Free Web Hosting by Netfirms
Web Hosting by Netfirms | Free Domain Names by Netfirms

April 1, 2001 Home Pics Engine Specs Racing Mods Shootout 2001 How-To Service Great LINKS
Tire Rack Map
Racing 2000
April 1, 2001
April 22, 2001
Click Above for More Racing Pages

 
April 1 Test and Tune Results

I was extremely happy with my performance... I really am getting the feel for driving the car.

There were 24 cars there, including a "Solo V" which is a lot like an Indy car (except much smaller), and a sort-of Fiero (all that was left was the body, floorpan, and part of the dash). Those were the 2 fastest cars, doing around 29-30 second laps.

Now, there was no official results but all the times were posted. I'm happy to say that besides those heavily modified race cars, I was in the Top 5 fastest cars!

The cars that beat me were a Porche Boxter S with racing slicks (250hp Porche, what do you expect?) who ran a fast time of 33.1 and 2 Honda Civic SiR's (running fastest times of around 33.3), but both had racing slicks, were in the "modified" class because of suspension and engine modifications, and the drivers both had 5+ years experience. And a Mazda Miata beat me also, but again he was on racing slicks and was modified (plus he has 15+ years experience!).

Bottom line is I was the fastest on street tires and even beat some modified Camaros/Firebirds that were on racing slicks. I was one of only 5 street legal cars that got into the 33-second range, with a fastest time of 33.8.

The thing I was most happy about was that the track layout was very similar to the one I ran on last year. Last year my fastest time was 39.5! So I took almost SIX SECONDS off my times!

My times (in order of running)

Run 1: 36.753 (with rider)
Run 2: 35.659 (with rider)
Run 3: 34.666
Run 4: 34.687
Run 5: 35.08
Run 6: 34.575
Run 7: 34.193
Run 8: 35.563 (missed a shift)
Run 9: 34.743 (had engine hesitation)
Run 10: 34.395
Run 11: 34.560
Run 12: 34.245
Run 13: 33.805 (BEST RUN)
AVE: 34.84

Here's some pics, you can click on the picture to get a full-sized view!

 

Hard Launch, look how she squats down and explodes forward! A beautiful sight! Hard Launch 2nd pic, a split second later. Still pushing me back and really squatting!
0401hardlaunch1.jpg (46292 bytes) 0401hardlaunch3.jpg (48508 bytes)
Final Hard Launch shot. Comin' right at you at around 40 mph.
0401hardlaunch2.jpg (48707 bytes) 0401towards.jpg (57759 bytes)
Into the big round corner Later in the corner.
0401intocurve.jpg (57312 bytes) 0401intocurve2.jpg (50631 bytes)
Even later in the corner Back Slalom
0401bigcurve.jpg (52453 bytes) 0401backstretch.jpg (56540 bytes)
Accelerate to finish line, see her squatting under acelleration! Braking after finish line. Time to relax!
0401finishline.jpg (171904 bytes) 0401braking.jpg (55777 bytes)
Multi-Pic of front big looping curve. Sequence is top left, across to the right, then middle row across, then bottom row. Rear slalom turns multi shot... I guess I was going so fast my cameraperson lost me in the last part! :)
0401frontcurvemulti.jpg (50101 bytes) 0401backslalommulti.jpg (67656 bytes)

 

  Gotta IMPROVE!  
  One of the main goals in autocross is to IMPROVE your times. I was happy to make an improvement of THREE SECONDS from slowest to fastest.   

Home Pics Engine Specs Racing Mods Shootout 2001 How-To Service Great LINKS