Tuesday, July 28, 2009

 

Golden gate Lotus Club

Porsche Club (Loma Prieta Region)

Porsche Club (Santa Rosa)

Porsche Club (golden Gate)

AAS

SCCA-Sac chapter

SCCA-SFR

UFO

BMWCCA

 

Runs at

Marina

Marina

Santa Rosa airport

 

Marina,

Stockton

 

Marina

Marina

 

Classing

Marque specific + pax class, penalty for street tires+ fun

 

Marque specific + fun

  

SCCA

SCCA

SCCA+

  

Registration

Online only

Onsite

Onsite

?

Onsite

Onsite

Onsite + pre-reg online

Onsite

Online only

 

Registration line

< 1 minute

< 2 minutes

<2 minutes

?

5 minutes

5 minutes

Long

Long(can be 20 mins)

< 1 minute

 

Punctuality

*****

*****

****

?

****

****

**

*****

***

 

Results

Online, eventually

Online, not always published

    

Online, very fast

Paper within a few weeks. Can take months online.

?

 

Format

All day. 4 run groups, run morning and afternoon

All day.

2 run groups, morning and afternoon

All day. 4 runs groups, morning and afternoon

 

Half day. 4 run groups, either morning or afternoon

 

Half day, either am or pm. Possible fun runs

Half day, either am or pm. Possible fun runs

All day, 4 run groups, mornign and afternoon.

 

Typical number of runs

10

12

10

 

5

4

3-4

4

  

Cost

$53 (inc lunch)

$35

$30

 

$40

$30

$35

$35

  

Have to join something?

No, but being a member of GGLC ($25) allows early registration

No.

No

Join PCA

No

No, but need day membership ($15) or full SCCA membership$85

Yes, $85 to join SCCA

   

Use of time

****

*****

***

       

Quirks

Have to buy lunch

Seem to favor very tight 1st gear

Lot is a little small and dangerous

Loan me a Porsche and I'll tell you

Pax classes only for many cars

Green pointer cones

Tiny lot

 

No pointer cones. Angular tight courses

No coursewalk before drivers meeting

 

Cone penalty

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

1

1

 

Tech

None

Inspector walks paddock

Inspector walks paddock

 

Grid+sticker

 

Rigorous off-grid

On grid

Inspector walks paddock

 

Food

Lunch + bagels + soda

Water + optional lunch

No

?

Genies Weenies sometimes

Genies Weenies

Lunch truck

No

Soda and water + optional lunch

 

Bay Area Autox

 

Golden gate Lotus Club 

Porsche Club (Loma Prieta Region) 

Porsche Club (Santa Rosa) 

Porsche Club (golden Gate) 

AAS 

SCCA-Sac chapter 

SCCA-SFR 

UFO 

BMWCCA 

 

Runs at 

Marina 

Marina 

Santa Rosa airport

 

Marina,  

Stockton 

 

Marina 

Marina 

 

Classing 

Marque specific + pax class, penalty for street tires+ fun 

 

Marque specific + fun 

  

SCCA 

SCCA 

SCCA+ 

  

Registration 

Online only 

Onsite 

Onsite 

Onsite 

Onsite 

Onsite + pre-reg online 

Onsite 

Online only

 

Registration line 

< 1 minute 

< 2 minutes 

<2 minutes 

5 minutes 

5 minutes 

Long 

Long(can be 20 mins) 

< 1 minute 

 

Punctuality 

***** 

***** 

**** 

**** 

**** 

** 

***** 

*** 

 

Results 

Online, eventually 

Online, not always published 

    

Online, very fast 

Paper within a few weeks. Can take months online. 

 

Format 

All day. 4 run groups, run morning and afternoon 

All day.

2 run groups, morning and afternoon 

All day. 4 runs groups, morning and afternoon 

 

Half day. 4 run groups, either morning or afternoon 

 

Half day, either am or pm. Possible fun runs

Half day, either am or pm. Possible fun runs 

All day, 4 run groups, mornign and afternoon. 

 

Run Order

Random/pre-reg

Random

Random

 

By class, rotating

By class, rotating

By class, rotating

By class, rotating

Random pre-reg

 

Grid

Columns

LeMans

Stage and Grid

 

?

?

Columns.

Back in on RG1

Columns.

Back in on RG1

Columns

 

Timing

First 3 count

All count

All count

 

All count

All count

All count

All count

First 2 not counted

 

Typical number of runs

10 

12 

10 

 

3-4 

7

 

Cost 

$53 (inc lunch) 

$35 

$30 

 

$40 

$30 

$35 

$35 

  

Have to join something? 

No, but being a member of GGLC ($25) allows early registration 

No. 

No 

Join PCA 

No 

No, but need day membership ($15) or full SCCA membership$85 

Yes, $85 to join SCCA 

No. Can optionally joinUFO $15.

  

Time efficiency

**** 

***** 

*** 

 

***

 

**

***

***

 

Quirks 

Have to buy lunch 

Seem to favor very tight 1st gear

Lot is a little small and dangerous 

Loan me a Porsche and I'll tell you 

Pax classes only for many cars

Green pointer cones 

Tiny lot 

 

No pointer cones. Angular tight courses 

No coursewalk before drivers meeting 

 

Cone penalty 

 

Tech

None 

Inspector walks paddock 

Inspector walks paddock 

 

Grid+sticker 

 

Rigorous off-grid 

On grid 

Inspector walks paddock 

 

Food 

Lunch + bagels + soda 

Water + optional lunch 

No 

Genies Weenies sometimes 

Genies Weenies 

Lunch truck 

No 

Soda and water + optional lunch

 

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Another couple of cars from Saturday, Miata:



and a Z:

Video from Sacramento Enduro



Motion sickness is all I can say , I really wished for this to be over after 3 laps. I won my class with a pitiful time, only because I was the only entrant. Still it was nice to get a Bill Fleig memorial trophy, I remember him being superfast from Sac autoxes in the 90's.




Anyway, this is what 5 laps looks like.



Here's an gtech screenshot from a 2 lap run the previous day:




This shows two runs overlayed on top of one another, allowing analysis of driving.

AX-Analyst supreimposes the GTech data onto race video, which is really cool. Unfortunately it doesn't run properly on my 64 bit Vista Ultimate system....

Friday, November 14, 2008

Mounted the Toyo's


Had a busy lunchtime yesterday - bought a set of mint condition 14x6 wheels from a '99 from CL, then mounted up the R888's at Americas Tire. Will probably try them out at the Enduro in Stockton.

Here's what they look like after six minutes of autox and 300 miles

Tuesday, November 11, 2008