BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

[Fair!]

Videos:

In-car #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r82qX2VjqZc - Fair driving the Alpha at a BMWCCA TMS autocross 10/13/07. G class winning/FTD run.

In-car #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-PX65YaK9M - Hanchey driving the Alpha at a BMWCCA TMS autocross 10/13/07. Z class winning run.

Pictures: http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/gallery/3642638/2/207716473


I won G class and Hanchey won Z class in the Alpha car (with tire pressures "not even in the right ballpark", ack!)

Thanks to Hanchey for getting the car more sorted for my final runs. Also, big thanks to Paul for coming out to help with both cars - tire pressures, cooling tires, taking pictures, and helping with the many passengers we took on our ample runs that day. Great turnout and weather was perfect. Course was an insanely tight rendition of the West Course from the 2007 Solo Nationals. The final 2 U-turns were made into pivot cones.


Amy won F class by a good margin, yet still found time to put on a show at the finish (power slides!).

At next Sunday's SCCA TMS event I will try to run the pressures Teucci found to work best (a lot lower than what we've been using) and see if we can get the low speed push under control. Car was a blast and the massive braking and acceleration potential are the only thing that saved FTD for us.

[hancheyb]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

That was a fun event even if Fair beat me. Fair and I traded off doing the announcing. I don't know if we were that good, but it sure made the day go by faster. Plus we got to sit in the van!

[Paul]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

I don't know if we were that good, but it sure made the day go by faster. Plus we got to sit in the van!

You were both entertaining.

[Dean!]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

Where do we find our times, not sure I'm still on that email list, since this was my first BMW event all year...........

[Oversteer]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

Those vids look like the car is an absolute riot.

Q: At the BMW-specific events, do you get any grief for that car or is it pretty well received? Obviously it blows away pretty much every other BMW out there. I guess giving more power to a 318 isn't going to ruffle any BMW-Faithful feathers. Seems like doing it to an M3 might though.

[C3]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

F me, that new muffler sounds GOOD. I don't know why I keep torturing myself with these videos.

[hancheyb]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

Those vids look like the car is an absolute riot.

Q: At the BMW-specific events, do you get any grief for that car or is it pretty well received? Obviously it blows away pretty much every other BMW out there. I guess giving more power to a 318 isn't going to ruffle any BMW-Faithful feathers. Seems like doing it to an M3 might though.

I thought the same thing, but most people ask why we didn't start with a M3. I think the results pretty much make everyone forget about the cross pollenation issues.

[John in Houston]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

Brian 'The Hacksaw' Hankicheemee

[Fair!]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

BMW CCA Lone Star Chapter
Summary Results, #8 - Event 8 TMS (10-14-2007) - 10-14-2007
Timed Entries: 64

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Pos. Class # Rookie Driver Car Model Total Diff. From 1st

'F' Total Entries: 3
1T 42 Amy Fair 1997 Bmw M3 Silver 52.869 - -
2 23 Mike Mccarty 1998 Bmw M3 Dakargelb 2 53.832 0.963 0.963
3 88 Stuart Rasley 2001 Bmw M3 Carbon Black 56.423 2.591 3.554

'G' Total Entries: 5
1T 95 Terry Fair 1993 Bmw 318Is White 49.832 - -
2T 41 Brian Beckett 1988 Bmw M3 Red 53.507 3.675 3.675
3 34 Nick Papayianis 1988 Bmw M3 Henna 53.829 0.322 3.997
4 30 Greg Snyder 1990 Bmw M3 White 54.618 0.789 4.786
5 140 Lee Cash 1987 Bmw 325 White 56.492 1.874 6.660

'Z' Total Entries: 20
1T 195 Brian Hanchey 1993 Bmw 318Is White 50.511 - -
2T 78 Thomas Hiromoto 2006 Mazda Rx-8 Grey 50.638 0.127 0.127
3T 62 Jim Harris 2005 Mitsubishi Evo Red 51.133 0.495 0.622
4T 8 Dean Yamada 1999 Chevrolet Corvette Frc White 53.084 1.951 2.573
5T 132 Joseph Kan 2000 Honda S2000 Grand Prix White 53.176 0.092 2.665
6T 261 Mike Bridges 2000 Chevy Corvette Frc Nassau Blue 53.471 0.295 2.960
7 121 Richard Gonzales 1974 Porsche 914 Yellow 53.917 0.446 3.406
8 98 Justin Keller 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Electron Blue 54.069 0.152 3.558
9 801 Robert Burroughs 2000 Chevrolet Corvette Torch Red 54.844 0.775 4.333
10 37 Jeff Swope 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Black 54.903 0.059 4.392
11 32 Ryan Monday 2006 Lotus Elise Arctic Silver 54.955 0.052 4.444
12 68 Raymond Cordero 1999 Ford Mustang Gt Vert Yellow 55.227 0.272 4.716
13 79 Lisa Savage 1979 Chevy Corvette Metallic Brown 55.924 0.697 5.413
14 43 Jason Lamoreux 1999 Pontiac Trans Am Silver 56.369 0.445 5.858
15 849 Michael Burroughs 1997 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Red 56.588 0.219 6.077
16 981 Jonathan Hansen 2000 Ford Mustang Silver 57.110 0.522 6.599
17 117 William Daugherty 1994 Chevrolet B4C White 61.962 4.852 11.451
18 14 Renan Bonifacio 2004 Ford Mustang Gt White 64.252 2.290 13.741
19 99 Lucretia Wheat 2003 Ford Mustang Gt Blue DNS 64.252 50.511
20 10 John Gravens 2001 Chevy Camaro Ss Black DNS 0.000 50.511


Top Times Of Day Time Class # Driver
Raw time 49.832 G 95 Terry Fair
b 58.705 B 139 Dave Bubeck
c 54.069 C 60 Ken Orgeron
d 58.043 D 81 Kevin Haughey
e 52.289 E 6 Adrian Gawel
f 52.869 F 42 Amy Fair
g 49.832 G 95 Terry Fair
x 54.916 X 168 Alan Wong
y 54.927 Y 112 Jonathan Lin
z 50.511 Z 195 Brian Hanchey

[Dean!]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

How'd you get those results so fast anyway? Not even posted on the website.... I guess my email addy dropped off the former distro list. Who sends them out these days ?

[Fair!]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

How'd you get those results so fast anyway? Not even posted on the website.... I guess my email addy dropped off the former distro list. Who sends them out these days ?

mark williams...

[Redwood]

Re: BMWCCA TMS Auto-X, October '07

That old list was lost and he directed us to email him to get on it again.