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My best TO run (39.683) - https://youtu.be/nb_FCvLg8Gs?si=Jp0Zy18QWE56Fv_p

Huge thanks to everyone for dealing with a somewhat challenging day with grace and kindness, all the Chiefs rocked it and all the drivers/workers did their part as well to put on a great day of racing!! Here's my 44.747, 3rd run Group B still pretty damp. Super fun course...

Hey Everyone, Judah was working hard this week on pics at the track. We have a few thousand pics to go through and scrub the blurry stuff out of. Hopefully, by the end of the week, I'll post up a Dropbox link. Some track and pit shots are to be included. The sunrise colors on Sunday were pretty spectacular. Here are a few he got of my car. Judah is getting better and even had his first paid photo shoot recently. The roller was from that shoot. He is working on saving for more photo gear and is willing to do a shoot for $50 if anyone is interested.

Here is my best TO run of 42.630. This is my first time with SoloStorm, data, and usable video. It is a little eye-opening. I make a lot more errors than I thought.

TO Run - 40.574 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF4HDQmmKHs&ab_channel=vexcivil

Congratulations Kevin and all the leadership of Phoenix AZ Solo on winning the SCCA Region of the Year Award for medium-sized clubs! Well deserved, thanks for all you do for this great club!

Don Sattler - CSP Comp Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjGR_PgxlM&ab_channel=vexcivil Stephen - CSP TO Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHASDzs0Jk&ab_channel=vexcivil

comp run:

Haven’t gotten around to day 1 video yet but here’s my best run from day 2:

I'm starting to get a handle on my new GoPro Hero 10, the over exposure issue is fixed. Still can't seem to get my tablet to overlay my Solostorm data on the videos from the new camera though. That said, here was my first run of the day Sunday which was also my fastest with a 49.423. LOVE the new Bridgestone RE71RSs...this car hasn't driven like this in over 3 years. Now I just have to get back to trusting it once again to not push.

Great Event as always, aside from the temps. Whew. The boys and I did get a few good pictures, some track pics, and some of the event. I decided to include all the pics this time, even some from the neighboring motorcycle event. We were testing out a new prime lens on the Sony so some of the shots are zoomed out pretty far. I'm asking the same thing as last time. If you like a pic head over to my Youtube channel and like a video as a thanks. @DrivingForwardBuilds 10/15/23 Event Photos Here was one of the good ones.

We were out taking a bunch of pictures at the event. We don't know what we're doing but trying as part of our Homeschool routine. We wound up with a few good shots from each run group A-D and a few shots around the paddock. Feel free to download and use them as you wish. All I ask is if you like a pic hit my YouTube channel and drop a "like" on any video, it really helps. If you're feeling especially kind, a comment is awesome too. @DrivingForwardBuilds I should have my run video out this week sometime as well. If you don't see any of your car in the pictures, let me know. We have 725 we took! This folder is just the ones we thought turned out ok. My Boys wound up taking most of them. 🙂 This was one of our favorite shots by my older son, JJ. Link to Pictures...

Pretty fun course all in all. fast, challenging. everything anyone could want. here i got my 43.707 on GoPro and recorded from Grid. felt good about the run and paid off, taking CAM-C for the day(And the season) by a comfortable margin.

Camera wasn’t working right with TrackAddict and proceeded to not get my fast run but this was my second fastest run. Overall the best day I’ve had since getting the Type R April Autocross Event 4.14.24 https://youtu.be/iyQJpCTUNxQ

Here's my 44.434 on my last of 6 tries...this run jumped me from 8th in class to 3rd. Definitely struggled staying off the cones and taking the favored line. It seemed like there wasn't a lot of places to make up time on this course, just plenty of places to loose time. Still a super fun day and a great way to cap off a great season. See y'all in the fall.

Day 1: youtube Day 2: youtube

Here is the course for 3-9-24. As always the course maybe modified at the time of set up for safety, visibility and flow reasons. PASR at AMP 3-9-24 Champions (wog).pdf

For your reading pleasure, Brian Miller's Pylon Press covering the Feb event and the PASR National Tour event. Pylon Press -- Feb 2024 --with rewrites.pdf Enjoy the read! Kim

Day 2-

Post up your videos from Sundays event!

I may have a solution if anyone is interested! So I recently purchased tire equipment (Mounter and Balancer). I am out in Gilbert if anyone wants to bring some work by. $50+a six pack of your choosing that you have to help me drink! Couple rules though... This is just me at home. I have done my wheels without scratches many times but I cant warranty anything so if you are scared of scratches or scuffs, probably best to continue using your existing shop. TPMS... I would prefer to do wheels without these just for the risk of breaking them. I have successfully mounted with sensors several times, but once again, this is just an at home thing. Lastly, if I cant get a bead to seat or a tire mounted or whatever, no charge, I'll give everything back except the drinks that have been drank. Feel free to shoot me a message here or a txt - 615-504-2538 -Hayden

SCCA has announced their 2024 National Tour schedule and I'm excited to share that it includes a stop in Phoenix at AMP February 23-25: https://www.scca.com/articles/2018013-get-ready-2024-national-solo-schedules-announced If you've never done a National Tour this your chance to attend one locally.

There will be more official announcements coming shortly but I wanted you all to save the dates for now. Check them out here. https://www.motorsportreg.com/orgs/scca/phoenix-az-solo

Had a lot of fun on Friday, thanks to everyone that helped make such a special event happen. Thanks also to John for forcing me to drive the Corvette and also Dave for loaning the GoPro. Brake issues to be addressed soon... https://youtu.be/Z20qLrV9tAk?si=541mRg3PJ1RInjXe

Here was my 125.6xx run. Still a ton of time left out there, needed about 3 more cracks at it to nail it down. SO much fun!!

I think Ben's reply comes from a long grueling weekend of a handful of volunteers busting their arse to make sure the rest of us have a good time. Many MANY of us went above and beyond this weekend and overall there was a great result behind it. Don't let that hide that fact that we are tired and we have yet another event to put on in very short order this Friday. If we do not get more volunteers to step up, you are going to see some of the regular VOLUNTEERS drop...then instead of worrying about details like above, you'll be worrying about who is going to get everyone registered, teched, waivered, gridded, started, not too mention having a course to run on at all. One does not need experience to volunteer, one just needs a willingness. We'll teach you the rest. Thanks, Lance

Almost every other region and club in the country requires numbers. Static cling, magnet, vinyl, painter's tape, paper. This isn't some unreasonable requirement. Also to your other point about numbers being hard to read from the tent... that's not the point. The point is for corner radio workers to be able to see the number and call the cone by number rather than "gray miata - no the other gray miata".

Here's my group B run in the STR Miata. 50.4 https://youtu.be/GamKptPPKM4?si=LTmf9O4QtQ4N0nu5

Here is the course for Spring race #4 on 4-14-24. As alway changes could be made at time of setup due to safety, flow or visibility. PASR at AMP Race #4 April 2024 Summertime.pdf

Thought I would upload some favorites from the event. Had some camera issues due to not having used my old DSLR in 12 years... big surprise. Hope you like these... had to shrink the size due to my poor data connection upload speeds. Will try again today on Day2... hope camera (&me) operate correctly LOL.

Only had camera for day 2, here's my 2nd run. https://youtu.be/M0dQIjhj6vo?si=JuAKjVO-1Ddfahun

Day 1. I had the shakes after this run. Been a long time since that happened.

Kevin - Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d3ok1Qefpk&ab_channel=vexcivil Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpzC_IWL1KQ&ab_channel=vexcivil Stephen - Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUJNmC2ecPA&ab_channel=vexcivil Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCSgyEsW6Q&ab_channel=vexcivil

It's Boost Season PASR Doesn't disappoint MLK day Special AutoX on the road course OMG so much fun..😲 lol .. My best run 120.3## https://youtu.be/Sak5khYQgj8?si=EDA-y6d3n-H9IdSr

Here are the pictures from Sunday's autocross. Judah only took pictures of run group A and F this time. AutoX on the track coming up next. Sunday's Pictures.

Here's my 121.924 I ran in the AM session. I tried something different Monday which seemed to work pretty well for me. I got to 3rd gear as quickly as I could and left it there the whole lap. I found the upshifting and downshifting was more of an upset to my car than a help, it pulled out of the corners well enough in 3rd and not worrying about clutching and shifting let me left foot brake and concentrate on line and maximum grip more. Anyway, enjoyed the day immensely hope you all did as well.

Amanda put together a quick video of our best runs from Friday. https://youtu.be/s8CTYxG1apU?si=7oVs-GDnxjiJXe19

That all I got

I don't like all the FedEx trucks for a background

That was Awesome👍great event guys hope we do more of these .. So much fun 😃 ..🤌🙌 Everyone did a great job chasing cones wow and the Ridgeline what a recovery truck Good times...lol Thanks

Leeann and I wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped clean up the mess on and off the track after her little coolant spill. Also we wanted to say sorry! I promise it was a new hose that just burst! All seems good with the car and should be back together once the replacement hose arrives.

Earlier this year my cousin and his friend came out for a race day. They produced a professional video of the event and some of the background. Although they did mainly want to focus on M-T Pockets (me) they did a great job making it about the sport as well. I’m sure more than a few of you were wondering what ever happened with the film crew that showed up. It just posted to their YouTube channel and I wanted to share it with everyone. Enjoy

Ivan M took some great photos at the last event. He gave me the go ahead to share the link here! https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/0a3ceb3827ca49f69716e114823cf554

Finally have my video ready. Was fighting a copyright strike all week. Lol.

Disagree with this not being feasible for a local region. San Diego region had a successful system for this where you registered your regional competition number annually (with a fee to have your Solo Card and ownership of that number). The SCCA magazine (which we should all be receiving with our memberships) has advertisements in the back for multiple vendors supplying numbers that fill this need. If people are spending $1000/year on tires, it's not a huge ask to improve the running of the event to have somebody spend $60 on numbers. Roll the annual number registration in with annual tech. For newer entrants, temporary 4 digit numbers were assigned and the paper + painters tape method was required. Eventually, they decide that they want to "look the part" at the events and buy numbers as well. This seems to come up every few years, and I haven't understood the pushback to improvement, other than just being resistant to change.

For a while registration assigned "Corner Captains" who were more experienced racers and were in charge of the radio and cone calls for each station per run Group as a way to clean up the radio chatter and more accurately report cone calls. I personally liked the idea but there was pushback so eventually we stopped that practice. Maybe time to rethink that? We've also extensively discussed going to large #s on cars in the past and once the details of what all would have to be changed with our systems to accomplish this, the decision was made by the steering committee to not go that direction. One may think it is simple fix for one issue, but in reality it changes just about everything we do with our registration and timing & scoring systems and then on top of that requires everyone to now put tape or magnetic #s on their cars every event...correctly. In my opinion, the current system works very well for us. We just need to be better and course work, clean up the radio chatter and remind people to stay away from timing and scoring area.

My BRZ is now home from the body shop with only minor paint imperfections, missing rocker guard texture on the underside of the right fender and a slightly different right mirror lens the only indications it was in a crash. Just need the inspection to clear in 2 and a half weeks and I’ll be on a restored title and back out in September! Can’t recommend the body shop I used, ACRS, enough for work that’s cheaper than a dealer, still looks good and one of the few places that’ll work with a salvage title. The crashed pic is before, and the other one is after.

Just need the rear tires and we are going testing! 8 1/2 years in a barn, found, rebuilt and now back to life!!!!

Car is back in one piece. Had to miss the Crows Landing Tour but we made the Pro. Got a nice badge of honor on the side.