Rich Mixture Robbie Nelson in flight at Riverside in March. For a good idea of what you ve been missing, see Robbie s vids on YouTube. T h e Few and the Q u i c k (? ) A n o t h e r small tur n o u t m e a n s lots of s e a t t i m e @ RHS in May. June 2008 Volume 47, Issue 6 In this issue Upcoming Events 3 May AutoX Results Classifieds 6 The Rolling Chicane 6 Autocross Classing Explained 4-5 7 O f f i c ia l P u bl i cation of the Southern W es t V i r g inia R egion SC CA w w w. sw v r s c c a. o r g
Page 2 Rich Mixture 2008 SWVR Board of Directors (etc.) Regional Executive Martin Valent 213 Knollwood Drive Charleston, WV 25303 541-5420 gtfour77@yahoo.com Activities Director Miro Valent 213 Knollwood Drive Charleston, WV 25303 610-1248 mirecwvu@yahoo.com Secretary Naomi Bays 604 Jean Street Charleston, WV 25302 395-5455 naomi@apartmentearth.com Rich Mixture Editor Jonathan Byrne 134 Fountain Way Scott Depot, WV 25560 757-3718 pylondodger@earthlink.net Grid Chief Christopher Mann Route 3, Box 281K Hurricane, WV 25526 Chief Solo Safety Steward Scott Byrne 106 Paul Avenue Poca, WV 25159 776-6623 scott944@suddenlink.net Assistant RE Jason Vehige 810 Beech Avenue Charleston, WV 25302 553-6266 conecarvermini@yahoo.com Rich Mixture Business Manager OPEN Registrars April & Troy Morgan RR1 Box 53A Poca, WV 25159 610-9992 Director at Large Brad Spurlock 531 Everest Avenue Saint Albans, WV 25177 550-3721 spurlock1976@aol.com Treasurer Judd Thompson 3148 Putnam Avenue Hurricane, WV 25526 741-2601 Judd@suddenlink.net Competition / Licensing Chair Dave Larue 2920 State Route 1 Greenup, KY 41144 (606) 473-5808 dlarue@zoomnet.net Webmaster Sean Banerjee 373 Wymer Road Jane Lew, WV 26378 sean@swvrscca.org Autocross Committee Chair Jack Sampson 5225 Alpine Dr #c Charleston WV 25313-1638 BlueACR44@suddenlink.net Membership Chairman Jason Norton 106A Lee Street Poca, WV 25159 722-4237 Jasonn@ordersconstruction.com
Volume 47, Issue 6 Page 3 Upcoming Events DATE EVENT LOCATION June 15 Autocross Riverside HS July 11 Club Meeting TBA July 20 Autocross Riverside HS August 1 Club Meeting TBA August 10 Autocross Riverside HS SCHDEULE NOTES Please note that the August event is on the second Sunday of the month, not the usual third A two-day extravaganza is tentatively scheduled for the Elkins airport on September 6 & 7 There will be a benefit event for RHS on either September 28 or October 12 General Event and Meeting Info Club meetings start at 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Autocross registration closes promptly at 9:30 a.m. First runs being at 10:00 a.m. Autocrosses are not over until the trailer is packed and the site cleaned up! TBA = To Be Announced Locations may change. Contact Martin Valent or check the website for updates. Everyone is welcome at all meetings! Online Registration Online registration is available for autocross events this year. Online registration helps out on the day of the event by making the event setup process much smoother. Please sign up online and help us make the event go faster, smoother, and better for everyone. Register online at http://www.autoxrs.net/registration All Rich Mixture content, including pictures, is produced by the editor, unless otherwise noted. Submissions welcome. All contents 2008 SWVR SCCA, Inc. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the SWVR. Cover photo by Martin Valent. Back page photo by Naomi Bays.
Page 4 Rich Mixture The May AutoX - by Kevin Smith May 18, 2008 Riverside High School, Quincy, WV PL Driver Car Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Run 7 Run 8 G/Stock 1 Miroslav Valent Acura Integra 49.472 49.583 48.367+1 48.073 48.841 48.984 48.334 48.180 2 Tim Maddox Dodge Neon 54.851 53.473 54.699 53.145 53.636 53.882 54.327 53.197 D/Stock compared to E/Stock => C/Stock => B/Stock 1 Jon Byrne 2007 MazdaSpeed3 47.879 47.264 46.766 47.117 46.875 46.949 46.349 46.128 B/Stock Compared to A/Stock => Super Stock 1 Kevin Smith Mazda RX8 49.364 48.604+2 48.620 48.100 48.492 48.008 47.901 48.732 Super Stock 1 Jack Sampson Corvette Z06 CE 46.331 45.029 45.534 46.226 46.785 45.626+1 47.535+1 45.473 2 Chuck Clark Corvette 48.497 47.554 47.601 47.171 48.519 48.586 48.470+1 47.185+1 Street Touring /Tire 1 Jason Vehige Subaru Legacy Wagon 49.920 49.244 48.021 47.316 48.565 48.565 48.038 46.895 2 Chris Mann Subaru Legacy Wagon 52.717+3 48.554 48.557 47.782 48.015+2 48.066 46.943 57.604 Street Touring X compared to D/Street Prepared => A/Street Prepared => D/Prepared => E/Modified 1 John Taylor 2008 Mazdaspeed 3 47.865 47.089 46.241 46.266 47.364 47.103 46.977+1 46.027 Street Modified 1 Martin Valent Toyota Celica All Trac 45.339 57.971 44.979 DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR 2 Brian Boggess Subaru 2.5RS 48.711 48.906 48.492 49.455+1 49.863 49.534 48.950 48.974 3 Matt Joseph Subaru 2.5RS off off 56.158 51.044 51.642 50.328 50.617 49.877 4 James Lanham Plymouth Laser 54.565 53.018 52.705 52.084 54.138 52.740 51.970 52.351 5 Brandon Hulett Thunderbird TC 53.907 55.064+1 53.259 52.390 55.305 53.850 52.549 52.532 F/Street Prepared compared to D/SP - Dennis Blevins Triumph Spitfire 63.373 66.644 58.844 off 57.828 57.304 56.037 72.244
Volume 47, Issue 6 PL Driver Car Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Run 7 Run 8 E/Street Prepared compared to B/SP => A/SP => C/Prepared => E/Modified 1 March Tucker Camaro 55.095 51.432 50.632 50.503 51.682 49.650 49.475 50.642 D/Street Prepared compared to C/SP - Zane Joy 2002 VW GTI 1.8T 52.885 48.987 50.307 58.631 50.623 48.531 49.608 48.859 C/Street Prepared compared to A/Street Prepared 1 Scott Byrne Porsche 944 49.356 47.471 47.757 47.964+2 48.187 47.842 47.563 46.959 2 Judd Thompson Porsche 944 50.734 48.567 48.235 47.002 49.320 48.135 47.069 47.579 B/Street Prepared compared to A/Street Prepared => C/Prepared => E/Modified 1 Mike Bartram Datsun 280ZX Turbo 53.574 53.652 52.844 52.003 53.074 52.782 52.969 53.048 E/Modified compared to => No class to compare Page 5 - Sean McGinnis Mistubishi Eclipse 54.839 55.712 60.844 61.172 57.460 54.867 53.860 54.237 +x = number of cones (2 seconds each) oc = Off course -time does not count A bold time indicates the driver's fastest time O V E R A L L Raw Driver POS Behind Martin Valent 1 44.979 Jack Sampson 2 0.050 John Taylor 3 1.048 Jon Byrne 4 1.149 Jason Vehige 5 1.916 Christopher Mann 6 1.964 Scott Byrne 7 1.980 Judd Thompson 8 2.023 Chuck Clark 9 2.192 Kevin Smith 10 2.922 Miroslav Valent 11 3.094 Brian Boggess 12 3.513 Zane Joy 13 3.552 March Tucker 14 4.496 Matt Joseph 15 4.898 James Lanham 16 6.991 Mike Bartram 17 7.024 Brandon Hulett 18 7.411 Tim Maddox 19 8.166 Sean McGinnis 20 8.881 Dennis Blevins 21 11.058 PAX POS Driver Time Behind 1 Jon Byrne 37.456 0.000 2 John Taylor 38.202 0.746 3 Jason Vehige 38.266 0.810 4 Christopher Mann 38.305 0.849 5 Jack Sampson 38.365 0.909 6 Martin Valent 38.682 1.226 7 Miroslav Valent 39.179 1.723 8 Kevin Smith 39.854 2.398 9 Chuck Clark 40.190 2.734 10 Scott Byrne 40.197 2.741 11 Judd Thompson 40.234 2.778 12 Zane Joy 40.912 3.456 13 March Tucker 41.608 4.152 14 Brian Boggess 41.703 4.247 15 Matt Joseph 42.894 5.438 16 Tim Maddox 43.313 5.857 17 Mike Bartram 44.619 7.163 18 James Lanham 44.694 7.238 19 Brandon Hulett 45.055 7.599 20 Dennis Blevins 46.679 9.223 21 Sean McGinnis 47.774 10.318
Page 6 Rich Mixture CLASSIFIEDS Free to SWVR members, cheap to others. Contact the editor to place your ad. For Sale - Wheels & Tires New (one autocross on a 1200 lb. car) Avon Tech RA tires on 4x100 bolt pattern 14" WV GTI wheels. I'm asking $400 for the set of 4. Comes with an extra wheel. Chet Burdette chetcpo@juno.com or (304) 542-4565 For Sale - Tire Trailer Selling my Mini-trailer that totes tires to autocross & track events (pic right). Asking $450. Tom White twhiteatty@gmail.com The Rolling Chicane News, Notes, and Views from the SWVR, SCCA, and Beyond, by your humble editor. SWVR NEWS Where Is Everybody? Even turnout this year has been down sharply. Although that is somewhat due to the our horrible luck with weather, and high gas prices don t help, something else must be going on. If you re an old SWVR regular who hasn t been coming out this year, please let someone on the Board know, or write to Rich Mixture, and let us know why. We want as many folks as possible to come out and play! Early Elkins Details Speaking of playing, as you ll note in the coming events section, a two-day blowout in Elkins is tentatively scheduled for September 6 & 7. Plans are to have two points events, though some prizes and such may be awarded based on combined results. The venue is the Elkins-Randolph County Airport, located two miles south of Elkins on Route 219. Yeager Update Brad Spurlock is currently working to nail down details for a return visit to Yeager Airport in Charleston. More details as they become available. SCCA NEWS Out of Region Events A few upcoming autocrosses of interest in the area: Corvette Club @ Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport (Parkersburg), July 12 Pittsburgh Vintage GP Autocross @ Beaver Run, July 12-13 Commonwealth Games @ Danville, VA, July 19-20 SCCA SEDiv @ Danville, VA, August 16-17
Volume 47, Issue 6 Page 7 Classes and rules vary from sanctioning body to sanctioning body, but typically you get stuck into what ever class the event master said you were going to run in. This process allows his buddy in the Z06 to win each weekend against a gaggle of rusty MGBs. Potentially the most popular class in Autocross is the "I" class, which is so named because anything goes as long as "I" get to win. An alternative approach (actually chosen by the SCCA) is the "6-year-old beauty contest" classing structure, in which everyone gets a trophy for something. Miata owners are common recipients of "Miss Congeniality" trophies. There are usually classes for obsolete race cars left over from other series but most autocross cars are based on shitty production cars. (See H Stock Below) Except for the Corvette Z06. The Corvette Z06 was handcrafted by the almighty himself out of angel crap, and can never be beaten. Period. Having a really 'butch' name like "Butch or "Lance" is mandatory for Z06 drivers. The SCCA 2006 SOLO champion was a Trabant Stock Classes Stock, in this case, means not stock at all. For example, use of $10,000 aftermarket shocks and $2,000 race tires is not only encouraged, but required to be competitive in stock class competition. Super Stock: The penis extension class. Plenty of "compensation" going on with the size of their hoods... The only thing "big" about Super Stock drivers in general is the size of their Grid. A Stock: Proving that a car with VTAK is faster than a car with a turbo. If you don't like nice things, the C4 is still a very competitive choice. B Stock: This is one of the more confusing of the stock classes. Nobody that's ever driven a Mazda RX-8 can possibly understand A) How a car with 14.77 ft/lbs. of torque can be that much faster than the 350z, B) Why Autocross Classing Explained* First in a Series nobody can beat that Isley guy and C) How they convince their tire guy to spend an entire workweek mounting those Kumhos C Stock: If your car has ever been referred to as a "Girl's Car", this is where you belong. D Stock: Plenty of "competitive" cars to chose from but right now VTAK reigns supreme. How much tire can you fit on a 6" wide wheel? Be careful of protests if you tread the waters of National D Stock competition. E Stock: If you don't ever want to have to lift during a run, you'll fit right in here. You should probably move to Tennessee if you want to be "fast". Most E Stock cars, once deemed suitable for competition, can be found abandoned in a ditch for short periods of time. F Stock: This is a class where competitors who cannot drive well will try to get the faster cars moved out of the class so they might have a chance at a trophy. If it has a V8, rear wheel drive, and isn't a Corvette, it ends up here. This applies equally, even if the car in question is station wagon, a taxi cab, or a Silver SN95 Mustang GT sporting a Cowl Hood driven by a man named Jeff. G Stock: Good thing MCCs have such a good resale value. H Stock: The ultimate shitty car class. This class is dominated by Mini Coopers and Mazda 3's, but would be dominated by Saturns if they could keep them running for more than 25 seconds. The H is for human, since H Stock is the only class where walking the course takes less time than driving the course. Let's not even get started on H Stock "Ladies"! The SEB is currently considering the addition of Huffys and 21 speed competition bikes to this class. However, this initiative faces serious pressure from the powerful "Mazda 3 Mafia," who have no way of actually being competitive with a human powered vehicle. Slowly appearing on the scene are some Civics, two Subarus, a Corolla and a Scion tc. * This is humor, taken from the Net (see http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/autocross), and is not meant to rile up anybody. However, if you re offended, do something constructive with that energy and write something for next month s issue of Rich Mixture, so I don t have to resort to this sort of cheap stunt again. Next month, Street Prepared! - Ed.
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