2014 AutoX Points #5! @ Piedmont Dragway

michaelsmiller · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:17 am

noahfleming wrote:

If anyone is available to assist on friday afternoon with course setup, let me know!

Thanks

I can be there between 3:00 and 3:30 depending on traffic. When do you want to set up?

noahfleming · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:04 am

michaelsmiller wrote:

noahfleming wrote:

If anyone is available to assist on friday afternoon with course setup, let me know!

Thanks

I can be there between 3:00 and 3:30 depending on traffic. When do you want to set up?

Hey Mike, That would be awesome. I plan on being there around 11 or 12. I'll be driving the bus up and should have something for your to ponder when you arrive.

noahfleming · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:32 pm

72 people registered! Fantastic! We've setup the course, are working on the electronics, and look forward to tomorrow, see everyone there!!

Brett_Murphy · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:02 pm **Posts:** 355

Thanks for another great event, everybody.

noahfleming · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:08 pm

Brett_Murphy wrote:

Thanks for another great event, everybody.

Thanks to you sir for coming our so we could actually have the event! Good seeing you!

ChristianHolder · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:45 pm

Another great THSCC event guys! Had a blast! Here's my last and fastest run.
http://youtu.be/k5WxrA1-o5Y

noahfleming · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2014 10:50 pm

Results are up: http://thscc.com/autocross/events/index.php?season=2014

Also, a video: http://youtu.be/QUHu2ao0-RA

shawnwhipple · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:28 pm **Posts:** 603

Great event everyone!! That course really made the most of that lot!

noahfleming · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:34 am

shawnwhipple wrote:

Great event everyone!! That course really made the most of that lot!

Thanks! Hey, fantastic driving Shawn!

Carlton Whitehead · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:04 pm

Here's a helmet cam perspective of the run where my phone was ejected from the car: http://youtu.be/rSfV0Hdl4-E

Time to plug the results into the season points standings spreadsheet!

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:59 am

That was a fun event and thanks to Noah and the other volunteers that made things happen. The course design really maximized the space and having the finish timer before the bump was a good call. Can't wait until Danville now.

Here's a video of my last run: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A ... =sAQFxiq8j

Also, I borrowed a page out of Chris Lin's book and filmed the RR tire to see how far off the cones my line was: http://youtu.be/Swn2uF7XM6A

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAGMlV6i8Zc

Nice course, nice venue.

My gopro is being temperamental and only recorded 2 out of 5 runs. Blowing a few hundred bucks on a new camera wasn't in the books for this year.

Brett_Murphy · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:02 pm **Posts:** 355

I'm happy with the result I got considering I had no power steering. I'm still a bit pumped in the arms from the event :wink:

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Thanks to Noah (especially) and the others who took off Friday to prepare for this event. We all know that Saturday events require a greater sacrifice from the organizers.

Thanks to Chuck, Keith and Dick for not being there... :wink:

Thanks also to Shawn for trying to help me find the course after I realized I was in trouble. I suspect I DNF'ed more runs than were actually recorded. For some reason I could not find my way through the gates at the top of the hill after the pivot. I kept mistaking the gap between the two adjacent sets of pointer cones for a gate, even on my last run. (screen capture from Chris's video)

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I suspect that I could not see the actual gate at the end of the left pointer cone row through the thick A-pillar & F-350-spec side mirror of my Mustang as I negotiated the left at the top of the hill, but on the other hand, Stephen and Rodney have the same set-up and got it right. Maybe I kept going through that gap because that was where my car really wanted to go. It was a faster line

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