DerekFSU

Won the Novice class for the Martin Sports Car Club autocross in Gainesville yesterday. About 90 cars with 5 in novice. Here are a few videos.

Winning run of 67 seconds with camera mounted right behing sunroof.

Low rear side mount for 68 second run. Watch out for cones.

Here is a great wipeout in the M3 during a funrun.
M3 Wipeout

xraymd

Great videos man. How did you mount the camera? It was steady as a rock. There is still something amusing about watching that three-pointed star fly around the track. Of course it's funnier watching the blades of grass fly by when the M3 went off track. He sure fought that thing.

PS - How many wins can you have before you're no longer a 'novice'?

BoBcanada

Nice!!! I had to go myself today to the autocrss but i couldnt wake up lol what a lazy ***, and that m3 driver cant drive, I drove m3 many times and i could come to the corners sideways and correct it perfectly...

Is that you driving the beast?

Oh and did you use manual mode or S ?

DerekFSU

Thanks Bob, that's me driving the 55 and the M3- appreciate the compliment. It was a funrun and I wanted to see how far I could push the M. On the first funrun I drove the M and beat my winning time in the E. On the second funrun, my lines were completely off and I lost it in that section.

I used S mode but should have at least tried the manual mode.

Here is the camera mount: www.stickypod.com

M5KILLR

fun videos, what class are you running in. and there is 0, zip, nada, no chance of seeing that many straights up here. i know, not really a straight but we race on friggin zig zags!

jcanabal

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Here is the camera mount: www.stickypod.com[/QUOTE]

Do you think this Stickypod thing can hold up to a time trial or circuit like VIR or Mid-Ohio etc with speed of 125+ and tight fast corners with some G's on them? If so...I'll buy one!

Great Video...keep them coming!

JMC

DRCrowder

Dude, that is freakin awesome!!

Great job in pushing the E55 to its limits and not being constrained by common perceptions of poor handling.

korveine

That definitely looked like fun. Great videos!

The wipeout on the funrun looked extremely fun.

Zeppelin

I wish we had autocross courses like that here in California. That thing looks like a small road course. What was your top speeds on the higher speed sections?

medici78

Man, you almost kept it going on the M3. Looks like fun. The grass was a nice touch. :p

Zeppelin

Just watched the second vid: How come I don't here the tires squealing except at one turn? Those hides should have been protesting the entire way around the course.

M5KILLR

note to self, "don't buy derek's used m3" also heres a fun little vid of 1 of our autocross tracks

http://imageevent.com/kompressor/sol...=0&w=4&s=0&z=2

Chappy

Great stuff

Jakpro1

Nuff said.

housclass

i agree...we use to call that a solo 1 1/2 course... looks fast for a solo 2 gig!

awesome videos and a killer ride!!!

H-MAN

Nice runs. Very smooth in the E55. Since your in novice class was this your first autocross?

DerekFSU

Thanks folks. It was my second autocross. First one was two weeks ago in the M.

Gid_E_Up

Here is the bug to watch out for--it's bite can be deadly.

http://www.nasaproracing.com/

Thus far:
One set of S-03 Bridgestones (6 K miles and 1 track event)
One set of PS 2 (got two track events out of them and possibly a third)
One set of front rotors
New front brake pads
3.5 gold brake calipers


AND..... One left CV half shaft as of yesterday!

I have some video that I will post from both Mid Ohio and Road America Wisconsin (150 mph on the front straight).

New purchases:

Toyo RA-1 race tires
New Kleemann brakes all around (will be here in 4 weeks +/-)
New air ducts to the front brakes
Fikse 18" racing wheels
Timing system
Additional seat belt/restraint systems

More info to come.

Derek, call me when you have a free moment.

dmzz

Look like you were going much faster in the M3. On the E looks like you were just taking a stoll in the park.

DerekFSU

I was actually faster in the E on that run. The M looks faster cause my lines were late and thus I was overdriving.

rguy

While that may be partially true, honestly, I think your time was faster because the straight line acceleration of the E made up for the lack of cornering speed and ability. I would be hard-pressed to believe you were going faster through the turns in the 55.

DerekFSU

OK. No one said I was going faster in the turns in the E.

Noredline

Wow, what a blast that was to watch, can only imagine being in the car for it. Reminds me of the AMG Challenge. Way to go!!

Chappy

http://www.chinmotorsports.com/about/about.asp

dmzz

I Agree. Also that course is pretty fast by Solo2 standard. Most of the course from SCCA events I attend are much tighter than that.