Stiff Competition

At our latest autocross we had some stiff competition in both classes, so without great fanfare, here's the final results RESULTS LINK.   Drivers were allowed 4 runs, the best one time is the only one that counts.  You'll see some "+1" marks that signify the driver hit a cone (and got a 2 second time penalty), and for the REALLY GOOD drivers, even a "+5" for taking out FIVE cones (like my last run!  Aren't you glad I did that just to demonstrate how to get a 10 second penalty?).

DNF= Did Not Finish, and that driver got off course somehow. (like my FIRST run---again, just so that you can see one in action!)

Overall, I had fun and learned a lot by watching all these faster pilots, but managed to at least finish ahead of one Focus and one Fiesta.  Since the Ford folks took the first six positions in GS, I'm thinking they've got a pretty good car there.  Certainly it's not because I'm a slower driver.  (hope you're laughing by this point)

You can see the season over-all points on our results page, which in GS currently has Justin Robinett in first by one point over both Robert and Michael Arnold. Stiff competition!

GS - 'G Stock' - Total Entries: 10 Trophies: 4					Times					Total	Diff.
1Tm	GS	78	Doggett, Clark	Black 14 Ford Fiesta	-922.203	67.607	66.735	68.060+1	67.590	66.735	[-]1.591
2T	GS	13	Armstrong, Luke	Black 14 Ford Focus ST	75.526+DNF	69.408	68.759	68.326		68.326	+1.591
3Tm	GS	781	Baltazar, David	Black 14 Ford Fiesta ST	69.291+DNF	71.404+2	69.987	68.871		68.871	+0.545
4Tm	GS	65	Harris, Will	Orange 14 Ford Fiesta ST	71.765	70.370	70.597	68.928		68.928	+0.057
5 m	GS	17	Arnold, Michael	Black 14 Ford Focus ST	69.808	68.569+1	68.483+1	69.057		69.057	+0.129
6 m	GS	26	Robinett, Justin	Race Red 13 Ford Focus ST	70.102	69.909	72.260+5	79.540+DNF		69.909	+0.852
7 m	GS	77	Nixon, Robert	Red 13 Fiat 500 Abarth	72.590+DNF	72.803	71.281	72.793+5		71.281	+1.372
8 m	GS	87	Bury, Kenneth	White 13 Ford Focus ST	71.853					71.853	+0.572
9	GS	56	Furr, Trent	Orange 14 Ford Fiesta ST	91.001	75.030+1	73.703	73.234		73.234	+1.381
10 m	GS	46	Solesbee, Robert	Red 04 Ford Mustang	81.162+DNF	96.216+DNF	77.213+2	90.677+DNF		81.213	+7.979

Over in ES, all but one driver was sitting in a Miata, so the fine rear wheel drive Mazda product (now in it's 25th year of production) is the king of the class.  After the 2nd run Brian was holding on to first place, but then a run by Kyle Ray-Smith bumped Brian into an also excellent 2nd place on the day against all this Mazda madness. Kyle is now leading the class for the season, and Brian is sitting in 3rd overall and closing on 2nd place

ES - 'E Stock' - Total Entries: 7 Trophies: 3					Times					Total	Diff.
1Tm	ES	89	Ray-Smith, Kyle	Blue 01 Mazda Miata	70.170	69.563	68.336	69.193+DNF		68.336	[-]1.087
2Tm	ES	86	Nixon, Brian	Red 04 Mazda Mazdaspeed MX-5	70.289	69.423	69.758+1	77.232		69.423	+1.087
3Tm	ES	57	Humphries, Dan	Garnet 03 Mazda Miata	72.218	71.275	69.773	88.557		69.773	+0.350
4 m	ES	16	DeGennaro, Kyle	Silver 02 Mazda Miata	75.831+DNF	72.615	72.273	70.691		70.691	+0.918
5	ES	159	Brown, Jason	Black 01 Mazda Miata	76.913+1	72.859	72.757	70.791		70.791	+0.100
6 m	ES	59	Hidde, Schuyler	Black 00 Mazda Miata	8685.732+DNF	72.584	76.058	71.253		71.253	+0.462
7 m	ES	17	Smith, Zach	Red 88 Mazda Rx7	76.164	74.190	75.957+1	73.866		73.866	+2.613