SE Div SCCA event in Atlanta

Scott Johnson · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:09 pm

Any reports?

Charlie Smith · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:02 pm

Jim Feinberg layed the smack down in STS2. I believe he won by over 2 seconds with a coned run on Sunday!

Tom Hoppe won STX by a large margin. He was so confident (cocky?), that he didn’t run his 3rd run on Sunday. If that isn’t elitism, I don’t know what is.

Jim Pastorius and Aaron Buckley failed to trophy, but still finished in respectable positions IIRC.

I finished 3rd for the weekend…I was .002 seconds from 2nd place

. (Only 1st and 2nd got trophies in DS). The results should be posted soon.

Charlie

Rick Butters · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:18 pm

Results are posted.http://www.sedivsolo2.com/atlanta2005/atlanta2005-results.pdf

Todd Breakey · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:17 pm

My brother Adam (soon to be a Tarheel member!!!!) didn't do too badly. 4th out of 9. But he as well as the rest of the SS guys got their collective asses handed to them by a very good local.

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:23 am

Todd Breakey wrote:

My brother Adam (soon to be a Tarheel member!!!!) didn't do too badly. 4th out of 9. But he as well as the rest of the SS guys got their collective asses handed to them by a very good local.

Assuming we are talking about the same brother (don't know if you have multiple).

I met him at the Evo school in Danville earlier this year. He lives in Florida right? He moving up here?

jimpastorius · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:53 am

Charlie Smith wrote:

Jim Feinberg layed the smack down in STS2. I believe he won by over 2 seconds with a coned run on Sunday!

Tom Hoppe won STX by a large margin. He was so confident (cocky?), that he didn’t run his 3rd run on Sunday. If that isn’t elitism, I don’t know what is.

Jim Pastorius and Aaron Buckley failed to trophy, but still finished in respectable positions IIRC.

I finished 3rd for the weekend…I was .002 seconds from 2nd place

. (Only 1st and 2nd got trophies in DS). The results should be posted soon.

Charlie

I am not sure I would call my finish respectable. I can not recall a time the car and driver were on totally different pages. But this was one of those weekends. I made wholesale changes for the final run on Sunday and the car actually felt okay. A lot of changes way too late

The courses were a blast. Both days were pretty technical with lots of sweepers. Heyward Wagner did the Sunday course, each of the 5 180 degree turns had 3-4 different lines of approach. Both days used the elevation changes to increase the pucker factor.

The event was well run, Karl Rickert does a great job with the SE Divisionals. Every club can learn something with the way he runs an event.

The new items for me at least was the sound check...there was a sound meter set up on course. If you were 96 db or higher...your run was DSQ'd and you had to make changes to quiet it down or you were not allowed to run again. If you were between 94-96, you got one warning. The next one, well you got DSQ'd. Yes, they did DSQ a bunch of runs. The normal fix...violators waited to jump on the throttle after the sound meter

Also there were a bunch of innovative exhaust sytems.

A couple of observations...

he V710 is a lot better tire than the S04, especially on asphalt.
The V710 really goes away on two driver cars, especially went the outisde temps are over 85 degrees. But on the first 2 runs for them, the tire is stupid fast. My only hope to match the tire was over 90 degrees and four runs. Neither of those happened, add to the fact I drove like a novice...and you get one butt whooping.
Tarheelers just do not get enough exposure to the national style courses.
It is a little sad to see only a couple of Tarheelers at these events.
Charlie is going to be a hell of a DS driver. He listens and executes better than any one I can remember. He was able to execute what I told him and I wasn't able to execute...go figure.

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:01 pm

Charlie Smith wrote:

Jim Pastorius and Aaron Buckley failed to trophy, but still finished in respectable positions IIRC.

Charlie

I apparently got a trophy, but didn't want it

4th place was sad, but considering it's been a long time in the car and the setup for a bumpy site, I can't complain too much. - AB

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:14 pm

Aaron Buckley wrote:

I apparently got a trophy, but didn't want it

4th place was sad, but considering it's been a long time in the car and the setup for a bumpy site, I can't complain too much. - AB

Hey, you can't complain too much if the car comes home under its own power. ;-)

--Donnie

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:44 pm

Donnie Barnes wrote:

Hey, you can't complain too much if the car comes home under its own power. ;-)

--Donnie

I agree. Unfortunately, I'm currently sitting on the taxiway in a Northwest plane. My grandmother passed late last week, and I had to be in a wedding Saturday night in Atlanta, so I did the divisional and flew to NY. Should be driving home in a couple of hours

. Fingers crossed

. - AB

Todd Breakey · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:27 pm

Richard Casto wrote:

Assuming we are talking about the same brother (don't know if you have multiple).

I met him at the Evo school in Danville earlier this year. He lives in Florida right? He moving up here?

Yep, that's him. They are putting thier house on the market the first week in July. Our mother has been fighting kidney disease and will be needing a transplant soon. He wanted to be closer for when the time comes. He and his wife will be joining us for the Danville event in July driving the Miata with us. Should be fun.

Aaron, Sorry to hear about your Grandmother. Thoughts and prayers for your family.

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