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AliensRgr8
05-02-2007, 10:07 PM
I just wanted to let everyone know Mowog 3 is open for registration.

1st registered.:D
hafftrak
05-02-2007, 10:21 PM
Schweeeeeet. Signed up early this time. :rockon
ada///M
05-03-2007, 12:09 AM
me too

so far 66% of the paxing competitors are in sts

seems like sts is FTW in 2007
stoooo
05-03-2007, 06:46 AM
seems like sts is FTW in 2007
Yes, the "STS Posse" concur.

Stuart.
speedyham
05-03-2007, 09:06 AM
Already a lot of competitors signed up. Amazing. DCTC FTW! I love that course. :)
davidv
05-03-2007, 09:17 AM
just signed up:D
somepunk22
05-03-2007, 09:44 AM
Signed up. Anyone have a possible FWD co-drive if my car isn't running by then?:D
SlowSwede
05-03-2007, 09:55 AM
Signed up. Anyone have a possible FWD co-drive if my car isn't running by then?:D

Interested in a 9-3?

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/campbellca/oontz.jpg

The roof rack may or may not be in place. :D
Steve in Minnesota
05-03-2007, 10:04 AM
Holy crud....there are quite a few folks registered already....including me! :D

Steve
MNbiker
05-03-2007, 10:09 AM
...The roof rack may or may not be in place. :D

Leave it on - you don't want to miss out on the cachet of beating other drivers with a roof rack installed. :D
SlowSwede
05-03-2007, 10:12 AM
Leave it on - you don't want to miss out on the cachet of beating other drivers with a roof rack installed. :D



;) I think that was actually one of the days that I PAXed the highest last season.

lol
speedyham
05-03-2007, 10:13 AM
Leave it on - you don't want to miss out on the cachet of beating other drivers with a roof rack installed. :D

Wouldn't a roof rack be illegal chassis reinforcement?

How about a roof rack with a ski box on it?
SlowSwede
05-03-2007, 10:15 AM
Wouldn't a roof rack be illegal chassis reinforcement?

How about a roof rack with a ski box on it?

I honestly don't know. If asked I could remove it no problem. The last time I ran with it I was late to the event and didn't have the allen wrench
AliensRgr8
05-03-2007, 10:17 AM
I think the fact of having ballast above the center of gravity would negate the benefits of the Chassis stiffening.
ada///M
05-03-2007, 10:43 AM
I think the fact of having ballast above the center of gravity would negate the benefits of the Chassis stiffening.

funny that you say that because I think thats what some would say about most any chassis stiffening parts 8)
somepunk22
05-03-2007, 11:17 AM
Interested in a 9-3?


The roof rack may or may not be in place. :D

Thats way nicer of a car then I was expecting. :bigeyes: I'll be in touch if mine isn't running. Cheers!
SlowSwede
05-03-2007, 12:21 PM
Thats way nicer of a car then I was expecting. :bigeyes: I'll be in touch if mine isn't running. Cheers!

No worries. You aren't going to break anything on it.

Let me know.
MAYcar
05-03-2007, 01:07 PM
Holy crud....there are quite a few folks registered already....including me! :D

Steve

58 now registered of 135 spots! Will there be any left in a week!?! I'm in with my codriver! Get em quick!
Daemon688
05-03-2007, 08:05 PM
Wasn't expecting registration to be open so soon! I'll be excited for my first event of the year :rockon
_celldweller
05-06-2007, 09:04 PM
Just registered here.
_celldweller
05-12-2007, 12:54 AM
Just looked at Google maps and saw a satelite image of the place. Are we running on what appears to be a permanent driving course on the campus?
Blue03CivicSi
05-12-2007, 01:04 AM
Just looked at Google maps and saw a satelite image of the place. Are we running on what appears to be a permanent driving course on the campus?

Yeah, apparently it is used to train truck drivers
MNbiker
05-12-2007, 04:34 AM
Just looked at Google maps and saw a satelite image of the place. Are we running on what appears to be a permanent driving course on the campus?
Yes, we use a large driver training facility at DCTC. The course will be a bit different for each event, and we use cones to define slaloms and other autocross elements. However, courses at DCTC tend to feel a bit like a small road racing track.
_celldweller
05-12-2007, 10:22 PM
Woo Hoo! I'm all for that. Think it's possible my Ford Slowcus will have to see 3rd gear on such a course?
esper
05-12-2007, 10:34 PM
i am guessing no, unless your focus has an incredibly short first and second gear. Its an autocross, not a road race.
weidnerpaul
05-13-2007, 06:38 AM
i am guessing no, unless your focus has an incredibly short first and second gear. Its an autocross, not a road race.

Not to mention that DCTC has a top speed requirement that we have to meet by course design.
stoooo
05-13-2007, 06:30 PM
Woo Hoo! I'm all for that. Think it's possible my Ford Slowcus will have to see 3rd gear on such a course?
I was hitting the rev limiter in a couple of places last year on one course, but I had slightly shorter gearing due to my tyres. Another 2.5RS on slightly larger tyres did not hit the limiter. However, neither of these places merited an upshift as they were just before the braking zones for the next element. As others have said, this is autocross, where "speed" and "quickness" on the course are not necessarily the same thing.

Stuart.
speedyham
05-14-2007, 08:35 AM
Not to mention that DCTC has a top speed requirement that we have to meet by course design.

What is that top speed requirement? I am curious how close we are to it on some of the courses we had last year.
washburn
05-14-2007, 11:19 AM
Somewhere around 50 to 55 MPH. Even so, we've had incidents that have caused damage. You just have to have the right frame of mind going there, because you can do damage. Not trying to down talk the site or anything, it's a lot of fun, just giving you a heads up that there is little run off room, and dropping wheels of the pavement is a big no-no. Dialing it back a wee bit is usually what I try to do.
phile
05-14-2007, 11:28 AM
Dialing it back a wee bit is usually what I try to do.

Absolutely. When you were showing me how to drive the Cow Car and spun it, you stayed on the pavement.
MNbiker
05-14-2007, 11:36 AM
Absolutely. When you were showing me how to drive the Cow Car and spun it, you stayed on the pavement.
zing! :lol: :lol:
AQuimby
05-14-2007, 11:39 AM
Dialing it back a wee bit is usually what I try to do.

This is good advice. There is also a couple of spots that the surface will drop pretty quick. Challenging if you are trying to brake, corner, or do both at the same time. I spun out into the gravel there once and I wasen't even going very fast but the spin it self was extremly fast. I hit the drop just right and around I went. It all happend very quick, not to mention I felt like an idiot.
washburn
05-14-2007, 03:30 PM
It's going to happen....I would never say it won't happen to me or anyone else.

I'm not saying I'm dogging it either. But when there is a section that I "know" I could do just a little faster, I take a step back and look around and decide that maybe I don't need to chance it that much. Especially when it's not my car, which it usually isn't. :) On a parking lot, I would go for it, but not there.
phile
05-14-2007, 09:07 PM
It's going to happen....I would never say it won't happen to me or anyone else.

I'm not saying I'm dogging it either. But when there is a section that I "know" I could do just a little faster, I take a step back and look around and decide that maybe I don't need to chance it that much. Especially when it's not my car, which it usually isn't. :) On a parking lot, I would go for it, but not there.

In all seriousness, you are right on the money. It is not the place for experimentation. A big homogeneous car park is better.