914's dominate Marina except that one tail dragger Options

[grantsfo]

Wow great course, tons of teeners and a perfect course for us. Nathan and Trekkor were 2nd and 3rd. Nathan was on the cords of his Hoosiers. Damn that was quick Nathan. No more burn outs for you!!! Trekkor has really improved his driving. Much smoother and he is starting to get fast!

Albert and I were battling it out with out 1.8s and he had a new set of Hoosiers. He won our class (BX) by less than half a second.

Thanks to Randal. Had my first instructor ride along since I started this silly sport and he taught me alot.

Nathan and Trekkor were in low 52 second range. I was about 2 seconds off the pace. Think there were at least 4 914's in top 10.

[nebreitling]

great day out at marina today, folks. although a highly autocross-prepped 911 stole the show, 914's filled the ranks after that.

trekkor's course featured a number of sweepers, two slaloms, a wicked hairpin, and a few *oddities* that made for a fairly technical and challenging course. really nice, fun, safe course with excellent flow. A LOT of people were having trouble finding an efficient line, including myself at first. thankfully, after randal kicked my ass about it, (thanks, randal) i stayed pretty consistent. super late apexes on damn near everything. lots of sections where you just had to 'give it up' in order to get your car positioned.

the big news this weekend is trekkor's serious AX progress as of late. guys: he is really getting better -- and staying consistent. he ended up just about a quarter of a second off my time. aside from perhaps Demick and I's battle a few months ago at Alameda, such close competition in Fm has not happened all season. congratulations, trekkor. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

i was having to really manage my tires today. in the AM, they just felt 'off'. sure enough, closer inspection revealed that two were corded. i moved these to the right side of the car (course was clockwise), which helped, but i just couldn't get the car to stick like i was used to. after the PM runs, all 4 tires were showing significant cord around the entire outer camber edge... needless to say, i drove about 10 fun-runs after that, trying to drift the entire course. hey -- now i've got steel-belt showing!

grant and albert had their own competition going. i got to drive albert's car and was really impressed with it's balance -- and somewhat less impressed with it's power... both of these guys are building up engines and will soon be top-5 contenders.

also got a ride in logan's super charged miata -- holy shit that thing rips. complete straight-line power wheel-spin through 2nd gear. torque. almost an 8000 rpm red line. neutral. driftable. i was screamin' like a schoolgirl. ride in this car and your V-8 mustang/camaro/whatever will forever feel like a pig.

trekkor will chime in the exact results shortly, i believe.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)