Archive for August, 2008

 

Autocross - The Drama

Aug 26, 2008 in Cars Cars Cars

Jon sent this out a few days ago - makes autocross look all dramatic and exciting! Thanks Jon! hehe.

SCCA Autocross - Night of the Living Dead

Aug 18, 2008 in Cars Cars Cars

Each year, SCCA/CSCC hosts a nighttime autocross. Here is a video of my 3rd of 4 runs (39.381 - personal fastest was 39.111 but that one stopped recording before I took off the line). I’m a good 6 seconds slower than competitors in my class, yikes.

Jon was able to make it out with a GTR (sorry, no pics of that, forgot to bring a camera)!!! Since that car was so new, there was no class for it, so he ended up running in my class (CSM - no holds bar California Street Modified). He did very well, running a clean 33.833 - which is good enough for 1st place in CSM, but he was put in the novice class & got 2nd because of the indexing vs another NOV in STS. Yours truly got 4th… out of 4 people, hahaha.

This time around, the stock exhaust is back on (didn’t feel slower, mostly quieter) & the timing was retarded a bit (was way too advanced causing some knock & bad gas mileage).

Despite the low number of runs because it’s a championship as opposed to practice, I’m really glad I came out. It was a great experience, and I’m definitely attending this again next year.

zomg, the rims… they spins… on the segway!

Aug 12, 2008 in Cars Cars Cars, The Interwebs and PCs

Saw this @ Fisherman’s Wharf last weekend when I went up to San Francisco for vacation. We were just strolling down the docks & I was like “WTFOMGBBQsauce?” My lady didn’t understand the fascination & excitement when I was tapping her on the shoulder asking “where’s your camera? where’s your camera? gimme gimme gimme.”

sf-segway-spinners

That is all.