Feedback for Club Practice #1 - March 9th

[fc-racer]

Hi all,

Hopefully you are all in your warm homes now Please take a moment to provide feedback, both positive and constructive in regards to today's first Club Practice event of 2003.

Thank you all for coming out and racing with us in the dreadful weather, we truly appreciate it!

The results have been posted in the Races & Results section.

[coldrsx]

this was my 1st vcmc event and it was awesome. Although mother nature is truly a *****, it was nice to have a small run group.

- well organized
- humour always an asset
- great drivers
-great weather....

thanks for the welcome and i will be out again...gotta catch that little red "dx" civic

[dov]

It was very very Fun and well organized. That's the best course I've been on in a while. (don't tell the ubc guys I said that ) Thanks to everyone that helped make this event a success. And thanks to all the people who left in the morning because they thought it was to cold (Neil, Sheldon, Jason, Bruce ect) Wooo hoo more runs for me.

[Jackie Yau]

coldrsx: U talking about Mason?

How many runs did u guys get today?

[Slushbox]

That online reg system was a life saver today. Didn't have to stand in line in the negative temps and sideways rain.

spoonek4: We had 3 runs in the morning and 5 after lunch. And yes, it was Mason's little red dx who left coldrsx and me in the dust.

[RATED_SiR]

Sorry I could not make it guys and gals, I think being in the cold and hanging around sick ppl finally had my body down. I'll make it to the next event...even if my lung is hang out!
Seems like you all had fun!
C-ya next time!

[Cary Lam]

The weather in the morning was the worst I've seen in autox, that was nice we didn't need to work for those 3 runs, very good decision by the organizer. The rain stopped at about the time we started our runs, but the track was still wet. We took it easy because no workers, and had a 1hr lunch break and wait for the track to dry. 5 more runs in the afternoon, track was almost totally drive, everyone improved on their time. The track was just fun when it's dry, I pushed as hard as I can and got my fastest time in the 6th run. But after seeing some fast times, I decided to take some more risk and push even harder, but too bad, I spun in that run. It started to rain again just before my last run, and I couldn't improve my time in my last chance. The event ran fast and smooth, very nice timing display, it was great.

[ooter]

The event ran extremely smooth, given the weather factor. Very impressed when the folks went to work and set up the timer and scanner, etc. when the weather cleared up.

Thanks.

Doug Tewnion

[ March 09, 2003, 10:01 PM: Message edited by: ooter ]

[m nA6]

oh...so happy vcmc is starting again....

even in the icy cold morning...didnt need to fill out any forms... and didnt need run cards....
and the new display...it's soooo good...even if u miss hearing your time u can see it and know where u stand in your class....

[Race Miata]

Another well run CPE. Don't have much to comment except that I think the weather wasn't just brutal to human beings. It was brutal to the cones as well. A couple of times I saw a cone got hit and immediately got decapitated. Was that the low temp that made those cones brittle? Otherwise, the going rate for new cones seem pretty high. We found out the cones in questions are pretty heavy. Don't know if that contributes to their death.

Oh Farz! If I didn't ding that cone on my last run... ...actually then I might not get that scratch time anyways.

[ March 10, 2003, 12:33 AM: Message edited by: Race Miata ]

[fc-racer]

Originally posted by Race Miata:
Oh Farz! If I didn't ding that cone on my last run... ...actually then I might not get that scratch time anyways.

You guys made me work so hard today. I really, really enjoyed racing in today's event, more so than many of the Champ events last year. I found today's competition for FTD just awesome. We actually had almost six people involved and we were all thinking one more might join in. There was yourself, Cary Lam, Mason Yu, Peter Tkatch, Yarko Petriw and even Guido Van Duyn. What's really impressive was to see how each driver was knocking each other off by a tenth at a time.

Joe Cheng was sitting with me in the car and even he was getting excited to see who was FTD now. We'd both be fully concentrated on the display board as the six contenders crossed the finish line

To get that 41.6, I had to drive my heart out, going through sections with the car right on the edge. I thought I was going to lose control so many times or at least hit a million cones. The car was in that floaty feeling for about 90% of the course, especially the offsets and slaloms, great fun!

Now that some comments have come in, I'd like to thank Guido, Lawrence and Mason for doing an awesome job of running today's event. They proved once again that changing conditions can be adapted to with innovation and fresh thinking. The decision to not have course workers during the biting cold was the right decision. I'd also like to thank Mark and Gerald for putting together another fantastic course. Elise Leyland asked who designed the course because she thought it one of the best ever and Elise has run A LOT of nationals calibre courses!

Finally, a big thank you to the members who came out and raced and worked without having to even call for workers more than the first time. You guys truly made the day a lot easier for the organizers.

Keep those comments coming, this is how we know what to do again and what to improve in the future.

[ March 09, 2003, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: fc-racer ]

[Cary Lam]

Originally posted by fc-racer:
To get that 41.6, I had to drive my heart out, going through sections with the car right on the edge. I thought I was going to lose control so many times or at least hit a million cones. The car was in that floaty feeling for about 90% of the course, especially the offsets and slaloms, great fun!

I tried to do that after I got my best run too, but I lost control and spun. I know I'm the one who screw up.

[AllWheelDrift]

Originally posted by Race Miata:
Another well run CPE. Don't have much to comment except that I think the weather wasn't just brutal to human beings. It was brutal to the cones as well. A couple of times I saw a cone got hit and immediately got decapitated. Was that the low temp that made those cones brittle? Otherwise, the going rate for new cones seem pretty high. We found out the cones in questions are pretty heavy. Don't know if that contributes to their death.

From what I've observed, the type of cones you were using tend to shatter spectacularly when hit in cold weather. The so called "fisher price" cones that UBCSCC and I believe BCMA have are damn near indestructable in any condition.

[m nA6]

Originally posted by AllWheelDrift:
From what I've observed, the type of cones you were using tend to shatter spectacularly when hit in cold weather. The so called "fisher price" cones that UBCSCC and I believe BCMA have are damn near indestructable in any condition.

yea...but those also do a great job of wrecking your car... and i find them too small and too light just slightly touching the edge makes them fly away....

[Race Miata]

Originally posted by m nA6:
yea...but those also do a great job of wrecking your car...

True! It's cheaper to replace those cones than to repaint the car (don't ask me how I know ).