Drive it like you stole it!
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Re: Drive it like you stole it!
That is often the case, but some clubs do a cumulative time of all runs. In rallycross it is always a cumulative time.
Great picture from 73! I was not aware these vents took place then.
Great picture from 73! I was not aware these vents took place then.
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Re: Drive it like you stole it!
Hmmm, I've done a few rallycrosses- even one in my Miata, they also awarded the fastest run. But it's been a few years.M Penta wrote:That is often the case, but some clubs do a cumulative time of all runs. In rallycross it is always a cumulative time.
Great picture from 73! I was not aware these vents took place then.
Regarding autocross, also known sometimes as slalom or gymkhana, those have certainly been going on since the 1950's.
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Re: Drive it like you stole it!
Nice, Miata's do everything well. I used to run 4000's, lost the 2009 NER championship to an STI, but it was close. I also had a turbo swapped car that I flipped. Have not been out since.
Sorry if I strayed off topic here...
Sorry if I strayed off topic here...
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I think you are still on topic as Adam is a flipper too. Paul, that C didn't have drum brakes, did it? It looks very much like my first 356 which I bought in Cleveland around that time, $300 without an engine. Mine claimed to be a C, but I have my doubts.
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Many years ago there was a great rallycross-style event in Kentucky, the "White Lightnin Run," I won three years in a row in my Mazda 323 GTX
How's THAT for off-topic!
How's THAT for off-topic!
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Hey, I resemble that remark!Martin Benade wrote:I think you are still on topic as Adam is a flipper too.
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Re: Drive it like you stole it!
Mazda and Audi mules plowing through the pasture? I thought you were supposed to leave most of the good earth where you found it.
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It's Autocross season everywhere. The PCA Zone 1 Autocross was held Aug 20/21 here in the Boston area and son, Rob came from AZ with two of his sons to play. The boyz drove the 914 (I bought it new to autocross - that's all it's ever done) while Rob and I made a lot of noise with Blackie. A second and third in both cars in different classes. Yes, I got beat but I taught him how to drive. The whole family had a great time, great fun!
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Yeah, part of our crew ran in the Zone 1 autocross, they were commenting how serious some of the Zone 1 guys are, spraying their tires between runs and stuff like that.
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I've done two autocrosses this year, once with the 356 and once with the 914. I have to say the 914 is more fun, the extra power means I can really hammer it. Today I took it out and was doing the same and better times than all the guy's with 6 cylinders, 911's, Boxsters, and Cayman's.
The kids loved coming today and Daddy won his class, I didn't tell them I was the only 914 there, why ruin it?
The kids loved coming today and Daddy won his class, I didn't tell them I was the only 914 there, why ruin it?
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To get it back to 356's, my man Greg was driving his C Coupe, and I can't beat him, so I knew if I brought the 914 I could still win my class, and I did.
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Today was great, pushed the car as hard as it would go because I got stuck on the same time the last three runs. But wow, what a day, perfect weather and I was turning some of the same times as the 911's, but I bet I had more fun!
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Re: Drive it like you stole it!
That was excellent strategy, Adam! Just like LeMans, ya gotta finish!Adam Wright wrote:Over time the story will get better, because technically I won the class because the other 356, driven by my friend Greg, seen here, was having carb problems in the 2nd go out and stopped running after 6 runs, while I made it through all 8. So he was a DNF for the event.Jon Schmid wrote:Classic. 35 years from now you can tell everyone how you finished 2nd in your first event. Hopefully no one will bother to look up the lineup. 8)Adam Wright wrote:That would be 2....Jon Schmid wrote:Congratulations, Adam. As for the "caveat," how many cars were in your class?
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