Pleasanton AutoX Roll Call

[mazspeed]

CONGRATULATIONS MARY!!!

Mary took the whole event (and an award), 36.62...best of the weekend!

Are there posted results yet?

[Jeff70]

Hello all im Jeff I had the blue Cutlass convertible I just wanna say I had a great time, I quit going to the GoodGuys shows about 5yrs ago I guess I got kinda tired of just looking at cars collecting dust. The autocross made my weekend I hope they do it every year. I met some great people got a few rides just had a blast...... I was hoping to post some pics but I had my 11yr old daughter and my wife taking the pics..... so if any one wants to see the back of some guys head or Marys front headlight just le me know.....lol


Jeff

[67cougnut]

I went out today it was a lot of fun auto the auto-x i really didnt even care about the rest of the show.Marys driving was awesome but i have to admit Mike Maier from Maier racing is one hell of a driver as well!

[David Pozzi]

Here's a run by James Shipka in the One Lap Camaro. I just found it on Youtube...

[buickfunnycar.com]

Congrats Mary,great driving...

[Damn True]

This week was my anniversary. We went camping last weekend, and this weekend was spent in SF. Went to a play on Saturday and a nice dinner Sat night and a night in a too expensive hotel. Sunday we went to the Giants game. Nothing car related.....ugh.

Well at least the Giants won.

[class67]

After seeing the Nova get stacked up, it kinda freaked me out so I stayed away from the auto-x (I know...i'm a puss) but I did get this for the 2nd year in a row:

[MrQuick]

nice job Steve. Sorry we missed you again.


vince

[EBMC]

I went out today it was a lot of fun auto the auto-x i really didnt even care about the rest of the show.Marys driving was awesome but i have to admit Mike Maier from Maier racing is one hell of a driver as well!

I rode with Mike on Saturday and it was a blast, I just had to hold on to the seat frame with both hands since the passenger seat was like sitting on a beach ball! wish I could have had enough time earlier in the week to have gotten the suspension dialed in to run my car, but oh well next time. (and yeah, I caught crap from everyone all weekend about it!)

[-The Stig-]

Was good seeing most everybody one last time Sunday, got in 4 or 5 runs on Sunday before I headed home back to Long Beach... a solid 5 hour ride.

Needless to say, after spending the whole weekend in the car driving up to Stockton, then out to Pleasanton Saturday and thrashing all day, back to Stockton, then back to Pleasanton Sunday morning for more thrashing, and then home. I was ready to get OUT of the car Sunday evening. hahah

For as much as I complain about the damn G8, it performed flawlessly. Stupid new cars. hahah


Once again, just like in Costa Mesa people kept giving me the look of "What's he doing here with a 4-door?" lol... Driving the hell outta it that's what (or attempting to!)
I gotta get off my butt and get the car out to a real SCCA autox event one of these days... after I get new tires.

Wait, nevermind.... I'll just work on the Camaro instead. I think buying and building an engine for it would be cheaper than buying a new set of tires for the G8.

[CRCRFT78]

Some nice runs. I'm going to have to get something running and take it to one of these events. BTW, what cameras were some of you using on your cars? I need one.

[mpozzi]

Wow and thanks for the nice words ...

Both Dave and I had a lot of fun meeting everyone that we "talk" to here and on other sites. Cars are terrific conversation pieces and bring out the best in all of us. The bad part of a two-day GoodGuys event is that the autocross is also two days. We end up staying in the same plot of parking lot for what seems like the entire event and miss out on so much else.

We got into a serious thrashfest the week before Pleasanton and between us and the Camaro, it looked like the Camaro was winning. Got some issues worked out and all was again right. We've got some wonderful companies working with our car and thankfully it didn't disappoint. Mike Maier, Maier Racing, and I swapped cars and he also liked the Camaro. I was also happy he didn't beat me as he's a damn good driver (SCCA C Prepared National Champion) that knows his way around an autocross course ... I think he got the better end of the deal as he told me just before I took to the course in his '66 Mustang notchback ... "er, Mary ... it pushes like a dump truck." He was right. It did!! With aplomb!!!

The owners of the cool red 'Vette are good friends of mine and they compete heavily with that car all over Northern California's autocrosses. Yes, the V710 is technically a "slick lite" as it has a smooth surface with two grooves for decoration. It is DOT legal but with a treadwear of 30, not too many purchase these for street use. The Kumho is an awesome autocross tire and also good for track days. The GoodGuys autocross course wasn't the best venue for this car and to really appreciate it, you need to see it on a more open, faster course. I have and combined with Brian's ability (he's also a Solo National Champion), it's pretty cool. He also bought a second gen roller from me about a year or so ago and when that car's completed, it's going to be a serious contender in C Prepared. He also wants to keep it street legal so methinks my days as being top of the GoodGuys Autocross heap are numbered once he gets it done. Let's see ... 3000 or less lbs compared to my car which weighs almost 3,700 lbs. What's good is that no one has told the '73 it weighs that much so it thinks it's a Miata.

The major downer was previously mentioned and I saw/heard the Super Nova as it hit the K-wall barrier at the end. After the engine quit, Ty was merely a passenger in a bullet headed for the target as there was minimal run-off room at that end of the course. Thankfully, the damage is pretty minor and sheetmetal can be repaired. It did put a damper on the remainder of the autocross (for me, at least).

I tried to accomodate everyone that asked for a ride and just told people to jump in the passenger seat if no one was there. Melanie Rushforth, Rushforth Wheels, did get the "best" ride and it was my final timed run for the competition. Came around the end, trailbraked into the corner, started rotation, and ended up doing this very cool slideways maneuver all the way around to track out. Kept my foot in it balancing the throttle as doing anything else would have been disaster. It was textbook perfect and I'd be hard pressed to do it again. Came out of the corner and planted the accelerator pedal to get to the next transitional section all the while both of us were laughing hysterically. A fitting end.

Hotchkis Sport Suspension were their typically fun selves and those guys are a huge part of making these events fun and enjoyable. It was also great to see John Hotchkis there watching and enjoying seeing his suspensions getting pounded on and thoroughly thrashed. I think the only thing I had to do was check/adjust air pressure and add a little power steering fluid to refill it after I bled it. It's cool to have such a turn-key, uncomplicated car ...

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

P.S. And I was in the back seat when the Excursion ran ... at least that's where I was when the run started.

[MrQuick]

I thought that was you but didn't recognize the bottom of your shoes! LOL

Great weekend it was...

[CurtiSS 69]

Congratulations Mary,

Job well done and on 180 treadwear tires as well. I think you will be at the top of the GoodGuy's Autocross results for a long time. Others will try, but I think you've got'em covered.

Regards

CurtiSS 69

[-The Stig-]

The owners of the cool red 'Vette are good friends of mine and they compete heavily with that car all over Northern California's autocrosses. Yes, the V710 is technically a "slick lite" as it has a smooth surface with two grooves for decoration. It is DOT legal but with a treadwear of 30, not too many purchase these for street use. The Kumho is an awesome autocross tire and also good for track days. The GoodGuys autocross course wasn't the best venue for this car and to really appreciate it, you need to see it on a more open, faster course. I have and combined with Brian's ability (he's also a Solo National Champion), it's pretty cool. He also bought a second gen roller from me about a year or so ago and when that car's completed, it's going to be a serious contender in C Prepared. He also wants to keep it street legal so methinks my days as being top of the GoodGuys Autocross heap are numbered once he gets it done.

Don't worry Mary, once I get the 71RS moving under internal combustion power, and not grunty sweaty foot power... We'll team up and keep him at bay. Bahahah... That is... right till I spin off into the land of rubberized orange pyramids.

Thanks for the Mr. Toads Wild Ride in the G8 Saturday afternoon. Last time I had that much fun in a car was back in high school...




And for the next event, maybe you can get the event people to let you run the G8 with a full load if passengers. Autox-Taxi? hahah

I'd offer it up, but only you could get the people lined up for days. I bet they'd pay for it too! Would be an easy way to raise money for a charity or something..




After a weekend of thrashing through cones, today while driving around for work I was in my work truck ('09 F150 ext cab, possibly the worst handling vehicle known to man. I think a Lada would put the shame on this thing.) Anyways, going down the I-5fwy... I ran into a construction zone with cones. Everybody else was going slow... you know "slow for the cone" safety stuff. I gunned it, by which just makes more noise in the truck rather than going any place. And almost set up for a nice entry into the cones for some chicane/slalom runs. Glad I didn't... damn thing would of gone turtle in a heartbeat. I'd probably still be out there trying to figure out how I'd explain to my boss how the truck randomly "lost control and landed on it's roof".

I blame the Pozzi's for this addiction... worst than cigarettes... and you still end up smoking!tires.

[79-TA]

After seeing the Nova get stacked up, it kinda freaked me out so I stayed away from the auto-x (I know...i'm a puss) but I did get this for the 2nd year in a row:

Someone's got to give you grief . . .
don't be one of those people; drive your car!

[James OLC]

Man... I wish I lived in California, all this travelling is killing me. Thanks as always to David and Mary for their help and time - I couldn't have made the show without them.

The OneLapCamaro has definately improved with the Pozzi's help and it's nice to be able to run without having to spend a lot of time on maintenance at the track or have to be chasing little things here and there. I think that the most difficult mechanical challenge that we had all weekend was trying to pry a cone out of the front wheel well ...

We started the weekend in the 39's and finished with a best run of 37.4 with a 1 cone penalty and a 37.7 clean. I was happy enough with that since it put us near enough to the front to be respectable.



Here are the first two of four videos that we took on Saturday. I need to figure out a way to flip the other two 180° but will post them when I can. For now...

SplitterVision:


and:

[buickfunnycar.com]

cool vids James...

[ks71z28]

Here is a video of my 2nd run of the 1st day. It was a blast and the fans had a great time, the course was 1/4 the average autocross, but 1st gear has never been so much fun, thanks for all of the pro-touring members that took the time to come by, hope you guys enjoyed the rides
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...t=MVI_0215.flv
www.customworksproducts.com

[73CPCAMARO]

Found a video of one my runs on youtube. Thanks to whoever took it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW06OgBbw9g