The following three are f/ Bryan Heitkotter, again. If it weren't for him, you guys'd never
see new pics so often! So, thanks Bryan! These pics are during the fun runs in Round 12 which is
why you don't see any numbers on the car. Andrew, Clay, and I swapped cars to see how each one
handled. I'm back in my car and waiting at the line. Electric Stan is the starter...
The first LH'er f/ the start gate. I ran a tenth faster. I still need to work on carrying more
speed through the high speed sweepers. I just chicken out!
Crossing the finish line...
I was told that my inside rear tire lifted for a quick second in this corner. Look at the old,
nasty positive camber at the outside wheels. =|
At the start of R15. Those w/ a sharp eye will notice that instead of the usual # 14 on my car,
it's # 74. "74" is Alan Zee's #--he co-drove w/ me for this event. Did pretty good considering
he's only run half of the events! =)
Can I put a bigger gap b/t me and the cone?!! Hahaha...
Finally! I'm learning to place my car really close to the cones. Now, if I could only do it
consistently!
Alan taking her to the finish line...
Me taking her to the finish line... You can kinda tell that I'm loading the suspension a bit more
than Alan. This shot was taken after the apex point where I'm starting to unload the suspension.
Alan just needs to build confidence in my car cuz he's not used to a neutral-to-oversteering FWD
car. That'll change once we're through w/ his car... =)
You can see evidence of feathering on the leading edge of the tread blocks. They were really cupped
by the end of a full day driving school event. The smooth parts on the leading edges wore down
before the other tread portions cuz they were sticking out. =)
The tread blocks look more porous f/ a hard autox season. If you think these tires look bad,
you should see the tires on cars w/ their owners over-driving the poor things. There's this
blue, late model Celica GT-S who drives in the STS class that comes to mind. I've seen him manhandle
the car into a turn, come in too fast, front wheels wound to lock while he's flooring the gas
pedal. I can just hear the CV joints screaming for help! Ouch!
You can see how much static negative camber I'm running here. See how the outside shoulder isn't
picking up the dust/dirt f/ the street?