Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Which right hander are you talking about? All of the right hand turns were only 90 degrees or so with a lot of run off on the other side.
South Course (I think...it wasn't the Roger Johnson course, which I liked BTW), around the last third of the course. If you recall, after the slalom, sweeper, then the offset, you get to this severe 90-degree turn. The speed that I was going, rapidly slowing down, then turning, I was well under my powerband (big cams on my car doesn't kick in until 4400, VTEC that is) on my first run on 2nd gear. So, after taking a cue from the ITR guys in DS, I shifted down to 1st as I was slowing down into that corner. And I was mistaken, I improved by a little
over 2 seconds from my first run to my second.
Didn't matter in the long run though...I still ran like crap the second day.
What was your best time and which class and car?
This was last year (2003)...my two codrive opportunities (first one in DSP, the other in BS) fell through for this year.
I was in 7 STX, and ran my Prelude. I was about 1/2 a second out of trophies after the first day. Roger Johnson's course was one of the most technical courses I've ever been on...it sure wasn't easy running it fast in the rain. In my same heat, Juliann Pokorny and Ann Vogel collided on-course in BSL...that's something I've NEVER seen before! That caused a delay for awhile (obviously), and the course subsequently got drier. Thanks to the rain, I banzaiied my first run in the rain (knocked out a "Walls of Doom" set of cones near the end), coned the second run, but made up for it on the third run...80.979 (4), 71.543 (1), 67.957. 33rd place (out of 44). From the last trophy spot to around 35th place was about a second difference, so there was a chance I or anyone else can get in the trophies depending on Day 2.
On the second day, I underdrove badly, and the WRX's advantage was readily apparent on this hp-friendly course. My runs were 58.994, 56.928, 56.853...38th place (out of 44).
Were you out there last year?