Autocrossed the Buick today!

[JayR]

Went to an autocross to run the Buick today and had a blast! The combination of the Hotchkis TVS system, Bilsteins, Lee quick-ratio steering box, Baer Brakes, and BF/Goodrich KDWs made for a killer set up that stayed under control even when the track was wet. Oh, and the Rushforth Wheels did quite well too! Held air and turned round and round and everything!

The weather sucked yesterday so the whole course was soaked during the first half of the AM session I was in but as a novice, I got to work a corner for the first half while other guys slid around drying up the track. The course was a little over a half mile long with a big left hand sweeper at the halfway point that headed us back up to the timing tower.



When my group came up, I had the oldest and biggest car there and I'm sure people were wondering because there was only one other P-T car there but on my 2nd lap, the announcer exclaimed how noteworthy it was to have 2 clean laps down considering the Buick's size! After that, people started coming up one after another laying on the ground to see what was going on underneath.

Having been to a ton of autocross events with friends and riding shotgun was my motivation to build the Buick the way I did and now I get to finally reap some rewards! Much more to come!

So, before anyone hangs a "This thread is worthless" banner on my thread, here's a few pictures with action shots courtesy of Melanie who braved the cold morning weather standing in the apex of a corner on a windy airstrip! Thanks Babe!

One of these kids is doing his own thing!

This looked like the odds on favorite by a longshot when the course was soaked but she wound up in the second session when things dried up and two Corvettes nipped her. A nasty C3 and a C5 Z06 that had her covered by 2 seconds.

Eat your heart out, Boris Said!

[JayR]

This new Camaro looked good and ran great.

[JayR]

The 2nd place Corvette was so fast, Melanie couldn't even get it in the viewfinder! The delay of the pont and shoot digital doesn't help either.....

Here's the only other P-T car. I don't know what he had for motor and underpinnings but he had race tires and a 5 speed and ran hard! He had me covered by 7 seconds but I don't feel bad for my first time out with street tires, a powerglide and a 2 barrel. Revenge will be mine!!

[oestek]

Jay,

Your Buick is SWEET! Looks awesome! Great job with it, and it's cool you can go out and enjoy it! We need mo' bigger photos!

[JayR]

Jay,

Your Buick is SWEET! Looks awesome! Great job with it, and it's cool you can go out and enjoy it! We need mo' bigger photos!

Thanks Kevin! I wish I knew how to put bigger photos up. I link PhotoBucket and they usually wind up little like this.

[Bad Bird]

Love the Buick! That C3 is awesome as well.

I wish we had Auto-X down here in Kangaroo Land.

[critter]

Great looking car!

You know, different courses favor different setups IMHO. It seems that on a tight course with my old TA the little cars will beat my brains out. I could never bring the power on to make up for the weight. Was that your experience?

[NOT A TA]

Good to see you had fun out there with the car!

[JayR]

Great looking car!

You know, different courses favor different setups IMHO. It seems that on a tight course with my old TA the little cars will beat my brains out. I could never bring the power on to make up for the weight. Was that your experience?

Not at all, the gates and slaloms were pretty tight but very manageable with my set-up and the course was fairly long so there was lots of room to stretch the legs on the big hp cars.

[Modo Innovations]

Car looks great. Glad you you had a great time. Great place to show off your wheels too.

[Bill Howell]

Be careful Jason, it is addictive....haha

[mpozzi]

Gorgeous car and cool photographs. Congrats on your first event and I hope you keep at it. Definitely bring this car to GoodGuys and you'll get tons of practice at their events. By the end of any GoodGuys event, you'll be so experience you'll have the Mustang guy covered by those same seven seconds!!

Melanie sure had fun the last time she rode shotgun with me and we've got to get her behind the wheel of something fun ...



Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[BA.]

Cool to see you the big Buick out there!!! I'm sure it was a blast!

[John Wright]

Thanks Kevin! I wish I knew how to put bigger photos up. I link PhotoBucket and they usually wind up little like this.

Look at the size when you upload to photobucket, I think you may have the uploading size set fairly small...if your camera takes bigger pics, then I bet that is where the problem with your small pics is taking place.


BTW, great to see that big car out there. Oh, and the wheels and stance look killer on her too.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

Yes!

thats what im talking about!

[PleaseNoSteve]

Nice - beat up the cones!

[Bryce]

thats cool

[Scott Parkhurst]

You're living the dream! It's a blast throwing one of these early A-bodies around the cones...You'll get a lot faster with some more experience. In my wagon it's a matter of feeling the front end plant, and then swinging the back end around with the throttle LOL!

FUN!

[JayR]

Be careful Jason, it is addictive....haha

Too late, Bill!

[srh3trinity]

That Buick is a classy ride and a great business card for your wheels. Nice to see the performance is there too.