CivicSiRacer

For those who didn't attend it was a fun event (well fun if you won money =) ). The course was setup so that the people going too fast would get into a crunch into the next section, and the people who were too slow got behind. You had to use speed carefully and in the right places.

Course started out with a sharp left into a 3 cone slalom, into a two cone gate right hand turn which you had to take slow or you would overshoot the 2 cone gate in which you had to come back for. Through another couple cone gate right hand turn. Which lead into 2 two cone gates (offset a bit), then into a pair of 6 cone gates offset of each other into a 4-5 cone slalom. Once out of the slalom you had to turn right and shave off a bit of speed so you wouldn't overshoot the pointer cone. Once pass the pointer cone you enter a series of two cone gates and into a huge Chicago box and to the finish line.

Well I took home 3rd place in PAX and 1st in STS along with $75 from Subaru of America The competitors were tough and I wasn't having good morning runs. I keep tailsliding and oversteering causing me to be all over the place (best run was a 49.xxx). I'm not used to running with 1/2 tank of gas. So on my last run of the morning I pumped up the air pressures all around by 3psi. And it worked. My times drop to a 41.003 by our last run in the morning.

Afternoon times I got faster and faster and by my last run had my times down to 40.5 with almost hitting a seagull

This was enough for 1st place (by .3 seconds) and 3rd in PAX for money money

D16ROCKET

Is that right, you shaved 8 seconds off your morning times? You really must have been all over the place.

I always run with a half tank. Good balance between weight, and ensuring I don't starve the fuel pump.

D16ROCKET

By the way, can you show me how to do PAX. We never do it down here. We just never bring it up. Small region remember. Actually I think we are the smallest region in the continental U.S. (region 45).

CivicSiRacer

Well my worse run I got sideways: left, right and then left again and came to a skidding stop with both feet in (on the brake and clutch). Put it back in first and got going again.

1/2 tank is BAD!!! full tank or near empty is better. This is what happened to me. When you have a 1/2 tank and enter a corner fast and hard the gas will slosh to the opposite side you are turning causing almost a late rotation. I ran with 1/4-1/8 a tank and never had problems. The Honda gas tanks are baffled well that I ran with my fuel light on with no starvation. I went to fill up at the gas station and put in 11 gallons and my car holds 12. Fords don't have good baffles. And a lighter car means more power to the ground. 1 gallon of gas is about 6-7 lbs. 12 gallons is 72-84lbs. 2-3 gallons is about 12-18 lbs.

To figure out PAX use this:
http://www.scca-susq.com/pax2002.htm
Take the number and mutiply it by the person's time to figure out where the stand compared to others. It's in the SCCA handbook too.

D16ROCKET

Cool, I'll run the beeatch dry next time. Thanks.

CivicSiRacer

I even carry a 2 gallon jug of gas just incase I run out I've had to use it before I went home