I need to AutoX out of town more. I sure do better than in St. Louis. Of course it was wet and a bit cold for Texas, but the course was a blast.
Times ran from some 63.x (the Porsche club hardcore guys in 914's) to the mid to upper 70's for those who were just getting started.
I turned a 68.105 which I think was the best Contour time of the day.
(EDIT, now I know this was not the fastest Contour time, but rather 1ST 67 Mimlitch, David Red Contour SVT 67.321 SVT MOD) Vern was close with a 68.666, and OutlawdSVT from KC thinks he turned a 68.2xx, but the scoreboard was pretty wet and times were smudging off.
The course started with an egg shaped skid pad and took you through about three gates to a pivot cone. (Where, for the life of me I could never get my car to rotate, even with a full tank of fuel, spare still in there...) It turns right into about a half-dozen gates scattered in a nearly straight line (spelled 3rd gear). Back down to second for the right hand turn into an optional slalom. Out of the slalom to a right hander. Hard on the brakes for the Chicago box and then back on the gas for the left hand sweeper to the finish. (It sure is a lot easier to run the course once you memorize it
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The plan was to have four runs in the morning before lunch, take a lunch break, and then have three to five runs after lunch. Most of us got our four runs in before lunch, but timing issues caused some to only get three times. (Of course the best times were the ones that didn't get recorded
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I had a great time and hopefully will get the scores from the Porsche club soon so we can publish them.
I saw lots of grins from CEG'ers who'd never AutoX'ed before, as well as from some who had.
I'm sure I've missed details and names, but it is the best I can remember. I'm sure others can fill in some of those details.
TB
