American Autocross Series - Marina, CA - July 4th and 5th

[buickfunnycar.com]

Nice to see everyone out there today...that was a fast wide track ideal for these cars and what an impressive showing it was.

I'll post my pictures soon...

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Run the car john!!!!!!

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I had to rush home and get ready to go to a party with Kathy.

I'll post more tomorrow. Right now I am 1/2-way loaded and all the way sunburned and need to go to bed.

Here's a taste.

[buickfunnycar.com]

Run the car john!!!!!!

LOL...seemed to be the theme of the day.

I was getting some serious ribbing for having my car there (I live 1.5 miles away) and not running it.
First time I fire it up in 6 months and running a auto-x was the last thing on my mind.

[CurtiSS 69]

Run the car john!!!!!!

Oh Yea!!!

I have to hear that beast at full throttle!

Regards

CurtiSS 69

[CurtiSS 69]

For those who couldn't make it to this great event here are some photos and video shot for a little hand held GoPro camera:

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

The One Lap Camaro was astounding, and it was so great to see it in action...The way it should be. Thanks James. I got a rides from the Autocross Masters themselves Dave & Mary in the Beast, and the smile still remains. It accelerates like nothing I've been in before and David told me it wasn't on the cam yet!

The AAS course was very fast and wide catering to larger more powerful PT type cars. The turnout of real CP cars was noteworthy. What a great way to spend the 4th.

Regards

CurtiSS 69

[James OLC]

It was definately an awesome weekend! We picked up a TON today - the result of some last minute changes to the rear suspension. There were some awesome cars out there as well, including TAZ - the Gulf '67 - which wound up being in our class. The American Autocross Series group was incredible - we got a total of 40 runs in the OLC over the two days (talk about hot lapping). Ton's of fun which, as always, I couldn't have had without the help and guidance of Dave and Mary - thanks guys!

[CurtiSS 69]

It was definately an awesome weekend! We picked up a TON today - the result of some last minute changes to the rear suspension. There were some awesome cars out there as well, including TAZ - the Gulf '67 - which wound up being in our class. The American Autocross Series group was incredible - we got a total of 40 runs in the OLC over the two days (talk about hot lapping). Ton's of fun which, as always, I couldn't have had without the help and guidance of Dave and Mary - thanks guys!

That's great that the car is dialed in. Even with the understeer troubles it was still daunting. Those One Lap and optima battery guy's have something to fear. You have the right Team.

Thanks for running the car for what it was built for, so those of us who were lucky enough to be there got to see it in action. I hope you start a trend.

What changes were made to the rear suspension to get it working better on Sunday?

Regards

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[mpozzi]

We had the absolute best time and all feel much more comfortable behind the wheel of James' "One-Lap" Camaro now. Turned some very quick times today and with better (read stickier) tires, the car would have gone from amazing to WOW. Still some tweaking and playing to do but the bulk of this is done!!!

Musclecarjohn came out and brought his wife who promptly planted herself in my '73 and got a few E-ticket rides in return. She was grinning ear-to-ear and methinks she might even entertain running John's Focus or her Honda in the future ... we'll see. We both had a blast and laughed most of the way around the course.

Running street tires kept me about a second slower than James Camaro but I love these Kumho Ecsta XS's and can attest to their performance for us with larger, heavier cars. Plus they make 'em in "our" sizes and Kumho's don't break the bank. Very fun to open the garage door, start the car and drive to the event, compete, and then drive home.

It was great to see True and meet other Pro-Touring members there. I met Deanna at Pleasanton GoodGuys and she brought her '67 Chevelle down. While she was a bit hesitant to navigate the cones at GoodGuys, the Chevelle did great at Marina. Everyone was extremely supportive and offered help, advice, and even a bungee cord to keep her battery locked and loaded when the OEM clamp gave way. I'm sure we'll see Deanna and the 'Velle at future events and she's even talking about upgrading her suspension. Hotchkis ... prepare for a phone call and she can't wait to get those goodies on her car.

And here's a fun shot ...


Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[David Pozzi]

Had a great weekend running the O.L.C. around the cones! Progress has been made but it's just amazing how much understeer we still had, and how much it takes to get the in car balance, -we are finally getting close.

I think the car did amazingly well compared to some real tough competition on better rubber and WAY less weight. No- we didn't beat the CP guys, but when you consider the tire differences, I think we did extremely well.
With the car getting easier to drive, James is doing much better with it, and he's closer to our times.
I have some video clips I'll upload and post.
David

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Lets see if this works:

[Steve1968LS2]

We had the absolute best time and all feel much more comfortable behind the wheel of James' "One-Lap" Camaro now. Turned some very quick times today and with better (read stickier) tires, the car would have gone from amazing to WOW. Still some tweaking and playing to do but the bulk of this is done!!!

Musclecarjohn came out and brought his wife who promptly planted herself in my '73 and got a few E-ticket rides in return. She was grinning ear-to-ear and methinks she might even entertain running John's Focus or her Honda in the future ... we'll see. We both had a blast and laughed most of the way around the course.

Running street tires kept me about a second slower than James Camaro but I love these Kumho Ecsta XS's and can attest to their performance for us with larger, heavier cars. Plus they make 'em in "our" sizes and Kumho's don't break the bank. Very fun to open the garage door, start the car and drive to the event, compete, and then drive home.

It was great to see True and meet other Pro-Touring members there. I met Deanna at Pleasanton GoodGuys and she brought her '67 Chevelle down. While she was a bit hesitant to navigate the cones at GoodGuys, the Chevelle did great at Marina. Everyone was extremely supportive and offered help, advice, and even a bungee cord to keep her battery locked and loaded when the OEM clamp gave way. I'm sure we'll see Deanna and the 'Velle at future events and she's even talking about upgrading her suspension. Hotchkis ... prepare for a phone call and she can't wait to get those goodies on her car.

And here's a fun shot ...


Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

Glad everything went well.. wish I was there to see it.

Also glad to hear that Jim's car is getting more and more sorted out. I still think his biggest detriment is the size of his front tires. Wider front rubber would really help the understeer situation.

In any event, great to hear you guys were out tearing it up.. that's what this hobby should be all about!

Marina was a fun time for sure. That's a great shot! Scope out that CP competition real close now.. lol

Is it September yet?

[David Pozzi]

Steve, We wish you were here with Penny! - we did get asked "Is this car Penny?" a few times!
Here's Mary running OLC.

[CarlC]

Nice vid!

Looks like she's running one-eye-blind on the girll James.

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The left door would come open on some runs. Closes when the car slows though.

It's the intense G forces man!

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A series of series:

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