MSNE Autocross #6 (5/23/08) - May 24, 2008
This was my first event with the new wheels, tires, and coilovers. The car handled a lot better than before mainly because of the tires. I could carry a lot more speed through corners and brake much more aggresively without locking up the tires. Also, the car was much faster to react to steering inputs since the amount of body roll was greatly reduced with the installation of coilovers. Basically, I could be a lot more aggressive with my driving without having to worry about getting completely sideways on every turn.
I ran relatively well in the class but probably could have gone at least a second faster if I had more time to get used to the way the car felt. Also, the sun was setting at the end of the event, which screwed me up in the last run. I ended up going off course since I couldn't find the gate through the glare. I took some pictures of the car on the grid. An album of the event taken by Perry Aidelbaum can be found here.
The results for my class (F) are shown below.
- Yun Ng: Toyota MR2 - 48.530
- Benjamin Wagman: Mazda Miata - 48.599
- Ted Descovich: Mazda Miata - 48.745
- Perry Aidelbaum: Mazda Miata - 49.977
- Miroslav Ovcharik: 1992 Nissan 240SX - 50.360
- Bob Burgermeister: 1992 Mazda Miata - 51.729
- Yarin: Mazda Miata - 52.182
- Arthur Wozniczka: Mazda Miata - 52.223
- Peter DelMastro: Mazda Miata - 52.764
- Toks Ajadi: Mazda Miata - 53.610
- Kyle Baluyot: Mazda Miata - 55.118
- Mike Catacutan: Mazda Miata - 55.267
- Eric Seider: Nissan 240SX - 62.247
The fastest time of the day was a 44.817 put in by Robert Ida in a Porsche race car.