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Keith drove excellent while the rest of us in DS floundered along in his wake. I let my first run red flag/DNF get in my head and drove miserably on my 2nd run. I am sorry if I was being pissed off Les. Being told I get a rerun only to get to the starting line and being told I DNF'ed a run I was 99% sure I didn't really annoyed me but I had no proof so it didn't matter. I am sorry for being a jerk for a couple minutes there, I just needed to cool it. Unfortunately I drove like an idiot on my second run and both my afternoon runs were in the wet.

Either way none of it detracts from the fact that Keith is an excellent driver and to be able to hop into the 135 and run that fast was great to watch.

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2010 Honda Fit Sport
Couple of bicycles

So let me just get this straight. First time ever in a 135i, you do one run, and you nail FTD by almost a second?

Keith you're one of the best drivers in the club but that must be one HECK of a good car (for D-stock).

Nice driving!

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Mike Whitney
whit32@gmail.com, 919-454-5445
V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

No, actually you got FTD by 1.7XX seconds (bastard! - j/k) - that's nice driving, Mike!

But thanks for the kudos.

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Keith Q.
2008 Top Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmX8XuZ_DCo&NR=1

I convinced myself that the long slalom was best entered left. Anyone else think so too?

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Mike Whitney
whit32@gmail.com, 919-454-5445
V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

either quick entry into slalom (left), or quick entry into the sweeper, so i think it was pretty much even. but then again, my car didn't have enough grip to go into that sweeper at full speed...

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'08 Fit: tried hard, still not a race car. now retired

I'd already noted to Carl before the event, when I saw you'd gotten a Fit, that I was sure you'd be giving me a fit in HS before long.


Uh, that would me -- and I still had to sit on 2. I'm positive there was a clean 69+ out there in the Mini with a crisp driver.

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Yeah - looking at the run 2 video I may have been better off left with the slalom before the sweeper, especially with the cone that looked out of place. I'd already told myself "right,right,right" at the start line, so I just drove what was there.

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91/95 Miata, 02 Focus SVT, 01 Ford F250, 09 Suzuki SV650SF
rusty 84 C4 Vette, tiny piece of the General Lei
Irish Sport Horse - 1hp NA!

Yeah, totally. Entering on the right looked to be very tricky (cone hazardous) at speed, but going left was a freebie. There was plenty of room at the far end to zig right and set up for the left onto the crossover.

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Carl Fisher

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thanks to the club for allowing our test session in the Lemon's car.

and thanks to those workers on course for my 2 runs. i actually did try to follow the course for part of the runs.

the one clean run was Kendt's. Dude you trophied.

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another one of those damn LeMons heads

just another Chump

we are an Autocross Club Dammit............

After 2 DNFs in the morning, it couldn't get much worse. I was starting to worry that I would DNF all 4 runs.

I thought the S2000 was pushing, particularly mid-turn, at the DC PRo, and after the Toledo Pro Karl had it realigned with the intent of making it rotate more readily.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Anyway, in the morning it was such a handful that I could not stay on course, much less drive the line I had planned, or worry about subtleties like going AROUND the cones. Karl (with advice from Eric P, thanks!) worked on tire pressures and shock adjustments during his runs, and he clued me in to the fact that you could drive the runway segments in 3rd gear. Viola! With a slightly less twitchy setup, less self-inflicted-power-induced oversteer, and generally not driving as aggressively, the car was very drivable on my final runs.

Of course, it didn't hurt that I was able to make my last two runs during the break in the rain late in the 3rd heat. The course was almost dry by then.

And, I started the last taxiway slalom on the left.

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Art McDonald
Premier Amateur #518
2008 Dishman Cup
Pivot Cone Snob

Rodney is a waxer (but in a good way)

Good job Keith in the 135i...amazing raw time and then factor in it being your first time in the car and all!

I messed up my first run with a DNF even though it was a rerun, picked up 2 cones on a very poor 2nd run, and then the afternoon stuff was all wet. My first afternoon run was just wet enough to slow things down but it added some nice rotation into the zhp which helped for sure. My 4th run was in the rain, and I did have a blast drifting ever spot I could along the main runway. I even tried setting up a couple with a Scandinavian flick, but I need a lot more practice with that.

The more I've thought about it, I'm not sure I could have even gotten into the 69's on a dry course in the afternoon much less the two additional seconds required to match the 135i's time.

D-stock class cars: 20 total runs with times, only 4 were clean . Hey, at least we weren't quite as bad as C-stock where there was only 1 clean run out of 12.

I see the results show my M5 as my car in D-stock -- guess that didn't get changed...should show 2003 330i.

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1975 CanAm 125MX2

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This was one of my FAV events and I think the highest I have ever scoared index or raw! I went in not caring what the other ladies did (never even checked the results on the bus!) and I came away feeling like I had my best runs ever (most probably heard me at the finish of my last run where I had taken almost 2 sec off of my best run!) I loved the course and it really made me work on looking ahead and staying smooth in the saloms! Thanks to everyone who made it happen!

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Malia Fredrickson
Clear Waters Travel
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I'll get your car fixed Chuck, there are several things that I need to fix. For some reason Tina Casto, who hasn't raced in several years, showed up in the results along with my wife and a few others. That partially explains why several people had only 2 or 3 runs.

Keith Q. - Did you really only take 2 runs? I saw that you corded a tire and drove the 135i (nice job BTW!!) but I wasn't sure if you drove the afternoon.

Cathy Taylor - Did you really only take 1 run?? I saw that Gordon took 4 but you are only credited with 1.

Steve Remcheck - Only credited with 3 runs, did the Dorifto Dog break or did you guys pack it in?

Kevin Allen - Did you only take 2 runs?

Rodney Wright - I'm only showing you with 3 runs but I'm sure that you took 4.

David Prichard (STS 91) - Only credited with 1 run? What happened there?

Ryan Holton and Chris Brown - Only 3 runs each?

Keith Strassel - Only 2 runs?

Ben Grubbs (NOV 31 Nissan Sentra) - Only credited with 2 runs?

Tyler Sykes (NOV 2 Honda Prelude) - Only 2 runs?

Harlan Hagge (NOV 60 Toyota Celica) - Only 3 runs?

Marcus Meltzer (NOV 39 Datsun 240z) - Only 3 runs?

Fidelis Oketch (NOV 28 Nissan 350Z) - Only 2 runs?

For some reason there were ALOT of people who were included on the registered list who haven't either been to an event in ages (Tina, Rebecca, my brother among others) who were credited with runs. I just didn't catch every anomoly.

I'll get the corrected results sent to the wonderful webmasters tomorrow night.

Thanks for you patience.

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Todd Breakey
STS 42 - 1992 Sunburst Miata
Dammit!
"You souldn't play leap frog with a porcupine. You might get hurt." - Eliza

It showed in your results too! I think you were only driver with four clean runs! Not only that, but you improved your times with each run. Great job.

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2011 BMW M3 sedan slicktop 6MT
2007 BMW 328i wagon (slushbox for now)
1975 CanAm 125MX2

Actually, even that is a mistake.

Chris took 3, I took 2

Rain + No ABS + Brakes that are super touchy even in the dry + Mama at home with 2month old twins = Pack it up and call it a day after 2 for me.

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02 Focus SVT
STF 9