OT:
This weekend was full of activities for me to attend to. Friday come home...Saturday go to my brothers Graduation Pinning @ Cal State Long Beach... Sunday Grab a win in STS.
Progress: My car is a MESS!!! Friday night while coming home, as i passed Temecula i noticed my fromt right bearing was going out again. WELL little did i know, as i pulled into the mobile gas station the noise got WORSE. So when i pulled in, i jacked up the front end and what do i see.... MY WHEEL WAS ONLY HELD ON BY MY FRONT CALIPER!!!
My whole front end is messed up. I need new wheel hubs, axles, upper/lower ball joints, tie rod ends, front cross member, and wheel bearings.
Alright, now on to the event. Thanks to my good friend Clay Schoen I was able to Co-Drive his STS prepared car for this championship.
All those following my blogs, be aware of Clay... hes determined to get better and almost has the car complete to compete with the big boys. Some Instruction and seat time and he'll be up there in no time.
Anyways, STS ran in the 3rd run group and we worked 2nd. I opted to work at the Slolam since it had a 2 cone straight into a 45ยบ 3 cone slolam. It was something I hadn't ran on before so i wanted to check it out and see how much speed i can carry through there. Clay came along with me as well and listen to what i had to say about most of the course. After a reasonably short run group, we were next and i was itching to get out there.
I had conversations with Jason (international allstars) about this event and we were both excited to see how i would do in STS. Technically this was my first STS event running a semi prepped car.
So me and Clay were in grid getting the tires aired up properly, setting the shocks right, and placing our numbers. We decided that Clay would run his 4 runs and then I run mine after him... It didn't turn out this way at all...hahaha. Clay went out for his first run coming in the 64 second range. He said the car was very stable and that there was a slight understeer at the limit. I decided that i wanted to check out what he was talking about so i went out to see what could be done to change. The only thing i can tell was that the front tires were SPINNING mid throttle?!? Must be the corner weight problem (national tour we lowered the rear and upsetted the balance). OH WELL.... well as i came in, I ran a 61.4xx and what do I hear from the trailer?
"...and jonathan comes in with a 61.4xx.... thats good enough for 1st place in STS..."
WHOOOO HOOOO.... i know i was like the 5th car out in STS but i was stoked to just hear those words. Now i just need to maintain that stand. The car was feeling good, so Clay was kind enough to let me run 2 more runs. My second run I was able to improve my time to a 61.1xx and heard the trailer say that i was still in 1st. IM STOKED... but then again Marcko (sts 2.5 RS) hasn't gone out yet and his Co-Driver Bruce McArthur was coming close to my times.
| 'Street Touring S' - Total Entries: 8 Trophies: 2 | Club | Times | Total T. | Diff. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1T | STS | 822 | Bruce M | 01 Subaru 2.5 RS | DCCSD | 62.131 | 60.576 | 61.102 | 61.031 | 60.576 | - |
| 2T | STS | 522 | Marco V | 01 Subaru Impreza RS | SCNAX | 64.058+1 | 60.902 | 61.443 | 60.935 | 60.902 | 0.326 |
| 3 | STS | 382 | Jonathan L | 91 Honda Civic Si | 61.512 | 61.101 | 61.159 | 63.025+1 | 61.101 | 0.199 | |
| 4 | STS | 73 | Mark D | 89 Honda Civic Si | DCCSD | 66.064 | 63.539 | 62.565 | 61.884 | 61.884 | 0.783 |
| 5 | STS | 888 | Romel D | 96 Acura Integra | TART | 62.607 | 71.224+1 | 61.886 | 62.426 | 61.886 | 0.002 |
| 6 | STS | 451 | David B | 94 Honda Prelude | 68.520+2 | 63.768 | 64.047 | 63.714 | 63.714 | 1.828 | |
| 7 | STS | 245 | Clay S | 91 Honda Civic | SCNAX | 64.962 | 64.254 | 64.152 | 87.544+1 | 64.152 | 0.438 |
| 8 | STS | 752 | Rod S | 06 Acura RSX-S | 66.655 | 66.422 | 65.435 | 65.108 | 65.108 | 0.956 | |
Well he went out and on his 1st run already beat my time and got down to the 60 second range. I know that if i had waited for my runs about the same time Marcko started, i may have been in the 60s range as well. I like playing catch up =). My reign as 1st quickly went down to 2nd... then by the end of the day 3rd. Im still stoked on how i performed tho... there were sections i know i could of smoothened out and kept steady pace. The Course was FAST BTW.... 3rd gear in a STS EF civic??? CRAZY Stuff.
| Pos. | Class | # | Driver | Car Model | Club | Total T. | Factor | Pax Time | Diff. | From 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAXSS | 17 | Gary T | 04 Porsche GT3 | DCCSD | 54.467 | *0.852000 | 46.405 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 2 | ESP | 82 | Henry B | 02 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 | DCCSD | 55.399 | *0.841 | 46.590 | 0.185 | 0.185 |
| 3 | PAXEM | 143 | Jeff K | 58 Austin Healey Sprite | SCNAX | 53.226 | *0.887000 | 47.211 | 0.621 | 0.806 |
| 4 | PAXSS | 37 | Leslie C | 03 Chevrolet Corvette | DCCSD | 55.666 | *0.852000 | 47.427 | 0.216 | 1.022 |
| 5 | IS2 | 200 | Brian G | 07 Mazda Miata | SCNAX | 56.572 | *0.844 | 47.746 | 0.319 | 1.341 |
| 6 | PAXF125 | 76 | Michael C | 04 Arrow AX8 | SCNAX | 50.603 | *0.948000 | 47.971 | 0.225 | 1.566 |
| 7 | BS | 841 | Jason I | 05 Mazda RX-8 | 57.697 | *0.832 | 48.003 | 0.032 | 1.598 | |
| 8 | BM | 29 | Larry D | 74 Aardvark DB | SDAD | 52.018 | *0.937 | 48.740 | 0.737 | 2.335 |
| 9 | SK2HS | 156 | James W | 98 Subaru Impreza L | SCNAX | 62.959 | *0.776160 | 48.866 | 0.126 | 2.461 |
| 10 | SS | 142 | Tom K | 94 Mazda Rx7 | DCCSD | 57.439 | *0.852 | 48.938 | 0.072 | 2.533 |
| 11 | STS2 | 435 | Michael H | 95 Mazda Miata | SCNAX | 60.055 | *0.818 | 49.125 | 0.187 | 2.720 |
| 12 | PAXSTX | 293 | Derek P | 97 BMW 328 | DCCSD | 59.932 | *0.820000 | 49.144 | 0.019 | 2.739 |
| 13 | STS2 | 35 | Steve C | 90 Mazda Miata | SCNAX | 60.153 | *0.818 | 49.205 | 0.061 | 2.800 |
| 14 | SK1AS | 6 | Jeff C | 04 Honda S2000 | DCCSD | 59.686 | *0.825160 | 49.250 | 0.045 | 2.845 |
| 15 | DS | 572 | Carl M | 98 Acura Integra Type R | SCNAX | 60.657 | *0.812 | 49.253 | 0.003 | 2.848 |
| 16 | M1EM | 66 | Mark K | 58 Austin Healey Sprite | SCNAX | 55.692 | *0.887000 | 49.398 | 0.145 | 2.993 |
| 17 | STS | 822 | Bruce M | 01 Subaru 2.5 RS | DCCSD | 60.576 | *0.816 | 49.430 | 0.032 | 3.025 |
| 18 | STU | 126 | Larry C | 97 BMW M3 | DCCSD | 59.633 | *0.830 | 49.495 | 0.065 | 3.090 |
| 19 | STU | 101 | Thomas S | 04 Subaru WRX STi | SDAD | 59.745 | *0.830 | 49.588 | 0.093 | 3.183 |
| 20 | M1CM | 58 | Terry L | 70 Titan Formula Ford | TART | 54.911 | *0.904000 | 49.639 | 0.051 | 3.234 |
| 21 | STS | 522 | Marco V | 01 Subaru Impreza RS | SCNAX | 60.902 | *0.816 | 49.696 | 0.057 | 3.291 |
| 22 | SK1BS | 370 | Kenneth B | 06 Mazda RX-8 | DCSSD | 60.975 | *0.815360 | 49.716 | 0.020 | 3.311 |
| 23 | SM2 | 540 | Paul R | 92 Mazda Miata | 57.381 | *0.867 | 49.749 | 0.033 | 3.344 | |
| 24 | SK2HS | 148 | Tyson N | 07 Mazda 3 | SCAT | 64.165 | *0.776160 | 49.802 | 0.053 | 3.397 |
| 25 | STS | 382 | Jonathan L | 91 Honda Civic Si | 61.101 | *0.816 | 49.858 | 0.056 | 3.453 |
Yay i ended up PAXing in the Top 25/118. Not too shabby i guess...
STS was very competitive. Top 5 contenders were in the 60-61 sec range all within hundreds of a second. I had a blast and can't wait till Divisionals in July.
More info on that later...
