Cactus Patch (Spring) Series event #4



Date: Lap #1 Lap #2 Lap #3
5/02/99 ? ? 65.585

This was terrible. I purposely got rid of my crappy Nitto 450's in the rear so I could kick ass at this event and the opposite happened. I got MY ass kicked! This sounds like a really lame excuse but with the new tires the car wouldn't rotate around the turns because there was TOO much grip in the rear. I really need to add some negative camber to the front or reduce it in the rear. Shock and tire adjustments are out of range to help with this much "push".

I'm finding that the front tires are rolling over on to the sidewalls even at 49 psi. I will try 50+ at the next autox. Even with my less than impressive performance this race, it was good enough to net me 2nd place in "Novice 2" for the season though so I'm happy about that. I just wish it had been 1st of course. Next season I will be running with my new 15" race wheels with Hoosier race rubber mounted on them so I should be able to easily move up into the 90% of the PAX and RAW field.

Once again Victor blew away the CSP class (58.646). I talked with him and he may be going Pro next season though so that will be nice to actually have a chance in "CSP Open". Top time of the day went to Mark Huffman in his Lotus Elan with a 57.089.

Official "Novice 2" race results

PosDriverCarFast TimeFT%PAX TimePAX%
1Ryan Yantzer85 Toyota Supra68.23083753.765902
2Brian Dolan94 Jetta70.18681355.096880
3Tage Evanson95 Integra GSR65.58587055.354876
4Matthew Berend91 Escort GT70.44381055.368875
5Bryan Tongr90 CRX67.57684557.034850
6Eric Boldt92 Celica GT74.33376858.426830
7Chris KolnikDatsun 51074.24876960.883796
8Scott LeytonHonda Civic73.74177462.237779


Raw Time Placement within "Novice 2"

PosDriverCarFast TimeClass
1Tage Evanson95 Integra GSR65.585CSP
2Brain Tong90 CRX67.576CSP
3Ryan Yantzer85 Toyota Supra68.230GS
4Brian Dolan94 Jetta70.186HS
5Matthew Berend91 Escort70.443ES
6Scott LeytonHonda Civic73.741CSP
7Chris KolnikDatsun 51074.248DSP
8Eric Boldt92 Celica GT74.333ES


Points standings after 4 of 4 events
PositionDriverPoints
1Ryan Yantzer2652
2Tage Evanson2635
3Brian Dolan2639
4Matthew Berend2569
5Justin Pickering2334
NOTE:Since you need to compete in at least 3 out of the 4 events for your points to count towards the season, only the drivers that attended 3 events show scores. Also since the final score is the sum of the 3 best scores, the worst score has been dropped before adding.