I did not realize it was this weekend. They ran one course yesterday and results are posted. The Mark in his SVT Contour, and Eric Ford in his Cougar are running neck and neck in 18th and 19th in G Stock. Andy Hohl (SVTSTS) from Java's St. Louis region is in 9th in a 97 Ford Cobra in SM. They have one more course today and then they combine the best of the two course times to determine the overall winners. Highlights:
Super Stock 1st Z-06 John Ames....42.544 11th Z-06 Mark Sipe...44.774 12th Z-06 Robert Lewis 44.789
I've run agianst both Sipe and Lewis finishing about 5 seconds behind their times on a minute course or 2.5 seconds slower on a 30 second course...on street tires.
D Stock 4th Integra Type R Matt Grainger.45.762 12th IS 300 Al Aberson...........47.477
Grainger is the one dominating JavaContour/SVTSTS St. Louis region.
G Stock 1st Celica GT Rob Foley 45.738 2nd 99 Camaro RS Ed Martens 45.850 3rd Celica GT G.H. Sharp...45.898 4th CRX Si Rob. Carpenter..46.337 5th Celica GT Whittaker....46.388 6th Celica GT Ken Rupp.....46.563 7th Celica GT M. Hirt......47.022 8th Celica GT John Darrow..47.171 11th Celica GT Charles Wright 14th Celica GT Clay McCool 48.174 15th SVT Focus Alex Long...48.645 18th SVT Contour Mark Bishop 48.949 19th Cougar.....Eric Ford....48.989
There are 23 cars total. Note that 8 out of the top ten GS cars are newer Celica GTs. They are dominating the class and should possibly be in D Stock where times are similar. The Mark and Eric Ford are neck and neck with the top placing SVT Focus...and the Focus driver is a national caliber driver so this shows it is not appreciably faster than the Contour.
H Stock 1st 02 Mini-Cooper...46.654 The new Mini should probably be in G Stock!
STS 1st 89 Civic Si Jason Tipple..45.327 2nd 99 Subaru 2.5RS Richard West..45.869 6th 02 Civic Si....47.299 15th (last) 97 Maxima.....49.118
The STS and G Stock classes (both our autocross classes) have nearly identical PAX indexes. So pick your poison. You can stay stock and run sticky autocross tires in G Stock, or lower and sway bar your car in STS and run nearly identical times in theory.
STX 1st Integra Type R 46.560
Street Modified 9th 97 Mustang Cobra Andy Hohl (SVTSTS)45.689
Fastest Contour at SZ 2002 Auto-X. 10th in PAX out of 125. CEO of FOGEY(Fast Old Guys Emasculating Young-uns), Inc. Terry Haines, Chairman, Senior V.P.s: (alphabetical)JavaContour, Jet Mech, MFE, SeicoRacing, SVTSTS, Vern Kilburn. If your not a member, yet, wait a few years. I'm not just the CEO, but I'm a member, too. Working with the rank and file to get the job done right!
Historical: 63 TVR (1K in 74), 75 TR-7 (paid cash new), 79 RX-7 (zoom,zoom), 81 RX-7GSL (autobahn-driven),82 Mustang GT (autobahn-driven), 85 Mustang GT (SE Division F Stock Solo II Champ), 86 MR-2 (3rd SE Division D Stock), 88 Civic DX (had 1st born and still owned MR2) 92 Sentra SE-R (all go and no show), 98 EO SVT Contour (FTD SZ 2002). 02 Altima 3.5SE 5 spd!!!
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