Cacuts Patch #2

Cactus Patch (Spring) Series event #2

Front tires @40-41psi (Yoko A520)
Rear tires @35-34psi (Nitto NT-450)
Weather conditions: cold, windy, rainy, sucky

Date:	Lap #1	Lap #2	Lap #3
3/7/99	48.339	47.838	45.408

My car was set up better than ever for this event. Type-R rear sway bar, new shocks in the rear (although stock), and toe allignment adjusted for 1/16-1/8" toe out to help turn in. BUT, since it rained for my runs AGAIN I really couldn't test it out. From the rain I was definitely sliding pushing on some turns but the majority of the time oversteering and pretending I was Bow and Luke from the Dukes of Hazard. I must say auto-xing in the rain is probably more fun, but when there's a points series to win, it makes it quite annoying when others in your same class got to run earlier that day in the dry. I believe I took 2nd place at this event. I lost to an HS car that got to run in the dry earlier that day so I don't feel so bad. I believe it was a professional driver piloting the car as well. Even stil, my auto-xing buddy Brandon still beat him in his "HS" Civic HX. As far as the other Novices that ran with me in CSP, my toughest opponent was actually a 1st time rookie! He beat both of my times by over a second the first two runs. Then on the last run he nearly beat me, but he ended up hitting 3 cones at the end so that sealed the deal for me. My excuse besides him being a better driver than me was that he had AWD and it was wet (which is very valid - but I just want to make myself feel better). He had a very nice Isuzu Impreza 2.5RS. With a shinny set of chrome 17" Speedlines and some new sticky Toyo T1 Proxies. I really need to ditch those Nittos in the back of my car for another pair of Yoko A520's. Hopefully I'll have the money to do that before the next auto-x race. I'll hopefully also have a set of Koni adjustable shocks on the car as well. So if things go as planned, I shouldn't have a problem taking 1st place in the Novice class.

Other noteworthy events was Victor got best of 43.311 on his new set of Hoosier tires and the best time of the day was a 41.xxx I believe. "IF" it didn't rain that day I'm confident that I could have pulled a 43-44 second time, but who knows?

Official "Novice 2" race results

Pos Driver Car Fast Time FT% PAX Time PAX%

1 Brian Dolan 94 Jetta 48.074 856 37.738 873
2 Ryan Yantzer Toyota Supra 48.194 854 37.977 868
3 Tage Evanson 95 Acura Integra 45.407 907 38.324 860
4 Dan Evander Suburu Impreza 46.594 884 39.325 838
5 Matthew Berend Fort Escort GT 50.585 814 39.760 829
6 Justin Pickering 90 Acura Integra 51.418 801 43.397 759
7 Doug Shaw Firebird 55.161 746 43.467 758
8 Alex Abarca Datsun 510 55.597 741 45.590 723
9 Sam Rochester Datsun 510 58.202 707 47.726 690

Raw Time Placement within "Novice 1" and "Novice 2"

Pos Driver Car Fast Time Class

1 Carl Towner 98 Corvette 44.533 SS
2 Tage Evanson 95 Acura Integra 45.407 CSP
3 Charles Spitzer Corvette 45.942 SS
4 Dan Evander Subaru Impreza 46.594 CSP
5 Chris Rumbold 89 Corvette 46.981 SS
6 Jim Lieber MR2 Turbo 47.673 ASP
7 Brian Dolan 94 Jetta 48.074 HS
8 Ryan Yantzer Toyota Supra 48.194 GS
9 Randy Peene Corvette 48.230 SS
10 Troy Nelson Corvette 49.373 SS
11 Tom Loesing 85 Corvette 49.931 SS
12 Matthew Berend Ford Escort GT 50.585 ES
13 Rafael Cabiya RX-7 50.646 DSP
14 Justin Pickering Acura Integra 51.418 CSP
15 Glade Swenson Corvette 54.174 SS
16 Chris Young AMC Gremlin 54.355 ESP
17 John Picinich 73 240 Z 54.436 BSP
18 Doug Shaw Firebird 55.161 GS
19 Alex Abarca Datsun 510 55.597 DSP
20 Steven Berbow 85 Corvette 55.674 SS
21 Sam Rochester Datsun 510 58.202 DSP

Points standings after 2 of 4 events

Position Driver Points
1 Brian Dolan 1749
2 Ryan Yantzer 1745
3 Tage Evanson 1731
4 Matthew Berend 1694
5 Justin Pickering 1553
6 Dan Evander 838
7 Dave Wertz 809
8 Doug Shaw 758
9 Alex Abarca 723
10 Sam Rochester 690

Pos	Driver	Car	Fast Time	FT%	PAX Time	PAX%
1	Brian Dolan	94 Jetta	48.074	856	37.738	873
2	Ryan Yantzer	Toyota Supra	48.194	854	37.977	868
3	Tage Evanson	95 Acura Integra	45.407	907	38.324	860
4	Dan Evander	Suburu Impreza	46.594	884	39.325	838
5	Matthew Berend	Fort Escort GT	50.585	814	39.760	829
6	Justin Pickering	90 Acura Integra	51.418	801	43.397	759
7	Doug Shaw	Firebird	55.161	746	43.467	758
8	Alex Abarca	Datsun 510	55.597	741	45.590	723
9	Sam Rochester	Datsun 510	58.202	707	47.726	690

Pos	Driver	Car	Fast Time	Class
1	Carl Towner	98 Corvette	44.533	SS
2	Tage Evanson	95 Acura Integra	45.407	CSP
3	Charles Spitzer	Corvette	45.942	SS
4	Dan Evander	Subaru Impreza	46.594	CSP
5	Chris Rumbold	89 Corvette	46.981	SS
6	Jim Lieber	MR2 Turbo	47.673	ASP
7	Brian Dolan	94 Jetta	48.074	HS
8	Ryan Yantzer	Toyota Supra	48.194	GS
9	Randy Peene	Corvette	48.230	SS
10	Troy Nelson	Corvette	49.373	SS
11	Tom Loesing	85 Corvette	49.931	SS
12	Matthew Berend	Ford Escort GT	50.585	ES
13	Rafael Cabiya	RX-7	50.646	DSP
14	Justin Pickering	Acura Integra	51.418	CSP
15	Glade Swenson	Corvette	54.174	SS
16	Chris Young	AMC Gremlin	54.355	ESP
17	John Picinich	73 240 Z	54.436	BSP
18	Doug Shaw	Firebird	55.161	GS
19	Alex Abarca	Datsun 510	55.597	DSP
20	Steven Berbow	85 Corvette	55.674	SS
21	Sam Rochester	Datsun 510	58.202	DSP

Position	Driver	Points
1	Brian Dolan	1749
2	Ryan Yantzer	1745
3	Tage Evanson	1731
4	Matthew Berend	1694
5	Justin Pickering	1553
6	Dan Evander	838
7	Dave Wertz	809
8	Doug Shaw	758
9	Alex Abarca	723
10	Sam Rochester	690