Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Autocross and Open Track Correct SZ 2002 Auto-X results

For those who don't want to wait for Adobe to do its thing and want the CORRECT results of applicable classes, look here.

Contour Stock
Rusty (RT & his SE) (from Minnesota) 26.604
Chris (Jet Mech) (Mud and Snow tires) 26.706
Gerald (96 GL) 28.012

Contour Modified
Todd (Todras) 25.095
#36 (Yankeespeed) ...26.197
A. Vann (???)29.141

SVT Stock
Cole (SVTCole)...24.267
Mike (69Boss302) (2nd Auto-X ever!)25.134
James Marrs 25.821
Brian (Rara)...25.890
Deanne Marrs(My98SVT) 26.075
James (svtcarboy) 27.477

SVT Modified
Tony Boner (javacontour)...25.318
Mike Rohn (originally in stock?)...25.704
Anastazi Sarigiannis (L8ApexAussie)26.103
Allen Whitman (???)26.292
James (svtcarboy)(originally in stock?)..27.477

Street Modified
Eddie Hwang Eclipse 24.172
#20 200SX 24.372
323 CRX 25.242
Steve Grzesiak(CONTOUR)25.699 (ONE OF OUR GUYS)
#10 Integra 25.863
#11 GTI 26.051
#21 Supra 26.057
#192 Civic 26.562
#7 Focus 27.212
#68 325i 29.771
STX
WRX 24.540
WRX 25.284

(Drisique) Silver Duratec Taurus (see STS)26.781

STS
#78 Old VW GTI 23.895
#24 Neon ACR 24.348
#11 VW GTI 24.426
#1 New VW GTI VR6 24.575
#08 (Nate)Red Subaru 2.5RS 24.830
#8 Civic Si 24.925
#22 Civic 25.234
#64 Civic Si 25.310
#901 Civic 25.355
525 Blue Sube 2.5RS (zenboy?) 25.387
#5 Civic Si 25.476
#42 Civic Si 25.510
#6 Integra 25.537
#91 VW GTI 25.545
#76 Dodge 25.558
#9 MAXIMA (from General post) 25.590
#12 Integra 25.611
00 VW GTI 25.693
99 Honda Accord 25.780
93 ??? 25.780
Civic 26.360
Escort GT 25.964
Civic 26.360
300ZX w/ ugly wing 26.528
GRAND AM 26.694
Taurus silver duratec 26.781
Civic 27.029
Civic CS 27.317

B Stock
BMW M3 23.948

D Stock
P. Jacobs WRX "wagon" w/ race tires/great driver 22.950
Integra Type R: 24.486
WRX: 25.238
WRX: 26.344
WRX:26.597

E Stock
Miata 23.374

F Stock
Z-28 21.877
Z-28 22.247

G Stock
Steve Couture Neon ACR (race tires)(6th in DS 2001 Nationals) 23.159
Larry MacLeod 200SX SE-R (race tires)(20th in ES 2001 Nationals) 23.862
J. Butts 300ZX 2+2!(race tires) 24.188
For reference: SVTCole's 98 SVT...24.267
G. Butts 300ZX 2+2!(race tires) 24.866
Cavalier 26.246
Dodge 26.327
Avenger 26.740
Celica 27.085
??? 28.129
Ford Mustang? 29.104
VW Jetta 30.733

H Stock
#171 VW GTI 25.442

In G Stock, with auto-X tires and Konis, I may have beat MacLeod and the very well-driven 300ZXs, but probably not Couture. But considering his place at the Nationals, I can live with that. If he or MacLeod had been driving my SVT, they probably both would have smoked my time considerably.

I think Couture and MacLeod were slowed by the fast course with two substantial straights. They were both very smooth and fast in corners (as I witnessed working the hairpin) but no doubt lost time on the straights. Further evidence of the FAST course is the strong performances by the WRX D Stock winner, and the two Z-28s! The WRX D Stock winner, Jacobs, was slower than Couture at April's Detroit event, but faster at this event, which is further evidence of the faster (acceleration-wise)course.


For STS reference, the other class we run, the STS winner was an old VW GTI that ran 23.895 despite his lack of acceleration! My totally stock time would have been second out of the multiple STS cars so our car has pretty good STS potential I suspect.

For those who care about such things, my PAX time was 19.050 using the .785 multiplication factor. That would have been good enough for 10th in the PAX indexing out of 125 cars on true street tires and no other mods. The PAX top ten were:

George Williams F Stock Z-28 17.698
David Walters F Stock Z-28 17.998
Stevew Couture G Stock Neon ACR 18.15
Peter Jacobs D Stock WRX "Wagon" 18.314
Larry MacLeod G Stock 200SX SE-R 18.732
Tom Smith STS old VW GTI 18.734
Steve Krause E Stock older Miata 18.746
Steve Brouwer D Stock Audi S4 18.802
Jason Butts G Stock 300ZX 2+2(great driver!)18.988
Cole Milstead G Stock/SVT Stock 19.050

In conclusion, we need a national class driver to see the light and start driving our car! It has the potential for a top ten in G Stock or STS at Nationals!! The rest of us would learn from his legal modification techniques.

It was either Yankeespeed or Andy V. with the 27.860

Glad you are home, I just got in.

I would agree that there is STS or even STX (if you wanna spring for the Quaife) potential in the Contour.

What SVTCole didn't mention, and you need to read between the lines is his car was essentially stock. He turned his time on street tires, not race tires.

So if you have enough cubic dollars, you could build an STS or STX car that is competative.

Thanks to SVTCole and the others who coached and encouraged us, as well as the Spring Zing organizers, such as Mark, Steve and Todd (I know there are others!) for bringing us this event.

It was a blast, and I'm personally glad I was able to redeem myself after turning in the worst time in a Contour, period, during last years SpringZing AutoX event.

TB

WOOHOO!!!! Way to go Cole!!!!!!! I knew you could do it!

Those honours would go to me this year. I ran a 28 something and DNF'd on my other 3 runs. Rusty from MD won the stock Contour class in his green SE with a time of 26.2 (?) - way to go Rusty!

I believe the fastest time overall was a guy driving a shifter cart (ran a 21 something) and please corret me if I'm wrong but Jeff (not from CEG) ran a 22 something in his *stock* WRX *wagon*!

Anyways, I wasn't sure what to expect but I had a blast and I'm really glad I gave it a try. I hope to find and participate in autox events in my local area this summer. Thanks to everyone who offered advice and encouragement and especially to the organizers of Spring Zing '02!

Hi, I'm the silver duratec taurus that parked next to Tony (thanks for letting me use your air compressor). I was also the starter for the 1st heat. It was nice meeting all of you that I did get a chance to meet. I ran a 26.781 and attained my goal of not getting last in STS (where I didn't really belong, but that's another story). Thanks for organizing such a great event.

No problem. You were probably in STS because of the aftermarket wheels?

I don't know the classes that well, I'm just a novice too. Next year Gerald will knock me off and he'll be posting how he out drove last years SVTM winner in a stock SE

As long as you are having fun, keep driving.

TB

no, I was in STS because that's what I pre-registered for, thinking I may have an SHO sway bar on by the event, but I didn't, and then was hustled through registration and tech so fast I didn't get a chance to ask to change classes. Well, next autox I go to I'll either run in GS or have the suspension mods to back up being in STS.

Rusty had the 26.6, I had a 26.7. We'll know for sure when it's posted on the WMR website. Had a blast hanging out with all of you again. Glad the weekend went well for almost all, and everyone is back home safe, ready to contribute to the GNP again. :p Now, what to do next year... cya cp

oh ya, I got my pics up already at http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/drdisque/lst?.dir=/5-5-02+WMU+Autocross&.src=ph&.view= I have several pics of your cars either in the pits or launching.