1st Post In This Sub-forum
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:42 pm
We had our 6th autocross of the season with the WDCR region, and it has been a very successful event and earned valuable points as we are getting close to the end of the season.
SELGP competes in three different classes with three different cars in autocrosses:
1- A SELGP tuned and sponsored Evo in Street Modified class
2- SELGP STi (white) in A stock
3- SELGP STi (blue) in E Street Prepared
We all ran in the morning heats with comfortable wheather. Tire heat was not of a big issue and was manageable. The course was very fast, many people run several section with speeds between 60 to 70 mph.
The course was not particularly well suited for the STis with the short gearing and almost all of the STi were either running rev-limiter or shifting to 3rd back to 2nd, causing a total of about 6 shifts, resulting in lost time. At the same time, the course was great speed of test for the Evo, which its 2nd gear can reach 70 mph.
At the end, all three cars won their respective classes. Burak Tuglu had already guaranteed his championship for season, took it easy this race, and his co-driver took advantage of it and grabed the win in AS classes with a best time of 52.9 seconds.
Jack Brennen, as always, schooled the field by running a 51.001 and winning the SM classes.
Mike Cole, had to beat Tyler Stewart if he were to keep his championship hope for the season. With the slightly new setup on the blue STi, he ran a best of 51.6 and won the ESP class, currently tiying Tyler in points. The championship will be decided in the final race on October 3rd.
As for myself, I wish I could do better. My primary purposes if to warm the tires for Mike, by running first and providing early feedback about the conditions I need to beat Tyler again to give the edge to Mike in points standings. Unfortunately, try as hard as I might, I turned in a best of 52.175 seconds; which was not enough to beat Tyler's best of 52.113 seconds. So, when I say we compete for the last few 10ths of a seconds, I am not kidding; loosing by 6/100ths of a second hurts for sure But thankfully, I guaranteed a seasonal 3rd place throphy in my first year with the SCCA, and quite happy about it
If anyone's interested, I'd highly recommend comming and supporting us for the last event of the season; and help us win the championship
Cheers,
SELGP competes in three different classes with three different cars in autocrosses:
1- A SELGP tuned and sponsored Evo in Street Modified class
2- SELGP STi (white) in A stock
3- SELGP STi (blue) in E Street Prepared
We all ran in the morning heats with comfortable wheather. Tire heat was not of a big issue and was manageable. The course was very fast, many people run several section with speeds between 60 to 70 mph.
The course was not particularly well suited for the STis with the short gearing and almost all of the STi were either running rev-limiter or shifting to 3rd back to 2nd, causing a total of about 6 shifts, resulting in lost time. At the same time, the course was great speed of test for the Evo, which its 2nd gear can reach 70 mph.
At the end, all three cars won their respective classes. Burak Tuglu had already guaranteed his championship for season, took it easy this race, and his co-driver took advantage of it and grabed the win in AS classes with a best time of 52.9 seconds.
Jack Brennen, as always, schooled the field by running a 51.001 and winning the SM classes.
Mike Cole, had to beat Tyler Stewart if he were to keep his championship hope for the season. With the slightly new setup on the blue STi, he ran a best of 51.6 and won the ESP class, currently tiying Tyler in points. The championship will be decided in the final race on October 3rd.
As for myself, I wish I could do better. My primary purposes if to warm the tires for Mike, by running first and providing early feedback about the conditions I need to beat Tyler again to give the edge to Mike in points standings. Unfortunately, try as hard as I might, I turned in a best of 52.175 seconds; which was not enough to beat Tyler's best of 52.113 seconds. So, when I say we compete for the last few 10ths of a seconds, I am not kidding; loosing by 6/100ths of a second hurts for sure But thankfully, I guaranteed a seasonal 3rd place throphy in my first year with the SCCA, and quite happy about it
If anyone's interested, I'd highly recommend comming and supporting us for the last event of the season; and help us win the championship
Cheers,