Race weekend wrapup
This weekend was a doubleheader, with competitions on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday I competed in the morning run group. I wasn’t really “on my game”; I finished a somewhat disappointing 13th of 14. That happened because I drove really poorly. I really thought I had that ‘93 Accord sedan beat. But since I kept doing worse each run (my second of five runs was my fastest), I gave him plenty of opportunity to catch up. Here are the results. It was pretty hot on Saturday.
Sunday it was even hotter. I was in the afternoon run group. The asphalt was very hot. I had the good fortune of going on a course walk that was intended for novices, though most of the people on the walk have actually been autocrossing for several years. The guy who lead the walk talked about where on the course to brake, where to put on the gas, and what line to take through some of the more challenging transitions. That helped me to drive pretty smoothly. There was another classic 900 (a turbo) who ran in the first half of the afternoon session, and I was better than he was. I’d say this was my best autocross performance so far. Check out these results. I may have only finished 8th of 10, but I was more satisfied with my performance today than with any of my other runs. I beat the guy in the ‘93 Accord, but even better I beat Pete and Connie in SD and WSD (in raw time), and I feel like they’re supposed to be better autocross drivers than I am. I felt like I’m really getting the swing of how to control the car. I had a lot of fun!
