SCCA AutoX: Fontana 11/10/18
11-10-2018, 10:51 PM
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SCCA AutoX: Fontana 11/10/18
Tried out SCCA autoX today and it was great. Lots of fast cars and fast drivers. Got 14-15 runs, I lost count and was too tired to run more even if I wanted to. Course was long and challenging. Took most of the day to break 70 seconds which separated the fast drivers from the losers (hahahahaha!!) Anyways here is my best run of 69.30
DH
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Last edited by Dirty Howie; 11-10-2018 at 10:57 PM.
11-11-2018, 06:09 PM
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counted up all my time slips and I actually had 15 runs which was awesome !!!!!!!!!!
Randy, I think you were only 1 second faster than my 69.30
What do you think of my video? Any critique??
DH
Randy, I think you were only 1 second faster than my 69.30
What do you think of my video? Any critique??
DH
11-13-2018, 12:03 AM
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11-15-2018, 04:09 PM
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11-17-2018, 06:44 PM
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Hard to offer much critique when you did a nice solid quick run! You should be asking Steve! That being said, I know you're looking for some tips, so I'll share one idea that might help you in December: I think you were a little behind/late in the first slalom (which really started with the cones on the left of the gate right before it if you noticed). Backsiding each of those cones and staying early in that thing would have allowed you to get on the gas way before you passed that actual last cone (although that slalom didn't have as big a payoff for that strategy as some do). My slalom mantra is typically: "Backside #1, Backside #2, Backside #3 and back on the gas through #4 and #5!" Steve do you agree?
The rest of the lap looked solid to me.
Glad you got a ton of runs. We'll probably have a lighter turnout again in December, so hopefully lots of laps for everybody!
The rest of the lap looked solid to me.
Glad you got a ton of runs. We'll probably have a lighter turnout again in December, so hopefully lots of laps for everybody!
11-18-2018, 12:29 AM
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Hard to offer much critique when you did a nice solid quick run! You should be asking Steve! That being said, I know you're looking for some tips, so I'll share one idea that might help you in December: I think you were a little behind/late in the first slalom (which really started with the cones on the left of the gate right before it if you noticed). Backsiding each of those cones and staying early in that thing would have allowed you to get on the gas way before you passed that actual last cone (although that slalom didn't have as big a payoff for that strategy as some do). My slalom mantra is typically: "Backside #1, Backside #2, Backside #3 and back on the gas through #4 and #5!" Steve do you agree?
The rest of the lap looked solid to me.
Glad you got a ton of runs. We'll probably have a lighter turnout again in December, so hopefully lots of laps for everybody!
The rest of the lap looked solid to me.
Glad you got a ton of runs. We'll probably have a lighter turnout again in December, so hopefully lots of laps for everybody!
Your analysis is spot on. Tom (Champion, don't know last name) rode along with me and asked me at the end if I had paced of the cone separation of the slalom. Of course I did not. I assumed they were always equidistant. He told me it was actually spaced longer towards the end and that I should have entered first one slower and then got faster for last cones. I did try to set up the end of the gate before first cone. Thanks for the help
DH