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Event: DMVR SCCA #4 (Iowa Challenge #1), 6/1/2014, Oskaloosa Airport, Oskaloosa IA
Alright, I'm starting to kind of spit the same spit in every post here. These posts are going to start getting shorter and I'll probably only keep up to date for posterity's sake.
Good event on concrete in Oskaloosa. Beautiful day, but hot (90ish) and windy as hell. Much faster course than I expected, shifting to 3rd twice and bouncing off the rev limiter in 2nd another time. I upped the pressure in my Z214s from 25psi at Hawkeye Downs to 35psi, and then did my first bit of "tuning" at an event when I dropped the fronts to 33psi after the 3rd run.
My phone still isn't playing real nice with Solostorm so I only got a couple videos. This weekend I'm going to try using an old phone. OBD-II is working now but apparently I need to calibrate the throttle position.
Run 1:
I didn't think I got a very good feel for the course in the couple of times I walked it, but I finished my first run with a respectable 43.791. I don't pay much attention to the tach and bounce of the limiter several times at the turnaround halfway through the course. Shift next time.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NicnsB6TZY"]DMVR SCCA Autox - 6/1/2014 - Run 1 - YouTube[/ame]
Run 3:
My second run was a throwaway, a bit slower plus a cone. For my third run, I decided to try shifting a little later. I've always shifted when it was easiest - not when I hit redline, not even necessarily when I'm going straight, just when it's easiest. The first few features of this course were very tight and 1st gear definitely kept me in the stronger revs, but driving smoothly in 1st gear isn't something I can really do. In the video you can see how out of shape I got when I shifted to 2nd. Ended up with a good clean run of 42.972.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEju5dhgtns"]DMVR SCCA Autox - 6/1/2014 - Run 3 - YouTube[/ame]
The rest:
My 4th run ended up being my best at 42.229, good for a pax of 13 of 63. I left some time on the table but for my skill level I think it was a very solid run. 5th and 6th runs were both a little slower and both had a couple of cones.
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