Great NCAC Event!

W. Dean Furr · **Joined:** Mon Sep 01, 2003 11:26 am **Posts:** 3

My congratulations to the many members and friends of THSCC that made the 21st NCAC a success. The planning and hard work was evident every direction I turned. Triad set a very high mark last year, but you have successfully taken the NCAC to a new high. We've had some great events over the years, but the 20th (Triad) and 21st (THSCC) rank as two of my favorite. I miss the "tour," but the tour never had events like these.

I especially like the courses this year. There is great variety in the course philosophies from one end of this state to the other. The courses this weekend were different enough to require a broad range of skills without going to either extreme. This seems appropriate for an event where we're trying to determine state champions.

From the pre-registration all the way through trophy presentation, it was clear Tarheel had given thought to making this a top-caliber event for the competitors. I've done enough events to know there must have been internal disputes and occasional glitches during the event. But, from the perspective of a competitor, those points were invisible. All I saw was a well-run and enjoyable event. Again, congratulations.

Stephen Westerfield · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:40 am

W. Dean Furr wrote:

it was clear Tarheel had given thought to making this a top-caliber event for the competitors.

We Try.

Thanks Dean. Good to see you guys and glad to hear you had a good time.

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone in the club for helping make this event what it was. It's an honor to be a THSCC member and I am really proud of the way our club stepped up this weekend, both from a driving stand-point and the top-notch way this event was run.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:20 am

If I would have wrote down my best case scenario for this event beforehand, we would have exceeded that this weekend.

Thanks go out to EVERYONE involved. Everyone that came out this weekend contributed to the overall event sucess.

Special thanks to:
Steven Westerfield- If it wasnt for you this wouldnt have been 1/2 the event it was
Jim P- Good, cone free, DNF free courses (at the last minute too!)
Justin Barbry- Just a damn good guy in general and a big help with the GC
Amy Mindick- Again she proves that if she says its covered, its covered.

Gwen Habenicht · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:14 am

Great event! Thanks to everyone who made this year’s NCAC happen. Stephen, you rock, man! Thanks.

And, thank you Mary and Carl, for offering your Mini when the tranny in ours went belly up.

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

Hal McGee, a Triad member IIRC, has posted almost 600 pics from this weekend in three albums here: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hal_mcgee/my_photos

Chuck Frank · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:38 pm

Gwen Baake wrote:

Great event! Thanks to everyone who made this year’s NCAC happen. Stephen, you rock, man! Thanks.

And, thank you Mary and Carl, for offering your Mini when the tranny in ours went belly up.

Ah yes, the "replace the tranny each season" Mini curse... :cry:

Can't say too much tho, our Celi is on it's 3rd tranny.

BriceJohnson · **Joined:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:33 am **Posts:** 2230

Chuck Frank wrote:

Ah yes, the "replace the tranny each season" Mini curse... :cry:

Can't say too much tho, our Celi is on it's 3rd tranny.

I'm assuming this is an affliction common only to the base coopers? The Getrag 6-speed in the S's was supposed to be bulletproof I thought. . .

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:17 pm

Yup. The MCS tranny seems to hold up fine. - AB

David Spratte · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:28 pm

Thanks to Steve and everyone else who pulled this thing together.

I can't imagine how it could have gone better.

Chuck Frank · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:04 pm

Yep, a common affliction with the base Mini's that are AXed heavily. Usually starts with the tranny popping out of gear unexpectedly under load. I don't know what causes it, usually the entire assembly is replaced under warantee rather than torn down and diagnosed.

MartynWheeler · **Joined:** Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:30 pm **Posts:** 303

Just wanted to add a big thumbs-up for the courses. Both were great, and the modifications with the reversal on Sunday gave the two days a very different character. Great job.

In particular Saturday's was truly brilliant, I absolutely loved it. (Of course, I did better on Sunday's, but that's not the course, that's me.) I love courses where the cones set the limits of the course rather than define the lines, and Jim has a knack for designs which leave lots of room for each person to figure out the fast way for themselves.

Just out of interest... did anyone find any traction on that surface (not a complaint; I have no complaints about the event)? I messed with tire pressures on Saturday and just ended up making it worse, but on Sunday I left them at my baseline and drove around it (and did much better).

Oh, and I'm not impatient, just curious: will results be posted for individual days? I saw Saturday's at the event, but I'd really like to see Sunday's individual results too.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:31 pm

MartynWheeler wrote:

Just out of interest... did anyone find any traction on that surface (not a complaint; I have no complaints about the event)? I messed with tire pressures on Saturday and just ended up making it worse, but on Sunday I left them at my baseline and drove around it (and did much better).

That is the 2nd event I have attended at the site. I just dont think the grip is all that. I would place it slightly better than Sanford and worse than Danville.

Laurinburg FTW!!!111one1

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

I would place the grip there equal with Sanford -- on line. If you try to drive a line that is different from the others, you will be in the grit and will slide too much. All four tires looked crappy after Saturday but were clean after Sunday's runs.

W. Dean Furr · **Joined:** Mon Sep 01, 2003 11:26 am **Posts:** 3

Interesting question. Looking at the surface, I figured I would have no grip. I told Jon to drive as if this was a rain event, with constant attention to possible sudden lack of grip. But I was surprised to find the tires gripped well and traction was predictable everywhere. (My big goof at the finish was due to driver error, not traction.) It may just be because I have a light car, or maybe because my previous event was in the rain on a sealed lot. In any case, I was surprised and pleased with the grip.

Dustin Fredrickson · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:28 pm

Wes Eargle wrote:

I would place the grip there equal with Sanford -- on line. If you try to drive a line that is different from the others, you will be in the grit and will slide too much. All four tires looked crappy after Saturday but were clean after Sunday's runs.

Not me - maybe my 2 yr old Hoosiers have just finally expired, but neither Malia nor I could find traction. Certainly it was a lot worse off line, and I found myself there more than once trying to set up early in an effort to maintain some corner speed. Don't get me wrong, we certainly had fun despite the frustrations, but I've had better traction at all of our normal sites. Could just be the timing with the old tires though.

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