. I will sign up next week after they update their sign up system. I am looking forward to it, the whole weekend of RX8 fun.

Any word on doing the Dyno day on Saturday?

yeah, Charlie confirmed that it was a go for May 21st @ $50 per car and that a 9:00 Saturday start time was best, but I don't yet know the address.

In any event, we could all meet up for Waffle house at around 8:00 near wherever this is...

-T

If you haven't been, it's a lot like taking your 8 onto a shifter-kart track and seeing who can run the fastest time. No "agility" type cones. It's a one car race course. The only thing you can hit is a cone, which I have. Just a few times :)

Sounds good to me, I am definately in. I will be in on the autox next week.

$50 for 3 runs. Cant beat that. What kind of dyno does this place use? What city is it located? Gotta know how long it's going to take to get down there. I might just end up staying the night down there since the race thing is the next day.

Jamie

Agreed... sounds great. I sent a PM to Charlie to see what the address was, have not heard back. I'm sure he is busy, maybe going to Walter Mitti. If anyone sees Charlie this weekend, ask him to post the address for Arthur's shop here...

Also, Charlie asked to do a headcount:
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Saturday:
7:30 - Breakfast @ Waffle House (somewhere close by)
9:00 - Dyno Day @ ???
5:00 or whenever - just general tom foolery/find a bar or something

Sunday:
11:30 - Autocross / Picnic lunch @ Turner Field
5:00 or whenever - Dinner @ (somewhere close by)



I am in for both...

I guess that makes me #2 then :D

Jamie

Signed up for the miata in CSP. Doing a lot of work to get it ready by then. I have to have two sets of race results in the miata within the next 30 days to qualify my membership on MazdaMotorsports.com. up to 40% discount on Mazda parts after I am approved.