Best Autocross Finish Yet

[dagamore]

nice work,but i bet for a mustang to be that high, it might be the only auto-x event with out any turns right? :snark:

Glad you placed so high up, any videos of the run?

 

[Vapour Trails]

I managed to get 4th overall in raw times this past weekend. The significant change here is I'm not that far off the fastest time. I've had many top 10 finishes now, but typically still way back of 1st. I feel like things are starting to click now, I'm faster on my initial run and more consistent between runs. My 4 runs were (raw) 62.9 (DNF), 62.9 (clean), 62.0 (1 cone, +2 secs) and 61.4 (clean). The guy in 2nd (Jeff J.) came within 0.002 of winning AS at the SCCA Nationals a couple years ago.

These times include cones, I was clean.

1 Curtis.J 2000 Honda S2000 60.31
2 Jeff.J 2002 Honda S2000 60.580
3 Jeremy.S 1993 Honda Civic 61.196
4 Chris.K 2006 Ford Mustang Gt 61.477
5 Joe.P 1994 Toyota Corolla 61.888
6 Claudio.Z 2004 Mazda Rx-8 62.467
7 Corey.D 2000 Honda S2000 62.736
8 Phillip.R 2006 Lotus Elise 62.887
9 Chris.D 2003 Nissan 350Z 63.074
10 Karl.S 2008 Mazda Rx-8 63.594
11 Briget.S 2004 Porsche Boxster 64.655
12 Art.S 2009 Bmw 135I 65.203
13 Ben.V 1995 Plymouth Neon 65.813
14 Chris.T2003 Subaru Wrx Spec R1 65.894
15 Brendon.R 1997 Mazda Mx6 J-Spec 66.046
16 Shiraz.M 2007 Honda Civic Si Coupe 66.221
17 Von.C 1992 Honda Integra 66.478
18 Bryan.S 1992 Toyota MR2 66.488
19 Mitchell.F Honda Civic 66.577
20 Christopher.B 1993 Ford Escort Gt 66.596
21 Nico.B 2005 Acura Rsx-S 66.864
22 Emily.B 2002 Honda S2000 67.149
23 Allan.B 1993 Ford Escort Gt 67.385
24 Beau.M 2005 Subaru WRX STi 67.475
25 Chris.M 1995 Plymouth Neon Acr 67.499
26 Faik.A Honda S2000 67.783
27 Marion.S 2009 Bmw 135I 68.049
28 Andrew.V 1987 Chevrolet Corvette 68.628
29 Paul.S 2003 Subaru Baja 68.662
30 Sebastian.C 1991 Honda Crx 69.575
31 Matt.H 1993 Mazda RX-7 69.967
32 Shawn.C 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg 70.094
33 Devin.W 2003 Mini Cooper S 70.177
34 Jesse.H 1991 Eagle Talon 71.156
35 Derrick.P 1995 Nissan Skyline Gt-R33 71.219
36 John.V 1987 Chevrolet Corvette 71.355
37 Armando.R BMW M3 71.721
38 Trevor.B A car 72.879
39 Jasvir.G1994 BMW M3 73.011
40 Brian.T Unknown 73.114
41 Anthony.T 1992 Nissan Skyline GTS 73.535
42 Lance.F 1991 Eagle Talon 73.581
43 Michelle.P 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg 76.763

 

[JesseW.]

nice, i have had generally the same experience with people wondering why a mustang is so fast on the course. its very rare that i get to drive by myself in the car cause so many people want to ride in it.

i finally busted the top 5 after posting a 6th, 6th, and 9th raw. i have won the street mod class the last 4 months also. still on street tires too. can't wait to get some kuhmo's or hoosiers after i wear these out. i am also going to run my 1st divisional later this month. i probably won't be even close there, but at least the i am getting closer in my region.

1m STR66 Bryan S 2001 Honda S2000 53.841
2m SS4 Chuck W Lotus Elise 54.237
3m EP43 Paul N 1970 Datsun 510 56.243
4m HS27 Jeff M Ford Focus SVT 56.337
5m SM67 Jesse W 2005 Ford Mustang GT 56.463
6m SM16 Joey K 1995 Nissan 240sx 56.569
7m CS88 Daniel W Mazda Miata 56.818
8m AS53 John B 2003 Porsche 911 C4 56.938
9m STR58 Alan F 2000 Mazda miata 57.021
10m SM77 Russ R Nissan 350Z 57.737
11m STU59 Richard B 2010 Chevy Camaro 57.988
12m ES12 Cory M 1991 Mazda Miata 58.834
13 STX69 Patrick L 2011 VW GTI 59.490
14 CS26 Sean K 2011 Nissan 370z 59.568
15m SM27 Shane V 1991 Nissan 240SX 59.628
16m STX40 Charles A 2009 VW GTI 59.674
17 DS07 Josh F 2011 Subaru WRX 59.699
18m DS61 Rowland L 2008 Mini Cooper S 60.438
19 SM11 Joshua K 1991 Nissan 240sx 60.635
20 GS71 Luke M 1993 Nissan 240sx 60.674
21 AS153 Allen B 2003 Porsche 911 C4 60.703
22 GS13 Sean A Nissan SE-R 60.898
23m CS188 Melody S Mazda Miata 61.132
24 STX33 Bart M 1995 Ford Mustang GT 61.182
25 STX15 Chris S 2011 Ford Mustang GT 61.247
26 STX11 Tam N 2008 Mazda RX-8 62.466
27 STS11 Michael E 1990 Mazda Miata 62.539
28 STX22 William E 2008 VW R32 63.786
29 STX13 Thomas W 2000 VW GTI 64.471
30 DS01 Jeffrey M 2006 Saturn Ion Redline 64.741
31m XP03 Raul S 1979 Merc Capri 66.790

 

[Towelly]

Very awesome!


Vapour Trails - What tires are you running right now? What is your brake setup like?

 

[808muscle]

Very cool Vapour! Nice to represent muscle cars in a big way.

Does the blower get heat soaked during the run?

Great video.....hilarious.

 

[jayel579]

Very impressive, you went up against cars that prolly thought youd be no competition when they showed up at to the lot that morning and later that night you had them ordering parts for the next event, hahah. Feels good to shatter import driving ego's.

Sooo not what autocross is about...

But nice work man, now you got to drive down to PA or MD and get some seat time with Sam!

 

[Ch4r1ie]

Great results

 

[ct07gt]

Funny to see a Subaru Baja in 29th. Definitely not the car you would expect at autocross. It has to be a little discouraging for the guy that brought an R33 skyline. I know the guy that came to a PCA event last year in an M3 did not like getting beat by a Prius at all.

 

[Vapour Trails]

nice, i have had generally the same experience with people wondering why a mustang is so fast on the course. its very rare that i get to drive by myself in the car cause so many people want to ride in it.

What have you done to your car to put it in SM

Does the blower get heat soaked during the run?

Yes, especially on a hot day but it doesn't cause any problems. In a 60 second run, I'm at WOT for about 3 seconds.

Very awesome!

Vapour Trails - What tires are you running right now? What is your brake setup like?

Kumho V710 275/40/17 I bought them used, but they still have a lot of grip left.

Brakes are stock except for EBC yellowstuff pads.

 

[Sky Render]

Wow, that must be a pretty long course. The top finishers at my events are usually under 40 seconds.

Do you run classes or time multipliers?

 

[JesseW.]

What have you done to your car to put it in SM.

its got a Vortech HO kit, LT headers, o/r H pipe, koni sports, Eibach pro's, strano sways, hawk hps pads, and a UMI phb. I'm running 285/35-18 hankook rs3's. i'm planning on stepping up to some kuhmo V710's next year. everything else is stock. we run on a huge concrete airfield and guys have corded hoosier A6's in 2 events :/ it's whoafully underprepped for SM

 

[Vapour Trails]

Wow, that must be a pretty long course. The top finishers at my events are usually under 40 seconds.

Do you run classes or time multipliers?

PAX is used. There are a few general classes, Stock Street Tire, Modified Street Tire, and SCCA Comp (my class) where any tire is allowed. In PAX, I finished 4th in my class (out of 13) and got 949 points. Its hard, boarding on impossible for me to win PAX because I have such a high multipler, the S2000 drivers are really good, and the course designs favour smaller cars that are better at transitions.

it's whoafully underprepped for SM

Same here I read the class rules and we could reduce the weight of our cars to 3000 lbs.

 

[Surfstang2020]

That's a good time Man especiLly finishing that close to an Elise


Sent from your moms phone

 

[JesseW.]

Same here I read the class rules and we could reduce the weight of our cars to 3000 lbs.

good luck finding it when you can't take out most of the interior, sound deading, heater, etc. i never got that we can run 5 gallon fuel cells in SM but not strip the car to make minimum weight, although, i probably would never strip the car.

if i were going for PAX i'd take off the supercharger and run STU or ESP.... but i'm not cause the supercharger makes it a lot more fun!