Yesterday (8/11/2013) I took Lola to the TRSCCA AutoX event at Music City Raceway. It was an absolute riot and Lola kicked ass.
Run #5 saw me post the second fastest novice raw time of the day out of 24 entries; a 51.305. The only car that beat me was this FP-class beast. He had the 5th fastest time overall out of 58 total cars; a 48.859. Novice indeed...
Looking at the lap times, I could have easily taken home a trophy, but a fuel delivery issue on hard right hand turns cost me somewhere between 3 and 5 seconds per run during my first four. Zach (Sideways87) was kind enough to take Lola and go fill her up for me while I was working the course between driving sessions, and my lap times plummeted even with the added fuel weight. For run #6 I pulled a 51.596, which was only ~0.30 slower than my quickest, with a full tank AND him in the car. My 7th and final run (solo) was a 51.326.
Here's my fast lap (#5):
Here's run #6, shot from outside the car at the top of the windshield:
And some shots of Lola getting it done:
Run #5 saw me post the second fastest novice raw time of the day out of 24 entries; a 51.305. The only car that beat me was this FP-class beast. He had the 5th fastest time overall out of 58 total cars; a 48.859. Novice indeed...
Looking at the lap times, I could have easily taken home a trophy, but a fuel delivery issue on hard right hand turns cost me somewhere between 3 and 5 seconds per run during my first four. Zach (Sideways87) was kind enough to take Lola and go fill her up for me while I was working the course between driving sessions, and my lap times plummeted even with the added fuel weight. For run #6 I pulled a 51.596, which was only ~0.30 slower than my quickest, with a full tank AND him in the car. My 7th and final run (solo) was a 51.326.
Here's my fast lap (#5):
Here's run #6, shot from outside the car at the top of the windshield:
And some shots of Lola getting it done:
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