Peru 2007

[SeanB]

So far...

Marteen
Me
Maybe Johnny

JasonV are you coming?

[gtfour77]

If everything goes well Jason will co-drive the celi...

[Hillbilly]

What's the date for Peru? How far away?

[johnnytavo]

I think I am coming for sure, just don't know if I want to drive yet, i am either going to spectate, drive sean's car and get last, or drive my car and get raped by a million minis

spectating seems like the least painful

and brian(i hope i didn't forget your name this fast) it is june 30th and july 1st in peru, ind

[SeanB]

Sorry I have dead last booked...

Its about 7 hrs from Charleston.

[SentraWV]

None of you guys will be dead last. Trust me. If I didn't end up dead last in 2006, finishing 5th of 5 in H/S by several seconds :uhoh:, you all have nothing to worry about.

[ShortysTRM]

There were only 5 entries in H-stock??

[SentraWV]

Yup - 2 Minis, a Mazda3 wagon, BWM 3-series, and yours truly. The class sizes at Tour events seem to vary wildly depending on what classes are popular in that part of the country.

[Random_WRX]

i wish i had the money to fly home for the summer i would take the sentra

[johnnytavo]

well maybe i will drive sean's car since he has dead last booked in that class lol

[Luke Zyla]

I think I might go. I looked at the venue on Google Earth. You can see the tire tracks from a recent autocross on the tarmac. Any recommendations for an inexpensive place to stay?

[SeanB]

We can all room together...

I am working out hotel details.

[johnnytavo]

i can always sleep on the floor with an air mattress, it doesn't bother me

[Luke Zyla]

I just registered online. Does anyone know of a decent campground with shower facilities close by? I think I might camp to save money.

[johnnytavo]

hey good idea luke, i might look for some later tonight if i have time and remember

[SeanB]

Hotels... should be cheap

For sure...

Marteen
Jason
Luke
Me

Johnny maybe
Toyota Nate maybe

If all 6 go we'd need 2 rooms, so it would be 80 bucks a night in a 2 bed room, so per person that would be around $30 a night. I am going to ask my brother to see if he has any points to get a free room or two.

[Luke Zyla]

$30 a night sounds good to me. Would we be staying 3 nights?

[SeanB]

2 nights...

Friday night
Saturday night

Although 3 nights might be better since we'll be pooped on Sunday.

[johnnytavo]

sean what is the entry fee, and do you have somebody to codrive with you, because if you don't i'll be down with a codrive

[johnnytavo]

that is if you don't mind, and i can also help you with gas

[SentraWV]

Entry was $100 last year, IIRC. Or right around that.

[Luke Zyla]

Registration is $80 this year. You can register online on the SCCA website.

[Luke Zyla]

I just noticed that at registration/tech they ask you to bring your drivers license, membership card, and a rule book. Do you really have to purchase a rulebook and have it in your posession? I looked into downloading the PDF file and it is over 300 pages long!:confused:

[Jason V]

one of us can buy one and then everyone can use the same book ... actually I will buy it since Marteen and I will need one at nationals too...

[SeanB]

I will be buying one too as I need it for Nats.

[gtfour77]

Doesn;t our region have one? Could we borrow it? :D

[Jason 220]

We should be buying one every year.

[Luke Zyla]

I just ordered one this morning.:biggrin:

[johnnytavo]

can't go now, comcast is coming to install cable/internet at my townhouse and then i am going to go be cwew chiefy at nelson ledges

[SeanB]

Nelson might be a little less physically painful after the shenanigans from last night. :partay:

I still think AJ shoulda done a ghost rider with the bike.

[Luke Zyla]

Sean,
Have you made hotel reservations yet? I will be driving up from Tulsa, OK on Friday. I need to go there to visit my mother who is quite ill. Please let me have the details ASAP so I know where to go.
Thanks,

[SentraWV]

Do any of you guys need the Tour graphics? I've got mine from last year that I magnetized - SCCA Solo, main SCCA, Tour ("Road to Topeka"), etc. Lemme know, I'll be glad to loan 'em out.

[ShortysTRM]

Do they not give you those graphics??

[Jason V]

all of them but the SCCA and Solo ones are free at registration.. best part of a tour is trying to get the tire rack banner on... trick is to cut it in a few sections or every letter so it can curve a bit...

[SentraWV]

all of them but the SCCA and Solo ones are free at trick is to cut it in a few sections or every letter so it can curve a bit...

Indeed!

http://home.earthlink.net/~pylondodger/images/Civic%20in%20Pits2.JPG

:biggrin:

[SeanB]

I need a head count by tomorrow... the following are registered and a go.

JasonV
Marteen
Luke
Me

If there is anyone else going I need to know by tomorrow so I can book the hotel.

[SeanB]

FYI

We all need our own rule book but it can be purchased on site.

We need the rectangular SCCA wire wheel decal and then 2 of the SCCA solo decals.

[gtfour77]

Can we print it from the website? That's a real bummer if we do have to purchase it since it's avalable online...

[SeanB]

You need a print copy.

Its $20 to SCCA members.

[Luke Zyla]

You can print out the PDF file of the rulebook from the SCCA website, but is is over 300 pages long!

[SeanB]

If a printable version works I can print it at work at no cost.

I am still buying a copy, just to be safe.

[SeanB]

We'll have 1 room for 3 nights with 2 queen size beds. We can get a pull out bed for one person and I can take the couch. I am getting one room because it'll just be Marteen, Luke, JasonV and myself.

Rate will be $80 + tax per night.

So it'll be around $65 per person. If this is ok I need to know by today so I can book the hotel.

[gtfour77]

Sounds great to me Sean! Thank you!

[Jason V]

Sounds good man.. Book it!! and Thanks

[Luke Zyla]

Sounds good! Thanks.

[SeanB]

Ok I got screwed...

I got 1 room with a king size bed and a pull out couch bed. I will have them put a cot in there for us and I can sleep on the floor.

It'll be $71 per person after taxes and everything. The hotel is in Wabash, IN about 24 miles from Grissom.

[SeanB]

Stupid college kids...

I really wanted the test and tune on Friday evening.

ARGH!!! :headbutt:

[gtfour77]

Sean, are you not coming up Friday? Or do you have to stay at work late? Don't scare me like this, we wanted to leave really, really early Friday so we can make the practice Friday afternoon...

[SeanB]

I am coming Friday, really trying to make practice.

Worst situation I leave alone after work.

Its pissing me off to no end, I really want to make practice.

[SeanB]

I am a free man!

[Nathan]

I am a free man!
Did you quit? I would have quit. Good to know your out of it.

[Luke Zyla]

I will see you guys at practice on Friday. I am leaving Tulsa on Thursday, picking up my trailer in St. Louis and driving another couple hundred miles before I try to find somewhere to stay. I'm glad my Miata gets such good mileage. 30mpg without trailer, 28mpg with trailer.
By the way, my sister has a Mercedes 55SL AMG and she let me drive it today. It is a small hardtop convertible with two seats. WOW what a beast! Rocket powered! I guess that is the kind of toy you get to play with when you marry a Radiologist. I would love to take that out on an autocross track sometime.

[SeanB]

Marteen and Jason run heat 1
I work heat 1

Luke works heat 2
Luke runs heat 4

Marteen and Jason work heat 3
I run heat 3

So Luke can you shoot pictures on our heats and we can shoot pictures on your heat?

Also, Luke can you PM me a phone number... we are trying to shoot for an early arrival so we can run practice.

[SentraWV]

So Luke can you shoot pictures on our heats and we can shoot pictures on your heat?

Please, some documentation for Rich Mixture would be fantastic!

NP: Mike Keneally, Dog

[gtfour77]

We will have plenty, I promise!

[Nathan]

Good luck you guys. I wish I could have made it too this one. Have a safe drive there and back too.

[SeanB]

Course has lots of grip
We are here alive and well
Takes too long to get here

Jason and Marteen are making man love to each other.

And Luke's wife apparently told me not to touch him.

What happens at a National Tour stays at a National Tour. :luke:

[SentraWV]

Jason and Marteen are making man love to each other.

Thank you for that mental image, Sean!

http://www.compumess.nl/daf/smileys/sm1/schrik.gif

[SeanB]

Day 1 results...

http://www.scca.com/_FileLibrary/File/Sat%20Preliminary.pdg.pdf

[Nathan]

Wow, 3rd place for that 89 BMW 325is. They must have really got that thing tuned. It didn't seem to hook up that well at the airport event in Parkersburg. Good job guys. Almost all the ST guys are running Bridgestones. That's a little different than our little local runs. I would like to see some videos when you get back. Good luck tomorrow guys.

[Random_WRX]

Good job on day one guys Marteen is only 4 tenths off of a trophy and Luke is ahead of one of the Pontiac Solstice's which is the new it car for CS.


Almost all the ST guys are running Bridgestones.

The new Bridgestones are faster and more consistant then the Falkens most of the local guys run. And they offer a fair bit of contiginsy(sp) money for the national tour.

[mirogsr]

Wow. They are fast out there. Martin, come on... 8th place?
...just kiding.... Good job guys.
Be carefull out there and don't brake anything..

[SentraWV]

Final (http://scca.com/_FileLibrary/File/Peru%20Sunday%20Provisional.pdf) (but provisional) results after today.

Applause to the four of you for going out and takin' it to 'em!

http://espacioforos.miarroba.com/21494/Caretos/clapping.gif

[SeanB]

For those of you that haven't run a National tour you need to get your ass down there and run one.

You will realize what driver prep and car prep is all about. I learned a lot in my 105 seconds at Peru, more than I'll ever learn at local events.

I'll be back next year, in a stock class car... seriously its cheaper running stock than any other class.

I dislike the new Bridgestones, they are NOT a street tire... a shaved RE-01R has a durometer reading of 70... thats not a street tire to me. It really questions what is SP and what is ST.

[Jason V]

Wow, 3rd place for that 89 BMW 325is. They must have really got that thing tuned. It didn't seem to hook up that well at the airport event in Parkersburg. Good job guys. Almost all the ST guys are running Bridgestones. That's a little different than our little local runs. I would like to see some videos when you get back. Good luck tomorrow guys.


The 325 in question was not at parkersburg... the one that was at peru is a home brew turbo making 300 at the wheels.. not a great looking car but very cool and fast.. we talked to the owner for a while... nice guy!!

I had a great time and with a few more runs per day to get used to the "steam roller" celica I could have done better!! (I was happy to move up a spot on day two) Meet some cool people and saw some old friends from as many as 10 years back. Now it's time to start thinking about Nationals in September.. the biggest and coolest auto-x in the land.

[camry3sfe]

Good job Martin. 6th in SM. That celica is definitely in there. Wish I could have gone up there. Got way too much stuff going on right now though, and no money.

[gtfour77]

That BMW was definitelly interesting...

What we learned? Tires, horsepower and good differentials matter at big grippy events....oh and did I mention good drivers? What a treat to watch some of the people out there! WOW!
The celica did ok, competitive but not a trophy car just yet...about .5 seconds shy of it...
Saturday was just plain owefull, throwing away two of my runs with the only clean one being my safety second run...
Sunday went much better (with not being sick in the am and a bit more sleep).... Sunday I was about a tenth off the pace with 4th and 5th place finishers... still about .5 seconds from 3rd place... not bad but nothing to bragg about either, great learning experience and a great road trip! Oh yeah, and a real eye opener...heh
And learned that the hoosier S05's are not as good as the V710's...should have known better...( I think I was the only car there with those oldies on...)

[crobin4]

:clap: Great Job Guys!:f1:

[Luke Zyla]

I had a great time in Peru. It was a very impressive collection of fast cars and great drivers. As a novice, I was pretty much out of contention from the start. I did beat one of the Pontiac Solstices on the first day, but at the end, I ended up 2 seconds behind the guy. It is hard to compete against a car with 20 more horsepower, all the latest suspension improvements and huge 18" wheels with big honkin Hoosiers. There were only two Miatas out of the 8 in C stock. Chris Kirkham (Steel Cities Region) ended up in 4th place. The rest of the class were all brand new Pontiacs. The top three scored better than any of the Mazda RX-8 in B stock.
Some of the coolest cars were the A, B, and C Mods. I would love to drive one of those some time.

I was very happy with the way my car performed. The biggest thing I have to work on is my driving skill.

Oh yeah, I forgot. We got lots of really cool stickers for our cars. I even have "the TIRE RACK" plastered on my windshield. I don't think I will leave that on on there.

By the way, thanks to Sean, Martin, Jason for letting me hang out with them this weekend. It was fun. :biggrin:

[gtfour77]

Glad to hear you had fun Luke! Sorry we lost you yesterday on the interstate...:(

[Luke Zyla]

Thanks OK. Us old dudes have to stop more often. I got home around 8:30 p.m. What time did you guys get back to Chucktown?

[gtfour77]

When we got back it was close to 11...we stopped for a long dinner though before splitting up with Sean...

[SeanB]

I made it back a little after 11:30PM... 435 is a long way.

I did average 41.7 mpg on the trip back... I was kidding with Jason that I wanted to make the trip on one tank. I made it to Waynesburg, PA and decided that even though I was 20 miles from home I didn't wanna risk running out of gas since the next exit was 14 miles away.

[Luke Zyla]

41.7 mpg? No way! My little Miata only gets 30 mpg. Were you coasting on the hills? Did you have Jason get out and push for a while? :confused:

[SeanB]

Nope not coasting... foot to the floor... 3400 rpm at 70 mph.

If I was coasting I could probably go to Cali on a tank of gas. :partay:

[SeanB]

Oh and did I mention I had:

4 wheels and tires, cooler, air tank, clothes bag, etc.

[SentraWV]

Honda efficiency FTW!

NP: King Crimson, Absent Lovers

[Luke Zyla]

Good thing we don't have emission testing in this state. I used to have a Honda Civic CVCC that got 50 mpg. Boy did I love that car! Of course, gas was about $1.50 a gal. Too bad the thing rusted to death.

[Nathan]

I like my Toyota's, but that CRX of Sean's is a real work of art. Glad to hear everyone got back alright.

[SeanB]

My CRX passed emissions... :clap:

[SeanB]

Also...

My red CRX will be for sale in a few months. (I am going back to stock class next year with a 99/00 Civic Si.)

[Nathan]

Also...

My red CRX will be for sale in a few months. (I am going back to stock class next year with a 99/00 Civic Si.)
Nevermind, I don't have the money.

[Davis K Powers]

Excellent job guys....Very well done!

[gtfour77]

Video of my fastest run on Sunday... I am embarrased to show Saturday...let's just say it was not one of my better days of autocrossing...ouch!


http://youtube.com/watch?v=dYnytXXyRnE

I will have more videos (Sean, Luke, Jason and the rest of the SCR crew) later...