Auto slalom and lapping with Car Crew at Shannonville Motorsports Park for 2017

[Lynxis]

NOTE: Poor weather will cancel an event so if you are planning to attend, please make sure to check this thread right before leaving to ensure the event hasn't been cancelled, especially if the forecast is calling for rain or thunder.

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Hey everyone, I've been informed that there are some events planned at Shannonville Motorsports Park for 2017. The first event is a snow cross currently scheduled for Sunday March 5th with a fallback date of Sunday March 12th. Here are the details I have received regarding this event:

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Quick note to let you all know that the "Car Crew" as part of SMP's Driver Dynamics program will be organizing a Snow Cross at the Shannonville Track on Sunday the 5th of March.
Timing is 9 AM for Registration and first car should be on course at 10 AM.
Fall back date is the next Sunday the 12th if insufficient snow conditions.
More information to follow as we firm up details for the event.
Hope to see you there----Eric Brunner on behalf of the Car Crew (John Kinnear, Sergio Bidinost, Al Pawling, Rob Brunner and myself)."

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I've been told to expect a $55 entry fee although that isn't in stone yet. Car must have appropriate winter tires and a helmet is mandatory.

In addition to the upcoming snow cross event, I've also received information about evening autocross and lapping events with the Car Crew at Shannonville for 2017 as well. Here is the message I received with the schedule:

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Just to let you know well in advance that the Car Crew will be holding the following events at SMP this summer:
Friday evening auto slaloms
*1). 19 May on Fabi - Original date of 5 May was postponed due to weather.
2). 16 June on Nelson
3). 30 June on Fabi (cancelled, rescheduled to July 28 on Nelson)
3). 14 July on Nelson (cancelled, rescheduled to Aug 11 on Nelson)
3). 28 July on Nelson
4). 11 August on Nelson
5). 25 August on Fabi
***FOR FUN SEASON ENDER*** Sat Sept 16th on Nelson (Starts at 9am!)***
Thursday evening lapping (3rd Thursday of each month all on Fabi)
1). 18 May
2). 15 June
3). 13 July
4). 17 August
5). 14 September
We will send out more information (as well on our Driver Dynamics section on the SMP Web Site). All are 5:30 to Dusk.
--Driver Dynamics group (John Kinnear, Sergio Bidinost, Al Pawling, Rob and Eric Brunner)

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The auto slaloms are expected to be $55 each and the evening lapping events are expected to be $80 each. This isn't written in stone yet but I'll update this post if it changes.

I'll note that they run a tight ship to maximize safety and track time. At one autocross event, I managed to get 19 runs (no typo) and regarding lapping, they normally do open lapping on Fabi which means getting upwards of 3 hours of seat time on the Fabi circuit for $80. Where can you find a better seat time per dollar value?

[Lynxis]

Heads up that the Snowcross event on Sunday March 5th has been cancelled due to insufficient weather conditions for the event. We will see what the weather looks like for next weekend.

[wparsons]

Originally Posted by Lynxis

Heads up that the Snowcross event on Sunday March 5th has been cancelled due to insufficient weather conditions for the event. We will see what the weather looks like for next weekend.

Stupid mother nature... such a weak winter!

[Lynxis]

Originally Posted by wparsons

Stupid mother nature... such a weak winter!

It's the only time I've been sad there wasn't any snow. Shovelling it sucks.

[Frost]

Originally Posted by wparsons

Stupid mother nature... such a weak winter!

I know! I've been aching to go to a snow driving session at TMP for 5 weeks in a row.

We did have that one dump on a Thursday that all melted by Saturday. So damn frustrating!

[Lynxis]

Just a quick reminder that the first event of the season will be this coming Friday. I also wanted to mention that the noted autocross events will also double as the St Lawrence Auto Club autocross series and I will be attending all events including the one on Friday.

The forecast on Friday is calling for lots of rain (20-30mm) which tends to keep the less interested/serious people at home. I personally like running in the rain because there are fewer people so you get more runs and running in the rain is a great way to practice car control. This is also a great chance to get the dust knocked off before the regionals begin.

[Lynxis]

Well, almost no more than posted that and I've been advised the Autoslalom event for this Friday has been postponed until May 19th due to severe weather warnings in effect for Friday. That will be the day after Thursday evening lapping.

[wparsons]

Any lapping on the full track (pro or full layouts)?

[Lynxis]

Originally Posted by wparsons

Any lapping on the full track (pro or full layouts)?

Not through Driver Dynamics or the St. Lawrence Auto Club although Shannonville hosts it's own full track lapping days. $160 prepay 1 week or more in advance or $200 at the gate. Here are the dates:

May 8
May 22
June 23
July 24
Aug 11
Sept 18
Oct 1
Oct 21

You can check out more on their website.

Unfortunately, my finances are such that I don't think I'll be able to do any full track events this year. I'll be attending all autocross events and as many evening lapping events that I can though. Will defnitely be at the events on the 18th and 19th.

[Lynxis]

Got the following message from Eric Brunner last night:

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This Thursday (18th May) will be our May Lapping Evening on Fabi and Friday (19th) will the first auto slalom event also on Fabi.

Each event starts with registration at 4:30, Driver's Meeting at 5:15 and running from 5:30 to dusk.

Entry fee is $55 for the auto slalom and $85 for lapping.

Entry form for the auto slalom is attached. The lapping form will be sent shortly.

Good opportunity here for any of the local road racers to test their cars on the lapping evening.

More information is available on the SMP Web Site in the "Driver Dynamics" section.

---hope to see you there ---Eric Brunner on behalf of the Car Crew

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I'm not sure what the rules are for linking forms and stuff so I will not paste it here but I've got the form if anyone needs it. Send me a message and I can forward it and they will also be available if you just show up at the event so no worries either way.

[Lynxis]

I was there today. No rain although the clouds certainly threatened us. Even saw some lightning as I was packing up to go. Got a new best time on my last session, a 1'19.46, a little over a second faster than my previous best from last year which was a 1'20.53.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W47oIK25aDI"]shannonville fabi lapping best lap 1 19 46 - YouTube[/ame]

Audio and data logging are from the cell phone which you can see in the video, video is from the Gopro. Great fun getting that setup I tell you. Still, being able to see the data is really neat.

I will be there again tomorrow for the auto slalom.

[Lynxis]

Just a reminder that Thursday June 15th is evening lapping on Fabi and Friday June 16th is part 2 of the Driver Dynamics/StLAC Auto Slalom series, on Nelson this time.

I cannot attend the lapping event on Thursday but I will be there for the Auto Slalom series event on Friday.

[Lynxis]

Just wrapped up the 2nd Autoslalom event. I got first in class (super stock) with an 86.3 over an S2000 that got an 86.6. I got 3rd overall, out of 13 participants.

On my last run, I got an 85.1 but blew the stop box. If I didn't blow it, it would have bumped me up to 2nd overall.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qyCH5_9gPM[/ame]

Several nice cars were running tonight. A Cayman GT4 got best overall tonight followed by a WRX. My BRZ was 3rd overall and an S2000 right behind me (I won by 0.3 seconds!). There was a father/son combo running an SA RX7 AND an FD Twin Turbo RX7 which was really cool. There was also a VW Jetta 1.8t on slicks there too.

A very successful evening. I'll definitely be at the next one on June 30th!

[Lynxis]

Reminder that the 3rd event is on Friday (June 30th) at Shannonville Fabi circuit. Registration opens at 4:30pm, drivers meeting at 5:15pm and runs start from 5:30pm until dusk. As usual, entry is $55.