NNJR SCCA Autocross #5 (5/24/08) - May 25, 2008

This was not a typical autocross event since it was held on the new road course at Raceway Park instead of the usual parking lot. The layout basically followed the road course with slaloms on the straightaways to keep the speeds down. It was still a very fast course.

The car performed relatively well and was very predictable during all of the runs. It understeered on corner entry and exit throughout most of the course. I reduced the front rebound and increased rear rebound on the shocks, which seemed to help slightly. However, I'm still getting used to the feel of the car.

Since the course was quite long, everyone got only four runs. So I didn't get to play with the shock settings or work on my driving too much.

Perry Aidelbaum took some pictures of the event. His full album can be found here. His pictures of my car are shown below.

My 240SX in the May 24th NNJR SCCA Autocross - Picture 1 My 240SX in the May 24th NNJR SCCA Autocross - Picture 2
My 240SX in the May 24th NNJR SCCA Autocross - Picture 3 My 240SX in the May 24th NNJR SCCA Autocross - Picture 4

I took a few pictures at the starting line of some of my favorite cars at the event.

MR2 in the May 24th NNJR SCCA Autocross Mini in the May 24th NNJR SCCA Autocross
Cobra in the May 24th NNJR SCCA Autocross S14 240SX in the May 24th NNJR SCCA Autocross

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

  1. Salvatore DiPompo: Honda Civic Si - 70.628
  2. Scott Boito: Honda CVCC - 71.097
  3. Jeremy Prati: Acura RSX-S - 73.157
  4. Miroslav Ovcharik: 1992 Nissan 240SX - 74.967
  5. Jason Van Sciver: Honda Civic - 79.004
  6. John Zemkowski: 1987 BMW 325is - 79.622
  7. Andrew Snyder: 1987 BMW 325is - 82.166

Full Results

The fastest time of the day was a 65.067 put in by Pat Salerno in a Corvette Z06.

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