The Miatas are NOT invulnerable!!!



Man, did I have a great weekend! I raced in Muskegon Michigan, and it was one of the nicest courses I've driven to date, despite the small size of the lot. This is only my 2nd year in autocross, so I'm still learning as I go, but this time I had a sort of epiphany. My car ran and handled great, and I felt like I finally drove it at close to the limit. What an awesome time...



The final tally was:



I beat 7 out of 8 Miatas!

1 Solstice

1 S2000

1 STI

and an RX8

plus many others, of course. But I don't brag about beating Hondas. lol. And this was on street tires! Sumitomos, to be exact.



From the begining, it was my idea to see how far I could push my car without race rubber. My suspension is just about done, so I think its about time to slap on some real tires. I have no plans for the motor because the way I figure it, I've never lost a race due to lack of horsepower. Only a lack of skill. 213,000 miles now and still plenty strong.





DEATH TO THE MIATAS!!!





Okay, here is the video:



http://youtube.com/watch?v=jB-JDdINMzU



If you listen closely, you can still hear my sticking apex seal...



Here's some video from an earlier event, which was my first rainy raceday:



http://youtube.com/watch?v=aqTrHIN--2Y

 

Awesome, congrats! That's a tight course.

 

Yeah, this was definitely a course that suited my car. You should have seen the high horsepower cars getting so frustrated, it was great!

 

I didn't hear any stuck seals, but you gave the over-rev buzzer a nice little workout.

 

Yeah, the motor was really on its last leg. She ended up blowing 7 days ago, so I'm in search of a replacement as we speak...