MSNE Autocross #4 (4/6/08) - April 14, 2008

The results from this event are almost identical to past events. I finished mid-class (8th out of 15 cars).

However, I felt that my driving had improved, and the car was better balanced due to the front and rear wheel switch and some more weight in the rear (from putting parts of the interior back in). I concentrated on improving my braking going into turns and especially not locking the brakes. I tried to keep the car's weight transition small on corner entry, and that seemed to improve my braking substantially.

Even though I finished eighth in the class, I was able to run faster than all of the other 240s competing; there were five other 240s in the event, all S14s. So overall, I think my time was respectable.

There weren't any pictures of my car from the event, but I got a few photos of some interesting cars.

Silvia in the April 6th MSNE Autocross - Picture 1 Cars in the April 6th MSNE Autocross - Picture 2
Lotus Exige in the April 6th MSNE Autocross - Picture 3 240Z in the April 6th MSNE Autocross - Picture 4
Toyota MR2 in the April 6th MSNE Autocross - Picture 5 Formula-type race car in the April 6th MSNE Autocross - Picture 6

The results for my class (F) are shown below.

  1. Benjamin Wagman: Mazda Miata - 48.999
  2. Ted Descovich: Mazda Miata - 49.436
  3. Yun Ng: Toyota MR2 - 49.616
  4. Rob Szczesny: Acura RSX - 50.082
  5. Chien Wu: Toyota MR2 - 50.179
  6. Zack Wolkoff: Mazda Miata - 50.750
  7. Ramon Cruz: 1991 Toyota MR2 - 52.141
  8. Miroslav Ovcharik: 1992 Nissan 240SX - 52.659
  9. Lee Anderson: Ford Mustang V6 - 52.781
  10. Angelo Nevado: Nissan 240SX (S14) - 53.337
  11. Allen Bartlo: Honda Civic - 53.728
  12. Steve Seguis: Dodge Neon R/T - 54.117
  13. Mark Valero: 1998 Dodge Neon - 55.213
  14. Luksz Andrzejewski: Nissan 240SX (S14) - 56.546
  15. Tomasz Martyniak: Nissan 240SX (S14) - 56.962

Full Results

The fastest time of the day was a 47.083 put in by John Winchester in a Mitsubishi EVO.

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