Looks really tight in the rookie contest. Marc L (Subaru WRX) and Stuart (RX8) are really close to the times we've been running. If I hadn't hit a cone on my last run Saturday I'd have been 10th overall pax. Your time was still good. Lots of events to go.

 

Cue the Rocky theme and roll the montage, car is going back together on Thursday with all kinds of extra goodies!

http://www.youtube.com/v/rZA6mvMXxBQ

 

LOL - awesome!

I went against my better judgement and time mgmt instincts and signed up for the 17 as well. Surprised a bit that it hasn't filled up already.

 

I think you made a good choice; the 17th is looking to be a great day!

Man I am excited, the car is smooth as silk with the new bearing in.

It handles... well interestingly is a good way to put it. I have no idea if that is going to translate into gained or lost time on the course. On one hand it is much more nimble than before, but it does want to plow much easier... although I think on sweepers it should just under-steer the whole way. No way to tell until this weekend after the times start to roll in.

 

Judging by the afternoon runs I'd better be on my game at whenever the next event is...don't know if you've read about losing the venue on the SASC forum. .

Motorports has a perception problem that really needs fixing. Whether it's street racing, the environmental movement, or noise (which can be mitigated if we're actually given a chance instead of knee-jerk reactions).

I don't like waking up at 5:45am to drive up to Red Deer for 8am on the w/e. Lethbridge is about the same distance too. So the last event actually in Calgary might be Deerfoot Mall on Saturday.

 

Man your morning runs were killer!! You were running 0.95 of what the leader was! That is unreal for a driver in a Fit to be doing that. Normally I run somewhere between 0.90 to 0.93 on my best days.

Yeah this sucks, I hate driving for hours to go race and then driving back. It kills my stamina and doing events is already a full day thing.

I am pissed right off about that guy... I should take the silencer out of my exhuast and whip up and down his street a few times, it has to be at least 105db without it. Not only that it would be legal since the city hasn't passed that bylaw yet.

He doesn't even know the meaning of noisy!!


where can I find info on Deerfoot mall events? I didn't think I had time this year... but now that SASC is without a venue I still want to get some other events in.

 

Looks like you found your way; they use SCCA classing as well. Yes, no tire modifier. For anyone else it's likely easiest to find info on the CSCC autoslalom via the Beyond forum event/meets posting, but for you just look them up on Karelo.

What bugs me the most is the implied attitude that we either don't matter or they were already looking to get rid of us anyway. Why not give us a chance to respond? The neighbour's an idiot-I went up to listen to what he had to say (see posting on SASC - great negotiation when your just saying I don't care, I want you out of here.) . At least the discussion was civil.

While I appreciate the Grey Eagle for allowing us to run their so far this year, the short notice was insulting. It's not like we haven't accomodated them by quickly taking down our event (even the Grey Eagle's own cordons), picking up trash, and not running our Mother's Day event. Probably a third of the people would eat at their buffet, and after the Tuesday events we had a beer in their lounge. Plus posting an event or two on Beyond, and defending them.

R's right in that you could see it coming, though, given how full their lot would get. I was almost beginning to wonder if we were going to get pushed back to the smaller size we had last year. Having said that, they didn't need to block off the one entrance and that would have pushed more cars to their east lot. And a smaller lot versus goodbye?

 

Two dates with CSCC have been changed from Penhold to Deerfoot Mall;
Sept 12
Sept 19

 

That is pretty sweet,

Man I hope this isn't the end of SASC for this year, I really like the club and members and especially the 35 car event caps

The whole situation stinks, the Casino is trying to cater to the city as much as possible in an attempt to keep them happy so they don't cut off access. Bronco was threatening to seal them off and only allow access from the South end of the city earlier this year.

Yeah but FSP with no tire modifier is going to kill me. That is one thing that SASC has really done right, try to keep it affordable. Ambrose passed me 2 R-comps to throw on the front each with maybe 30% tread left to try out.

 

Not really race related, but rumors are flying here today that Vista lost Phase-D to TSE... does that affect you?

 

Well after actually doing some work today, and thinking about other things I'm starting to cool off. Let's be honest; there probably was more than one complaint. Plus what's the multiplier for people who actually will get off their butt and actually figure out where the noise was coming from, figure out who to call, and make the phone call. 10?

I still think the noise levels were likely pretty low, but we weren't given a chance to figure that out. Dan McKiel mentioned they had been phoning the police, so maybe there is more to this story? Maybe a bylaw officer mailed a warning or something to the band although I'm pretty certain they would have been out of their jurisdiction. I'd thought I'd seen someone taking photos of our cars as we left the venue back in June too now that I think of it. Maybe there had been complaints about available parking too? Again let us respond, don't just throw us out with what seems to be little explanation and essentially no notice. I personally think this reflects worse on the Casino than on the NIMBY's because I already have such low expectations for NIMBY's level of reason.

We're still up on the casino event list, the corvette club hasn't changed their calendar, so we seem to be the ones most affected.

Just the fact Bronco's alledged to have threatened that is such a bad reflection on him. I personally could care less if that SW ring road ever gets built. People buying property that's supposed to have a freeway coming near it knowingly take the risk, but I'm not going to go off topic like I did on Beyond.

 

Pat Smith up in Edmonton has a couple of 205/55R15 R comp's for sale as well; he's know as mrheavyfoot on the alberta solo association forum.

Yeah I prefer the SASC overall I think too. They are a much more beginner oriented club with lower club memberships, lower event costs, the tyre modifier, and they put on a school. They are still a pretty good club, and Scott does a good job of organizing. I'm not as much a fan of their course layouts personally as I been in events where there it's a braking contest at the finish. The courses are still challenging and just as safe. If the event was in Red Deer this w/e I'd be headed down to Lethbridge to check out their venue.

Probably half to two thirds of the people at SASC occasionally to often run with the CSCC too based on this season. I really hope we find another venue. I can't believe in hindsight how vulnerable the club may be to losing this venue.

You look up some of these airports on google maps ( Airports in Alberta, AB ) and think to yourself. Hmm that would work, that would work. At Claresholm it looks like we wouldn't even necessarily have to impact the use of the main runway. The one in Drumheller is long and only has maybe 5 houses within 2km. But with motorsport's perception (?), people's small-mindedness most seem to say no. Some (Airdrie) apparently were pretty rude about it when last asked too.
We wouldn't tear up the pavement unless it was already failing and needed replacement. We have insurance for any other potential damage. We pay for the lots from what I understand, so it'd be cash in their jeans too.

 

I think R is a bit off base with his accusations that this is a Liberal problem, I would say cities like Vancouver and Montreal are both extremely Liberal in politics and their citizens too, but in stark contrast of Conservative controlled Alberta they enjoy probably the most diverse and healthy motorsports cultures in Canada.

Personally I consider myself to be more liberal than conservative as well.

I don't think there is any direct association with political philosophy, seems like the wrong approach. The real problem is Bronco and his right hand Farrel both seem to have it in for motorsports of any kind within city limits.

Kind of like how Indy has approached Calgary again this year with a proposed city route for the course... Bronco told them the city wasn't interested and to get lost.

 

Greg had a nice tight course there on Saturday, and coupled with one or two no shows/atypical performances on the preliminary results a Fit snuck into the top 10 somehow! I think we both could have been into the 48's too.

On just the first three of the morning's results (like SASC) I think the result would have been more normal ie 22nd place - you had me beat handily by 6 tenths. Lot's of people seemed to overdrive in the afternoon heat.
I like it much better when they change the course; however, it does allow me to work on my driving and my lines when they don't.

The biggest thing for me was being more patient in the loop, getting tight, and steering with the throttle at the SE corner of the course, but there was still time on the course. Also managed to line up for the slalom better in the afternoon when Greg moved the first cone back 4" and got less behind. Could still use more discipline to prevent braking with my tyres and forcing myself to straighten out/let off the throttle more when it does happen.

 

You were really on it for this event, Kudos on your runs!

Was a cool course for sure, I was having trouble adjusting to the R-comps though... they are really twitchy compared to regular tires. I kept finding myself either over or under estimating the grip.

My afternoon was pretty much throw away runs, I was pretty happy with my morning run so I wasn't putting as much emphasis on being competitive in the afternoon. I did sneak into the 49's, but not without taking a couple of cones with me.

On my 3rd run I overdrove the hell out of the car when I took the newbie with the 2011 Mustang out for his first ride along ever. I don't know how many cones I hit, but damn it was fun!

Good day though, was a blast.

I was dead tired at the end though, I went home and napped for like 3 hours. That heat was killing me!

 

Well, I didn't feel on it today. My times were all pretty close to eachother (within one second), but I just didn't seem to be able to reduce my times with more runs like we're usually able to.

I was over-driving today too much. Still similar to the last event with no-shows I placed 9th. Stuart and Wayne beat me today though.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda gone up and raced at Namao. It was a fun day and with only one event in the last month I'm glad I went.

Climbing on the 28th, so not doing that one. SISS on the Sept long (venue, party) and then the two Sept Deerfoot events.

Scott offerred to co-drive cars on alternating events. That would be pretty cool-learn to drive a rwd!

CA

 

SASC picked up a new venue, the airport at Fort Mcleoud... is about a 2 hour drive from Calgary (sigh). The good news is they get 30% less rainfall there and the pavement is apparently very good.

 

Nothing on the forum yet; do you know what dates they have?
I wonder if there's any conflicts with CSCC events since I got asked if I wanted to co-drive?
I've looked at that one on google maps - should be good, but yeah 2.5 hr drive at least for me coming from the north side of calgary.

 

I am not sure about dates yet, Reijo was by my desk today talking about it so for sure they have the venue.

 

Well, I think I am done for this year... it is September and I have to start taking things apart.

CPat, do you want my tires & rims for cheap? I have the Rota Circut-8's... 2 have RE-11's mounted, the other 2 have some R-comps that have a few more events left in them for sure. I also have the other 2 RE-11's sitting loose. 360$?

I have a ton of other stuff too you might be interested in; J's front and B.E. C-pillar strut bars, engine management w/ custom harness, air shocks, front X3E brake pads, stiffer rear springs, header, B-pipe, exhuast... ect.

The only things I plan to leave in the car are things that don't meet the cost/effort ratio to remove; Rear X3E brakes, front springs, T1R brake lines & the front sway bar.