BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

[hancheyb]

Anyone going?

[McCall]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

Anyone going?

No, but MeL and I will be at the SCCA one on Sunday.

[Paul]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

I think I am going to do just the SCCA event on Sunday.

[C3]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

Anyone care to let me co-drive for the SCCA event? I'll pay your entry fees and buy ya lunch

[Paul]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

Anyone care to let me co-drive for the SCCA event? I'll pay your entry fees and buy ya lunch

You can drive mine.

[C3]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

You can drive mine.

Thanks very much McCall and Paul!! I'm going to go with Jason simply b/c he offered first Thanks again guys.

[John in Houston]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

I am Whoops... mine is at the Rockies Stadium in Denver

[Fair!]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

Overall times (54 drivers):

Pos. Class # Rookie Driver Car Model Raw Time Diff. From 1st
1m Z 64 Michael 67 71 99.516 0.000 0.000
2m G 93 Doug Wirth 1999 Kraut Wagon Unobtainium 99.889 0.373 0.373
3m G 95 Brian Hanchey 1997 Bmw M3 Silver 100.562 0.673 1.046
4m Z 92 Jim Harris 2005 Mitsubishi Evo 100.867 0.305 1.351
5m Z 261 Mike Bridges 2000 Chevy Corvette Frc Nassau Blue 102.542 1.675 3.026
6m F 5 Fernando Mujica 1997 Bmw M3 Black 102.847 0.305 3.331
7m E 82 Matthew Dashiell 1997 Bmw M3/4 Black 103.780 0.933 4.264
8m Z 332 Joseph Kan 2005 Mazda Rx-8 Winning Blue 103.785 0.005 4.269
9m E 279 Richie Yosten 1998 Bmw M3 White 104.898 1.113 5.382
10m E 115 David Astuto 1999 Bmw M3 Blue 105.509 0.611 5.993

"Raw times" in this case are from clean runs, too. But the slower cars than Brian were beat on "raw" time as well.

Results from the event Sat at MW. Brian took the M3 and did well! It was a hugely fast course with mostly 3rd and some 4th gear sections. I watched video from several runs and he was hustling the M3 around there; in the morning it was more like drifting. Amazing that he beat the list of cars that he did...

Brian fought with a loose condition in the rear in the morning, made a swaybar change in the break, then put down the fastest times in the afternoon (when times usually slow down due to the heat). Pretty pleased with the results. He's ready to go lapping in it now, I think!

From the video I could see that it was poorly marked, had their typical dangerous finish, and several places on course where cars traveling at high speed could get perilously close to other cars. Not good.

If we keep doing these BMW events at MW or track days the M3 will need to get front brake backing plate ducting. With 2 drivers they get too hot.

[hancheyb]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

Yeah, that was fun. Sucks being so close to a car with way more money spent on it. Hopefully we'll fix that by next season.

[hancheyb]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

My 7th run.

http://www.vorshlag.com/videos/LSCJune9a.mov

[Fair!]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

My 7th run.

http://www.vorshlag.com/videos/LSCJune9a.mov

This in-car video looks good! I need to push this and the Alpha LS1 video to YouTube...

[Fair!]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

Edit: Please use this link instead!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLulXGmdjSw

Thanks,

[Redwood]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

Sweet video!!

[John in Houston]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

THAT was an auto-x? Holy snikies!

[hancheyb]

Re: BMW Autocross Saturday, June 9th

THAT was an auto-x? Holy snikies!

You don't go to 4th gear all the time? Hmm.