{"id":738,"date":"2007-10-06T23:32:05","date_gmt":"2007-10-06T23:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.specr53.com\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2007-10-06T23:32:05","modified_gmt":"2007-10-06T23:32:05","slug":"738","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/autocross\/738\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Autocross, 10.6.07"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GeorgeCo<\/a><\/p>\n

The autocross season is winding down. Today the Capital Driving Club held their next to last scheduled event at Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick. It was an interesting course with a figure-eight and a decreasingly spaced slalom leading to a hard right turn into the finish. I did surprisingly well, especially given the fact I was hopelessly lost on my first run.<\/p>\n

On a day when the mean time was 46.63, I turned in a blistering (for me) 44.38. Not up there with the leaders (FTD 41.6), but still a respectable 15th out of 63. It was a long day though — I was in the fourth heat again. With tech inspections at 8, “morning” runs for my heat at 1, and afternoon runs after 4, I was beat by the end of the day. Still, I managed to turn in a couple of 45s in the afternoon, even with a passenger!<\/p>\n

I took the MINI in to Frederick Motorsports on Friday for a track-day inspection for my upcoming event at Summit Point, and to get Scott to look at my alignment. I’ve had the Texas Speedwerks springs for about six months now. They’ve settled quite nicely, but I wanted to see if I could pick up some more negative camber in the front end. Scott was able to get almost a half a degree, for -1.6 degrees in the front and -1.7 degrees in the rear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The autocross season is winding down. Today the Capital Driving Club held their next to last scheduled event at Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick. It was an interesting course with a figure-eight and a decreasingly spaced slalom leading to a hard right turn into the finish. I did surprisingly well, especially given the fact I … <\/p>\n

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