BSCC Round 6 - not exactly as planned
Finally, after nearly 2 months of waiting we had our clubs next event. Ready to hit the track with that latest upgrades to the car I was (was, being the operative here) hoping to really pull off some great times. Except I ran into some problems. :(
Again I shot video of the even with my new camera mount. This one is much more stable than the lost since it's bolted to the new roll bar cross-brace and is on a shorter arm than the last mounting system (picture, stage left).It's a good thing it's mounted well too since the club is really getting serious about in-car saftey and all cameras must be fixed, nobody hand-holding cameras in the car (I did do that once while riding passenger.. fun but really was a worthless batch of tape other than the sounds of me and the driver laughing as well skidded around the course on really cheap tires).
Again the 2002 Corvette came to school me on the proper use of (cash?) horsepower. But on his second run he ran off course into the weeds and did some damage to a rear tire bead and retired for the remainder of the day. But his one good run was enough for another first plance in Novice class. Arg.. :(
By the end of the morning sessions first group I was in 3rd place for Novice. Not too bad considering how poorly I ran. However, many other competitors came to the event that day. And in the end I placed 7th in class. :( Not what I needed to do to boost my points lead. Not at all.
The results for the event are linked in the blog title but here they are again long with the current season points totals (you have to add my 4th and 26th place points to get my real possition.. I'm trying to get it fixed but so far not much luck - it's a small all volunteer club so.. people get to it when they get to it).
BSCC Event 6 Results
BSCC 2005 Season Standings
For those interested in what it looks like to run and autocross, I have an 8 min. video that I did up on Monday night. It's fat (at 46 MB) but.. it sort of gives a feel for what this sort of racing is about.
Autocross Video - 46 MB. 8 min.
