Lola Goes Autocrossing

[chondamx]

Car looks sweet, Chris! Also, I'll just leave this here...http://www.rs25.com/forums/f128/t185...swap-stid.html

[agent]

I saw Greg - the Subaru owner - at Cars & Coffee last weekend. He said for this weekend's event it will be making a little more power than last time (great...) and that he plans to sell it by the end of the year to move on to the next project.

Here's another article on it:

http://www.thesmokingtire.com/2013/race-car-subaru-diesel-be-still-my-heart/

[stinkydriverx]

I love e30's but that gc has my soul. Glad to see your out there in the car though!

[agent]

My best run of the day today. Timing and scoring was being done manually (on cell phones!) today since they couldn't get the issues resolved with the electronic equipment...

[squidmaster]

those look like some fun courses!

[Gary Horneck]

Nice course. I have to make it up there to compete with you guys before the season ends.

[agent]

I have to say I was absolutely not a fan of the start line immediately followed by a 100+ degree turn. Especially after I suggested they combine the S/F line (and heard "hey that's a good idea" in the background from someone in the trailer over the radio...) to help with timing when the electronic system failed.

Are you in North Alabama Gary? I'm going to come down to Huntsville and run at the old airport sometime.

[Gary Horneck]

Yes I am, Huntsville. Our next event will be at the old airport. I also run up to Tullahoma, TN to run at the Tri-Lake events.

[chondamx]

Were you faster than that "other" E30? I passed him on my bike today and chuckled to myself.

[agent]

I was the only E30 present at this one.

[matthugie]

Looks great Chris! I like those courses, but the surfaces don't look to be all that clean. I'm digging the elevation changes and layouts though, we don't have lots like that around here.

[agent]

Yeah the parking lots are okay, though what I'd really like to do is a course like the one JCarp90 has near him. I'm hoping the old airport course in Huntsville is more like that one than the kart track we ran last weekend.

It seems the courses we have here - especially last week's at Twin Fountains - are designed for and favoring the Boxsters & Miatas (since that's what most of the regional staff guys run?).

[matthugie]

We have some decent flat lots here, but I have yet to be on an airport lot. And occasionally the course designers can be a bit biased in their design. I ran with the PCA last month where the designer ran a GT3 RS, and he was the only car there that didn't need 3rd. Talking to an s2k guy who designs our local SCCA courses, optimally we both had to shift 9 times. It was a long course (70 seconds), but still.

[2mAn]

what have you swapped in?

[matthugie]

I believe it's an M52.