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Manfred last won the day on August 20 2023

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  1. You should get a post-event survey from the SCCA, make sure you provide constructive feedback on the break length between the heats. For a two heat event, and the struggle with launch intervals slowing us down on Saturday, I agree the timing was not ideal.
  2. $40 firm. I'm selling this no frills Berk muffler delete. It is not meant to be pretty, it is meant to be the lightest muffler delete on the market. It's been on my car for 10 years so. Passes sound at AMP with any header as long as you have the OEM front pipe and mid pipe. New, these retail for $130 right now.
  3. Hi Bob, we're still working on a final schedule. The only thing for sure is that we were unable to secure either of our sites for January. Tentatively first event will be sometime in February.
  4. Hi Bob, thanks for the suggestion. We talked about it in our board meeting this month and chose to keep things as they are. Our thought process behind this is: The lot usually starts off very dusty. A parade lap doesn't clean off the lot anywhere close to the same as a round of runs at 10/10ths speed - you need tires to actually scrub the surface instead of leisurely rolling over it. Despite the extra lap, A group is seen as uncompetitive, just look at all the national-caliber drivers who prefer to run in a later group. So, given that it is already competitively unbalanced, we think the extra run for A group is what helps level the playing field. Because A group is seen as uncompetitive, we end up sometimes with lots of people trying to avoid it. Adding the extra run means more seat time and makes A group more attractive for some drivers, which means we have less people complaining about being forced in that group to keep all the groups even. Adding parade laps to other groups will slow down the event. Since only A group gets the extra run, the overall delay is limited to the number of drivers (30-40) times the launch interval (~20s). If people want the day to be over sooner, they can always skip their TOs/fun runs. Since the first run in A doesn't count for times, we use this as a check that the timing system is working correctly. More than once we've been able to catch problems and fix them before the timed runs start, without disrupting the flow of the event (e.g. icing people at the line while we fix stuff, having to give lots of reruns, etc.). The timing system can't be reliably checked during a parade lap. Hope to see you at the next event if you want to talk about this more. 🙂
  5. I've had decent luck getting my local Discount Tire to mount stuff without asking too many questions as long as I bring loose wheels/tires and make it clear they are for racing on non-public roads. They take on a lot of liability when they bolt wheels onto your car. Similarly when I order on Tire Rack, I usually skip providing vehicle info. Note well that if you do something dumb like order a 245 for a 15" wheel instead of a 17" wheel like you meant to and don't select a vehicle, absolutely nobody will catch this mistake until there are tires on your porch and they look a little too small. Not that I've ever done that or anything...
  6. Rallycross has been organizing themselves in a Facebook group for a few years now. https://www.facebook.com/groups/arizonarallygroup They are sanctioning events through AZ Region (#2) these days and using MSR for registration, so we haven't heard from them in a while. I doubt they even know this place exists.
  7. Just tested Chrome and Firefox on MacOS Ventura 13.4. The payment links take me to a PayPal website as normal. I've heard people having problems with the PayPal buttons on mobile. My guess is PayPal is seeing that your device is mobile, and responding with an HTTP redirect to the appropriate app store. I don't have any control over this. It's possible if you install an extension for your desktop browser that the headers are modified and PayPal gets confused, then chooses the above (mobile) behavior.
  8. Border region isn't planning an evo school for at least the rest of this calendar year.
  9. This is an amazing opportunity. If you don't know Jeff, go download the Solo rules book and look for his name - it's in there a lot.
  10. I'm late to the game here, but I'm looking for a car to drive in comp runs. I need to save tires for the Crows Landing ProSolo. Ideally looking for something similar to my FRS. Edit: got a drive now, thanks everyone!
  11. Hi everyone, just a reminder that we have an event this Saturday. Because it's a Saturday, registration will be closing Thursday (tomorrow) at 7pm. We've updated our morning registration processes to better handle onsite registrants - however, we really want to discourage this because it's more work for our volunteers, so we've raised the prices for onsite registration. See here. Please pre-register if you plan on coming, it makes things much easier for us!
  12. Progressive did not let me insure my salvage motorcycle online, because the system rejects the new VIN you get from the state. I'm guessing most online insurance places will code their website the same (stupid IMO but you can't change it). I plugged in the original VIN of the motorcycle to get around this, but it's the wrong way to do it. They'll come back a few months later and say "hey this VIN doesn't exist," or the state comes back to you and says "hey your salvage VIN doesn't have record of insurance" (yes there is some talking behind the scenes between the state and the insurance companies). I'm pretty sure they would give you liability coverage, but you will probably need to call. I never found out, as I blew up the bike motor and bought the FRS, and just discontinued the license on the bike.
  13. A long time ago I started autocrossing around the same time as this other guy. We both started on crappy all seasons. The battle between us to win the novice category for the season was really close, so he ran out and bought some good tires. First time out on them, he beat me by a lot. Second time out, he beat me by a little. Third time, I was slightly ahead(!). The problem is that good tires mask mistakes. You can develop all kinds of bad habits, and the good tires will make those habits feel "fast," but they won't be. Until you have the fundamentals down, your talent will greatly benefit from a tire that makes it very clear when you make a mistake. I wanna temper this advice: you are (hopefully? probably?) here to have fun. So make sure what you choose sounds fun! For me, levelling up my talent was "fun" and a huge reason why I got invested in the sport; I was willing to grind a few seasons on crappy tires to learn more. That doesn't have to be you if you just wanna have fun with cars.
  14. It's almost never worth the expense or hassle IMO, unless your car goes into limp mode over the lack of TPMS. The first gen twins don't, and I'd be surprised if the second gen twins changed that.
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