2014 Event #8 recap
The final event of the season began with Josh taking a lead on the first run. Unfortunately for him, he was driving too aggressively and spun on his second run, putting him some 6 seconds back. We went back and forth the rest of the AM, but he couldn't claw back much time from his mistake, and I had a decent lead at lunch time. Turbojosh decided to sit this one out, so when our PM runs came around Josh decided to do some hooning and see how much he could drift, since he didn't have much of a chance at winning. I pretty much just kept doing what I always do and laid down more fast times. In fact, I didn't hit a single cone all day, marking at least the second time this season where that happened, and was again the fastest 2wd car at the event!
And with that, I won 5 consecutive events and had a decisive season victory! There were times, specifically in the 2013 season, where I was really fed up with this car, and was kicking myself for not getting the default E30. But with some work and choice mods (bigger sway bars, proper rally tires, a working O2 sensor...) the car really came together and now I'm totally in love with it! I still want to mod it more, but it's really doing quite well, all things considered. But rest assured, there is more to come!
So I finally put on the proper windshield banner...
Oh, and to make the weekend even worse for Josh, his ramps decided to slip off when he was putting his car on his fancy rich-boy trailer. Naturally, I declined to help and instead took pictures while pointing and laughing.
Here's a pic of Jeremy's STi, aka the cone killer. And bumper killer. This was the first event where he didn't rip it off at some point. I think some sort of bet was involved.
Here's a pic of the previously mentioned FC RX7 driven by Shawn and Katie. It's pretty much stock, but damn does it seem to effortlessly connect corners and drift like it's a job. It's a complete POS (it requires bump start to start and can't hold an idle without a foot on the gas), but it's totally awesome and embodies rally-x spirit.
Here's Matt's constant-FTD Impreza with a EG33 3.3 F6 from an old SVX. This thing is just stupid fast, and sounds incredible. I will never be this fast.
Results!
And video! I missed recording my fastest time in the PM, but it doesn't really matter....
Thanks to everyone for the help with the car this season! Thanks to Josh for letting me co-drive his 318 when the E28 broke (coolant hose burst, rear spring perch broke)! I'm pretty sure with my win I have used up all goodwill, and if something breaks in the future I will be on my own. Thanks to Patrick for letting me store the car at his place while I waited on Bilstein to send me new circlips, and for helping out with getting the car back together!
The final event of the season began with Josh taking a lead on the first run. Unfortunately for him, he was driving too aggressively and spun on his second run, putting him some 6 seconds back. We went back and forth the rest of the AM, but he couldn't claw back much time from his mistake, and I had a decent lead at lunch time. Turbojosh decided to sit this one out, so when our PM runs came around Josh decided to do some hooning and see how much he could drift, since he didn't have much of a chance at winning. I pretty much just kept doing what I always do and laid down more fast times. In fact, I didn't hit a single cone all day, marking at least the second time this season where that happened, and was again the fastest 2wd car at the event!
And with that, I won 5 consecutive events and had a decisive season victory! There were times, specifically in the 2013 season, where I was really fed up with this car, and was kicking myself for not getting the default E30. But with some work and choice mods (bigger sway bars, proper rally tires, a working O2 sensor...) the car really came together and now I'm totally in love with it! I still want to mod it more, but it's really doing quite well, all things considered. But rest assured, there is more to come!
So I finally put on the proper windshield banner...
Oh, and to make the weekend even worse for Josh, his ramps decided to slip off when he was putting his car on his fancy rich-boy trailer. Naturally, I declined to help and instead took pictures while pointing and laughing.
Here's a pic of Jeremy's STi, aka the cone killer. And bumper killer. This was the first event where he didn't rip it off at some point. I think some sort of bet was involved.
Here's a pic of the previously mentioned FC RX7 driven by Shawn and Katie. It's pretty much stock, but damn does it seem to effortlessly connect corners and drift like it's a job. It's a complete POS (it requires bump start to start and can't hold an idle without a foot on the gas), but it's totally awesome and embodies rally-x spirit.
Here's Matt's constant-FTD Impreza with a EG33 3.3 F6 from an old SVX. This thing is just stupid fast, and sounds incredible. I will never be this fast.
Results!
And video! I missed recording my fastest time in the PM, but it doesn't really matter....
Thanks to everyone for the help with the car this season! Thanks to Josh for letting me co-drive his 318 when the E28 broke (coolant hose burst, rear spring perch broke)! I'm pretty sure with my win I have used up all goodwill, and if something breaks in the future I will be on my own. Thanks to Patrick for letting me store the car at his place while I waited on Bilstein to send me new circlips, and for helping out with getting the car back together!
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