</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SR20VET @ May 04 2002,10:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hmm....where was everyone? Only Drifting Ricer, AceInHole, Jeff (not sure what his forum names are) and me! It was a good event though. The course seemed to be just the wrong speed (too fast for 1st too slow for second) and a little confusing at first, but once you learned the track it was actually pretty good.
We all got at least decent times. I ended up running in STS with my STOCK SOHC S13 and only managed to pull a 56 second lap. Not too bad but not competative at with the faster people in STS. Ace got 2nd in STS with a 49 second run, Drifting Ricer also ran in STS but I'm not sure what his best time was. I think I heard a 52 but they didn't post the time sheet his run was on. Jeff ran in SM and placed (forget what place he got but he did leave with a mug) with a best run of 47 seconds.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I placed second in novice non-stock, which includes all modified, prepared, etc, novices, not just STS <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>
Jeff placed 2nd in a fairly small field of Street Modified cars.... first place was a really old VW GTI that had race tires I think... if Jeff had better tires he might have done better ... (although we can all say the same thing).
SR20VET did pretty well, at least managing 2 runs without an off course, the first one being a run with the aide of an instructor.
If you're new and looking to decrease your times, definitely use the instructors. SR20VET is one example of it... and I have a small example too: My runs were 54, 52, 51.1 + 1 cone, 51.1 with an instructor, and 49.5. Always talk to the guys that have been there the longest, the worst case scenario is you get some advice and find out something that doesn't work for you.... best case being you cut like 10 seconds off your lap time, or finish the course without missing a gate *cough cough curb humper cough* <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'>
It also helps to set goals. The last run, SR20VET was saying he wanted to lower his 59 second time to a 56, and he did exactly that. I had an R/T neon hot on my tail, so I was saying I wanted to break the 50 second barrier, which I accomplished. Someone else was even able to finish the course without missing a gate <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/satisfied.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':satisfied:'> after 4 off course runs <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>
So.... anyways.... solo II rules (well, except for maybe solo I)