Message from Eric:

Hi: Due to the possibility of rain and thunderstorms during our scheduled auto slalom tonight (Friday 30th June) on Fabi, the Car Crew has decided to cancel and reschedule the event to Friday 28th July on Nelson.

Just a reminder that our next normally scheduled events will be:

--Lapping on Thursday 13th July on Fabi
--Auto slalom on Friday 14th July on Nelson

Sorry for the change but it seems we all have had to work around the weather for a lot of activities!

@Lynxis, is there any form of pre-event registration, like motorsportreg, required for auto-slaloms, or can one simply arrive at 4:30pm and fill in a form?

I hope I can make it this Friday.

Hi @Rameus,

No, there isn't any sort of prepay so just show up, pay and fill out the forms. In some ways, it's nice because it's low commitment but I wish there was a prepay option because I find it helps get more people to show up sometimes so it's something I'll bring up with the Driver Dynamics guys. At this point, even if they want to add a prepay option, I doubt they will be able to this year but maybe it can be an option for next year.

This post is also a reminder that there is the evening lapping on Thursday and the Auto Slalom Championship event #3 on Friday. I will not be at the lapping event on Thursday but I will be at the Auto Slalom Championship event on Friday for sure. See you there!

Due to rain and threat of thunderstorms, autocross is cancelled tonight and rescheduled for August 11th. Next event will be July 28th, weather permitting it seems...

Damn, I was wondering if this would happen :( I was really looking forward to it. Well, good thing I checked I suppose.

Yeah very disappointing but they cant run with the risk of thunderstorms. Here's hoping the next one is clear. I will add a note to the opening to remind people to check here before they head out to ensure an event hasn't been cancelled.

Reminder that this Friday, July 28th is event number 3. Currently, the forecast is calling for a 40% chance of light rain that day so the event will be a go assuming the forecast sticks but as always, I'll post an update if it's cancelled.

Well I'm nothing if not consistent it seems. 80.7 on my final run for best in class, 2nd overall after the pesky WRX who ran an 80.6... The S2000 ran an 81.1 so just half a second between all three top spots today! Was a great battle!

Here is video with some data overlay from my best run:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeULvkNvf0g[/ame]

Unfortunately the gyro data was corrupted so it's missing for this run =(

Reminder of the event this Friday. Forecast is currently calling for 60% chance of 5-10mm of rain on Friday. If this doesn't improve, the event will be postponed. We will know by 1pm on Friday if the event will be a go or not.

Calling for thunderstorms and rain all afternoon and into tomorrow evening so this evenings event is cancelled. I'll update this when a rain date is set.

So they changed their mind last minute and decided to run the event. I was able to go but couldn't get back online in time to say anything about it so I'm sorry about that. That said, I'm not entirely convinced anyone here was planning to make it anyways.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVzsK45N_-0"]Shannonville Driver Dynamics 8 11 2017 round 4 - best clean run - YouTube[/ame] my best clean run with a 74.3.

I managed a 73.8 +1 cone on my last run. Video here:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91C0wI4lR4"]Shannonville Driver Dynamics 8 11 2017 round 4 - best run with cone - YouTube[/ame]

Ultimately, even if I didn't hit the cone, it wouldn't have affected my placement. Still first in class, 3rd overall behind the WRX with a 72.2 and the Cayman GT4 with a 71.0.

Reminder this Friday is the last round of the autoslalom championship. Forecast is looking great for the finale!

What time is dusk in September?

8pm at the beginning of the month, 7pm at the end. Usually run until 7:30 at least.