Corvette Club Autocross - Sat, June 14th

Cheese wrote: I'm considering making a video with all the clips of me screwing up...

Isn't there a ten minute limit on YouTube videos?

Yeah, I'm sure we could all post some scary compilation videos of our runs.

Cheese wrote: ...here's a video of a clean run

What the heck is that sound at 1:22 of the video?  What did you do to my poor car?

AllanJ wrote: Did I read it right that Colby annihilated Patrick *again*?

Yeah, Colby might've mentioned something along those lines.

AllanJ wrote: Colby, I'm very proud of you!

Hey, we're all proud of the Colbster, but I'm wondering... has he always had this tendency of ummm, stretching the truth?

AllanJ wrote: My imagination says it was a 4 second spread.

Allan, your "imagination" rates right up there with Colby's.

AllanJ wrote: Seriously though... I really wish the skidpad had better drainage so you wouldn't be hydroplaning everywhere.

For sure. Those of us driving old relics (such as a Fiero and a 914/16) with no ABS and/or Electronic Stability Control were at quite a disadvantage under these conditions. I'm currently awaiting permission to post a link to a video from another participant from Saturday's event which clearly demonstrates just how slippery it was. Stay tuned!

I found another video online which was shot at this event. The fella was driving a nice old-school '67 Corvette. I remember seeing his car with a GoPro camera mounted under the front of the car. I was hoping to see what that perspective looked like.

It actually worked out quite well. As a matter of fact, I wish he had used that vantage point for the whole video instead of switching back and forth. Even the audio quality was pretty good from under the car.

Have a look HERE.

Gary, Colby and I have all been sent the "official" results from BCCC. Interesting PAX standings in regards to Colby and myself. I like 'em.

However, the most interesting tidbit of information was the blistering 59.563 RAW time that Gary apparently pulled off on his 5th run. By far the fastest run of the day by anyone (before being penalized for killing six cones). Gary must've had the turbo and the supercharger and the nitrous all kicking in. Or... perhaps there's another explanation.

AllanJ wrote: Kudos on Gary for pulling out all the stops to get an excellent time. Yay! ...even if one of those techniques was obfuscation.

Yeah, I've got to give Gary credit for being... inventive.  (Come on Gary, tell everyone how you did it!)

However, I can't believe no one responsible for the timing didn't suspect something was perhaps a little odd when the actual fastest run of the day (before a one cone penalty) was a full 2.159 seconds behind Gary (before his six cone penalty).

AllanJ wrote: They don't know any better. Probably just annoyed a couple of the guys that a little VW on steroids beat a Corvette on raw time.

They better not check the Fiero's times then.

Brian, when are we going to be seeing some nice pics of your Fiero on the track again? You're missing out on all the fun. Sure, last Saturday was a bit damp, but we're expecting some nice weather at the rest of this summer's events.