I wasa suprised also to see a poor outing by David Mclevell (SP????) he owns a Robin Egg colored Cobra.
He was ripping apart the southeast in that cobra. I was expecting big things from him at the nationals. I think the rain really messed up a lot of people.
My brother used to run a 87 GXL in CSP against the MR2 Spiders and they were too fast to catch. It was frustrating. I feel your pain. We were toying with putting a street ported fresh engine into the GXL and really taking them on. Right now it puts 120 to the wheels the engine has seen better days. We figure if we could get about 180-190 to the wheels and do a good weight reduction we might catch them.
Hope Beecher doesnt see this. He came to an event to "practice" here.
He went straight up to the timing trailer and told them my car belonged in BP not ASP. My 1st engine was on its way out and I had a boost controler on it to keep it from spiking on boost.
I had 225 RWHP at the time he had his 400 HP Porsche. (BTW he was running 18x12 rims on his Porsche hmmmm.... not legal in BP)
I whipped him something bad that day and was sure he was going to whoop me just by looking at the cars side by side. My car even has a bazooka tube in it that I refuse to pull out. Its my good luck charm.
I was suprised as hell I beat him especially after I was told before the event he was a Natl. champ in SS.
I took 3rd place in Miami at the Mazda Rev-It-Up. That was after only 10 months of Autocrossing. I decided if I want to prove I am a good driver I will continue to do so at the future rev-it-up events.
Same car, same course, no excuses. No one has an advantage. Its all driver. Autocross its the guy w/ the most money that has the advantage from the start.
Driver is a factor but car becomes a major factor in the SCCA.
Mazda is doing it again this year with the Mazda3. Being as how I now have a FWD car to practice with I hope to win a city this year. I have 3 near me, Miami, Tampa and Atlanta.