ACR-Mark
07-05-2010, 06:12 AM
First of all, I want to thank everyone for making me feel welcome at this event. I have never been to an "away" event where I felt more at home.
Thanks for letting me help set up the course.
Thanks for letting me assist with the first timers.
Thanks for all the nice comments and "thank you's" that I received during the day.
It was my pleasure to be of any kind of service at all, and I had an absolute blast.
The event ran extremely smoothe, and it's due to the dedication and hard work of everyone who attended.
I also want to thank Brian Finch for the competition. He is an excellent driver and an asset to the group.
For those who were seeing/meeting me for the first time, here's a small amount of background so that you don't think I appeared out of nowhere.
When I was a kid, my older brother had a black 67 Firebird. I wanted that car so bad, still have pictures of it. My first car was an 81 Firebird. My fourth car was an 83 Firebird. My sixth car was an 85 Firebird.
I started autocrossing in late 2001. My very first event was in my 87 Monte SS. I had purchased a 2001 Camaro Z28 about a month prior to that event, so I waited until the 2002 season to start autocrossing it. I ran that car for 2 seasons. After several vehicle changes the next few years, I bought a 2009 RX-8 brand new, since I am addicted to autocross, and the clamshell doors work well for my little kiddos. At my home region, I pretty much do the same thing as I did on Saturday, I handle the novices, first-timers, and anyone else wanting to get an edge or some advice on how to get through a course faster.
I heard about the Pro Touring group after some of my co-workers attended RTTH 4 as spectators. I think there were some Subaru guys who had shown up, so my co-workers said I should try and go with them next time. Well, I was the only non-muscle car at RTTH 5. This past weekend, one of those co-workers finally stepped up from spectator to entrant, and ran his black 73 Camaro on Saturday.
My RX-8 is completely stock, aside from a mild alignment and some Dunlop Star Spec tires. While it seemed to work really well on that tight course at Red Top, it really suffers a lot in the slow speed stuff. On a long course, where you can scream through transitions higher up in 2nd gear, that's really where they do well. Where other cars reach their limit, the RX-8's are still hanging on.
Red Top is tight, oh yeah, but I think we all put our heads together and made it work with what little we had. It would be great to see a bigger site in the future, maybe the Atlanta region of the SCCA can help out with that.
Thanks for letting me help set up the course.
Thanks for letting me assist with the first timers.
Thanks for all the nice comments and "thank you's" that I received during the day.
It was my pleasure to be of any kind of service at all, and I had an absolute blast.
The event ran extremely smoothe, and it's due to the dedication and hard work of everyone who attended.
I also want to thank Brian Finch for the competition. He is an excellent driver and an asset to the group.
For those who were seeing/meeting me for the first time, here's a small amount of background so that you don't think I appeared out of nowhere.
When I was a kid, my older brother had a black 67 Firebird. I wanted that car so bad, still have pictures of it. My first car was an 81 Firebird. My fourth car was an 83 Firebird. My sixth car was an 85 Firebird.
I started autocrossing in late 2001. My very first event was in my 87 Monte SS. I had purchased a 2001 Camaro Z28 about a month prior to that event, so I waited until the 2002 season to start autocrossing it. I ran that car for 2 seasons. After several vehicle changes the next few years, I bought a 2009 RX-8 brand new, since I am addicted to autocross, and the clamshell doors work well for my little kiddos. At my home region, I pretty much do the same thing as I did on Saturday, I handle the novices, first-timers, and anyone else wanting to get an edge or some advice on how to get through a course faster.
I heard about the Pro Touring group after some of my co-workers attended RTTH 4 as spectators. I think there were some Subaru guys who had shown up, so my co-workers said I should try and go with them next time. Well, I was the only non-muscle car at RTTH 5. This past weekend, one of those co-workers finally stepped up from spectator to entrant, and ran his black 73 Camaro on Saturday.
My RX-8 is completely stock, aside from a mild alignment and some Dunlop Star Spec tires. While it seemed to work really well on that tight course at Red Top, it really suffers a lot in the slow speed stuff. On a long course, where you can scream through transitions higher up in 2nd gear, that's really where they do well. Where other cars reach their limit, the RX-8's are still hanging on.
Red Top is tight, oh yeah, but I think we all put our heads together and made it work with what little we had. It would be great to see a bigger site in the future, maybe the Atlanta region of the SCCA can help out with that.