DCAWD.com

Date/ Club@Location
DATE | LOCATION (GROUP)
January 28 | Ripken Stadium (Philly)

February 18 | Ripken Stadium (Philly)

March 25 | Keys Stadium (CDC)
March 26 | FedEx Field (WDCR) - Registered

April 1 | Ripken Stadium (Philly)
April 15 | Ripken Stadium (Autocrossers Inc.)
April 15 | Manassas (CDC)
April 23 | FedEx Field (WDCR) - Registered

May 13 | FedEx Field (WDCR) - Registered
May 13 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
May 14 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
May 20 | Ripken Stadium (Philly)
May 27 | Keys Stadium (CDC)

June 3 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
June 4 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
June 11 | FedEx Field (WDCR) - Registered
June 17 | Ripken Stadium (Autocrossers Inc.)
June 24 | Manassas (CDC)
June 24 | FedEx Field (Washington DC National ProSolo)
June 25 | FedEx Field (Washington DC National ProSolo)

July 1 | Bowie (CDC)
July 8 | Ripken Stadium (Autocrossers Inc.)
July 16 | FedEx Field (WDCR) - Registered
July 29 | Keys Stadium (CDC)
July 29 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
July 30 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
July 30 | FedEx Field (WDCR- Ron Katona Memorial)

August 5 | Manassas (CDC)
August 12 | Ripken Stadium (Philly)
August 13 | FedEx Field (WDCR) - Registered
August 19 | Bowie (CDC)
August 19 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
August 20 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
August 27 | Ripken Stadium (Autocrossers Inc.)

September 3 | FedEx Field (WDCR) - Registered
September 9 | Keys Stadium (CDC)
September 16 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
September 17 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)

October 8 | FedEx Field (WDCR) - Registered
October 21 | Ripken Stadium (Autocrossers Inc.)
October 22 | Ripken Stadium (Philly)
October 28 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)
October 29 | Cumberland (National Road Rally)

November 5 | Ripken Stadium (Autocrossers Inc.)


Clubs
CDC= Capital Driving Club www.Capitaldrivingclub.com
WDCR= Washington DC Sportscar Club of America http://solo.wdcr-scca.org/
Philly= Philadelphia Sportscar Club of America http://www.phillyscca.com/solo2/index.html
National Road Rally= National Road Rally, airport autox
http://www.nationalroadrally.com/info.html
Autocrossers Inc.= Autocrossers Incorporated http://www.autocrossersinc.net/wp/

Locations
FedEx Field in Landover, MD
Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD
Keys Stadium in Frederick, MD
Baysox Stadium in Bowie, MD
Cumberland Airport in Cumberland, MD
Osbourn Park High School in Manassas, VA
Warminster Airstrip in Warminster, PA

Ummm WOW, do you mind if i steel this for another forum?

Oh dear god...

so when are we doing another AutoX class?

That's the VP's department

wats CDC ? i'm noob =/ I just applied for that 1year free SCCA membership thing i was goin through the trash in my computer room and I found the flyer that came when I bought my car

I still have mine. SCCA just never gave me a warm fuzzy and I heard the horror stories about Subaru voiding warranties after people used the free membership. of course now my warranty is loooong gone.

It's kinda funny about the Subaru warranties. I've bought two new Subys now in as many years... and the warranty has expired BOTH times within just a few months of ownership. Has anyone else noticed this problem? They should stop building defective warranties and fix the current ones.

ian wrote:wats CDC ? i'm noob =/ I just applied for that 1year free SCCA membership thing i was goin through the trash in my computer room and I found the flyer that came when I bought my car

captial driving club, and damn, i think i should get an scca membership.

sabre wrote:That's the VP's department

We can probably do it any time, just need enough interest.

spazegun2213 wrote:Ummm WOW, do you mind if i steel this for another forum?

Go for it, it's meant to be shared.

bluscooby23 wrote:It's kinda funny about the Subaru warranties. I've bought two new Subys now in as many years... and the warranty has expired BOTH times within just a few months of ownership. Has anyone else noticed this problem? They should stop building defective warranties and fix the current ones.

Dude, I think you got the lemon warrenty... You should really take it in for them to look at

I think I had the same problem... a long time ago... I'm approaching 60k quickly!

Mr Kleen wrote:I still have mine. SCCA just never gave me a warm fuzzy and I heard the horror stories about Subaru voiding warranties after people used the free membership. of course now my warranty is loooong gone.

DC is not a fan of the National office, but I like the local clubs just fine.
Of course, Shawn and I are now members of the Solo II committee.

The season has begun. Shawn and I took 5th and 1st places in our classes on Sunday at the DC event and we're heading to Aberdeen on Saturday to participate in the Philly series. Anyone else thinking about going? It's a lot of fun and you shouldn't have any problems registering.

still waiting on AutoX class... after that I'll give it a go "for real."

Bump to remind people to come out and watch the DC SCCA event this Sunday. I'm running in the afternoon, Shawn in the AM.

For the lazy, that's this one: April 23 | FedEx Field (WDCR)

I might try to make it

sabre wrote:For the lazy, that's this one: April 23 | FedEx Field (WDCR)

I might try to make it

You guys missed out on a great event yesterday. :p It rained for maybe 45 min. and was dry the rest of the day.

I was busy sleeping in till noon since I stayed up till 3:30, lol...

sabre wrote:I was busy sleeping in till noon since I stayed up till 3:30, lol...

I didn't run until about 2pm. :p And all the AS STis ran in the same heat as I did.

I feel like I'm beating a dead horse here. But anyway, DC SCCA autox this Saturday at FedEx Field. It's free to watch and ridealong. Shawn and I are both running in the afternoon.[/img]

I'll be out and about Saturday. what is an approximate time to show up to get a ride in the Miata? (either driver is fine with me )

Mr Kleen wrote:I'll be out and about Saturday. what is an approximate time to show up to get a ride in the Miata? (either driver is fine with me )

After 1 and before 3 probably. I can't guess much better than that, Shawn and I are running in separate heats and they tend to be 1 hr. per heat.

Just got back from my first 2 National events. National events take place on a larger scale than most local events, minus WDCR. You arrive on Friday, check in at registration and tech your car, and try and get in a couple of course walks. You also typically get dinner on Fri. and lunch on Sat. tossed in as part of the registration fee. Sat. and Sun. you compete, and after your runs each day, you have to leave your car in impound in case anyone wants to protest your results. At the end of the day on Sun., trophies are handed out and you head home.

We went out to Peru, IN last weekend to compete in a ProSolo, which neither of us had done before. The concept is as follows: Sat. morning, 2 cars line up drag style, w/ the Christmas tree timer, light goes green, you launch and record rection time and 60' times, then you autox as normal on mirror course. You flip sides and repeat this 3 more times for a total of 2 runs on each side. Then Sat. afternoon, the scores are reviewed and you move forward or backward in your class according to how your morning was. And you repeat this again for Sunday. On Sunday, your best right side and left side times are added together to determine your placing. It was fun to try a new form of autox, and it did take a bit of adapting for me. I need to work on my reaction time a lot and handling manual starts better. It is a lot faster that normal autox and that is kind of cool.

Then this weekend, we went up to Boston for a National Tour event. This is very similar in size to a normal DC event, however the procedures are a bit different. All of the cones on the course are numbered and you keep an audit sheet during the heat of which cars hit which cones. 4 times during each heat, a sweep vehicle comes out to collect these sheets. At the end of the event, your best time from Sat. and Sun. are added together to determine your placing.

The tour reminded me of DC events + a few more hassles. The biggest pluses of it are you get to compete against a slightly wide ranger of competitors and there is potential money to be won. I'd like to try the ProSolo format again sometime in the future.

Oh, yeah and the CN are Shawn got 2nd at the ProSolo, 1st at the Tour and I got 12th at the Pro and 1st the Tour.

Congrats on the wins! Great write up! I always wondered how our events differed from other regions!