Lola Goes Autocrossing

[agent]

Here's run #7 from inside the windshield:

[Holland]

GC8 w/ 22B exterior and EE20?

That's exactly what I was thinking, hot damn!

GC was one of my first loves.

[Cletonius]

Nice! I cannot wait until I can take my car autocrossing. End links and tires....


Looks like you had a good time!

[Jean]

Nice! I have also suffered from fuel issue before and just keep the tank with more fuel.

In SM you pretty much need to be on Dot R tires to be at the top.

[agent]

Yeah, they said the drivetrain swap puts me there. Apparently the only class jump from there is tires (?).

[tn325i]

Hey Chris. Did they put you in SM class ? Just curious because i have been running the same class.

[agent]

GC8 w/ 22B exterior and EE20?

I don't speak Subaru, but as long as that translates to "damned fast" then yes.

[Farbin Kaiber]

GC8 w/ 22B exterior and EE20?

[tn325i]

Hell yeah ! Fun day !

[agent]

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: