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ZfrkS62 · 05-08-2006, 12:05 AM

Today i was on the road at 7am heading west to Lake Charles for a SCCA Solo 2 event. L.C. is about 80 miles or so west of Lafayette, so it took my co-worker and i about an hour to get there. Unfortunately the weather was pretty shitty for most of the trip.

I took the Yoda out to test out the new KYB GR2 struts i put on on Tuesday. My co-worker took his 83 E21 out so that we could have the Battle of the Bargain Beaters

He got his car for free from his brother and i picked up the Yoda for 200 bucks

The Yoda:

vs. The Panzer:

The course was a pretty long one. 1.1 miles in total and allowed for some decent speed. I got up to about 45-50 mph, which a good clip for a Solo 2 event.

Baisically you do the course twice, as laid out in blue. At the end of the 2nd lap you go straight to break the timing beam (laid out in purple). The dotted line is the wrong way to take the slolom. Going to the left of the first cone set you up perfectly for the sweeping left since you could get up some good speed and let your momentum carry you through. Still though, there were alot of pansies who were too scared to take it without slowing down significantly.

For each cone you take out, you get a 2 second penalty added to your time. the cones are '.' and if there is a '>' next to it, it represents a cone laying on it's side, next to a standing cone. Which ever way the cone is pointing, is the side you have to drive on. If you miss it, you get a DNF for your run. Each driver got 4 runs, lowest time per class was the winner.

my first two runs were plagued by fuel pick up problems entering the slolom and coming around the back double apex which caused the engine to stall out until the fuel sloshed back to the pump, which roll started the engine back up (thank god i have a 5 speed) :roll: which caused me to log a 122.049sec (2:02.049) which thanks to clipping a cone at the bus stop, bumped me to a124.049 (2:04.049). Second run was a 122.801 (2:02.801). my coworker killed a cone on each of his first 2 runs which took him from a 113.448 (1:53.448) and 114.785 (1:54.785) to a 115.448 (1:55.448) and a 116.785 (1:56.785) respectively (see pic)

As you can see, i killed no cones on my 2nd run

After that i went and refuelled to solve my pick up problem.

I killed no cones my 3rd or 4th runs and posted a 118.336 (1:58.336) and a 116.401 (1:56.401) my coworker's 3rd run was a 113 something but he murdered 3 cones when he came in too hot into the last corner and powerslid through them

so that one ended up as a 116, but he trounced me on the last run with a 112

So the Panzer won the Bargain Beater Battle

Anyway, enough recounting, here's a few pics of the the other 33 attendees

First, my coworker and i messing around with his natural weight reduction method (read: rust). And yes, these are taken from inside the trunk..except the last one which was outside looking in:

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Dodge Ram SRT-10:

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Lotus Elise:

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It was my first Coupe spotting too :cry:

PS: TT, i read your Photoshop tutorial, but my pics are 1280x960 so instead of resizing them i left them as they were and just did the other stuff. Anything you can spot that you think could use a little improving, please let me know.