2013 Trillium Chapter Autoslalom Season

[haikara2308]

Originally Posted by EMPOWERD

Next year lapping will only be offered to Autoslalom competitors who sign up in the morning. No more whining from people that just come for lapping in the afternoon.

That is a good idea and side note I did both the autoslalom and lapping so I'm not one of the whiners that came just for lapping.

[craz azn]

Originally Posted by shanehutton

Exactly what I was thinking too. My car could swallow those tires too, I'm just way too cheap.

I would have even just ben happy with a taller rear end. I was stuck shifting between 2nd and 3rd more times than I can count. Actually, that's a lie, it was 11-12 shifts per run if memory serves me. That 4:10 is so much fun most of the time though. I can't complain too much.

Great driving Rudy.

Thanks buddy! I had more fun lapping with you guys though!! I'll reply to your PM in a sec

Originally Posted by Bullet Ride

Yikes! Did they run a tighter course for the newbies who came for the car show? The DDT event earlier this year I did most of the track in 3rd gear with only a couple shifts. The low end torque from the stroker does help though.

Any video?

I wish I could have stayed in 2nd for most of it to eliminate shifting... but I felt 3rd was more useful, except in the slalom bit at the bottom of the track. Need taller diffy!

Heres a vid of my last run.

[Bullet Ride]

That's a decent looking layout. Getting sideways in 3rd gear looks fun

[BmW1819]

Originally Posted by Bullet Ride

Yeah, pretty much the same thing happened last year. I'm guessing they probably had some timing issues as well throughout the day which slowed things down even more. 67 cars is a lot though, probably a new record for Trillium autoslalom.

Yea had a great time for my autocross i thought it was max 50??
Kinda stupid question why no sign ups before? Like gp track
Great track layout thanks to john ;-)

[EMPOWERD]

Video from my 2nd (I only did 2) run.
Unfortunately the timing gear didn't pick up my car and I wasn't aware (I would have made an effort to re-run).
According to the video footage (time) it was about 1:40 sec.

[70cruiser]

Hmm I don't have a time for my 5th run. Oh well, I'm really not concerned at all, that was pretty much just a day for me to learn how to drive on my new (to me) tires. Quite a change from the all seasons! Now that I know how far they can be pushed, I need to work up the nerve to drive at that limit.

I was looking for your car Randy, it took me WAY too long to realize why that purple M3 looked familiar! Lol.

[jabela]

Originally Posted by 70cruiser

Hmm I don't have a time for my 5th run. Oh well, I'm really not concerned at all, that was pretty much just a day for me to learn how to drive on my new (to me) tires. Quite a change from the all seasons! Now that I know how far they can be pushed, I need to work up the nerve to drive at that limit.

I was looking for your car Randy, it took me WAY too long to realize why that purple M3 looked familiar! Lol.

Yea, my last lap was missed too. Wasn't told to do a rerun. Felt like my best lap sadly. Oh well. Video shows a time of 1:45.633

However, during the lapping, my flu and lack of sleep caught up to me. That and not getting a pass by for 2 or 3 laps
I was worried about a mental lapse that day and sure enough it happened. I should've gone home after autoslalom.

Anyhow, I went wide going into the first left hander after the bottom straight. The rear right tire went off the track, banged something hard (probably just from the drop off the track onto the dirt) and due to the sideways slide, bent that rim.
I had to go full oppo to save the spin.

So I'll either have to get it straightened or find a replacement.
I'd really like a set of Apex ARC-8's

Start 3:25 in to see the off.
http://youtu.be/Rdt4UFPhR34?t=3m28s


Start 3:10 on the in car camera.
http://youtu.be/GVdHRzegHMk?t=3m11s


You can see quite a big wobble in this video.

[BmW1819]

Wow looks loose :-( hopefully its just the rim

[jabela]

Originally Posted by BmW1819

Wow looks loose :-( hopefully its just the rim

Yup, just the rim. Put the spare wheel on and it was fine. Going to check the alignment to be sure.

[BmW1819]

That's good news ;-)

[T.Dot_E30]

Some participants have been asking for the PAX times on the BMWCC fb page, just wanted to know if they were posted anywhere already?

[jabela]

Originally Posted by T.Dot_E30

Some participants have been asking for the PAX times on the BMWCC fb page, just wanted to know if they were posted anywhere already?

Sorry for the delay. Been out of town for work the last few weeks. I'll have them done this week.

[jabela]

Here are the results from August 25 along with the overall results. Congrats to Kevin for the win.

Anything in bold means I didn't have your car info page, so let me know your car info if that's you. Also, be sure to check your own times and PAX class for typos.
Cheers.

[shanehutton]

Looks like I either need to buy an E46 M3 of learn to drive like Rudy.

[jabela]

You can view the vehicle info pages and original time sheets here.
http://sdrv.ms/16cZftT