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| Rachel's hot 135i with some fresh tires! |
Today I got to not only try out the
BMWCCA club, but I also got to co-drive Rachel's BMW 135i! Definitely a change of pace for me, but it was something I was looking forward to driving. Rachel was also sporting some fresh BFGoodrich Rivals for tires, so I got to try them out and see what the fuss was about (
which they're pretty good!).
8 runs, even with 4 car break-downs. Get lunch. Nice people, some fast drivers. Rachel's car was fun and I was faster when I figured out it had no LSD. Electronic LSD (uses brake pads)
For starters, they do classes differently than just SCCA classing. I honestly didn't get the chance to really grasp how they do it, other than it's sort of points based. So if you have a certain number of modifications on the car, it equals X number of points, which then decides what class you fall under (
I could still be wrong even about that too!). However, they do always have 8 runs per event, AND offer to pickup lunch for you in advanced! Not too shabby.
As for the race, I was trying to figure out Rachel's car in the morning. I wasn't used to turbo-lag, and I wasn't used to having an Electronic LSD (
it's an open differential and uses the brakes to slow down the inside wheel). After getting used to the car and figuring out how to make it behave more like I wanted it to, I managed to get down to a
'65.294 clean, taking the lead in the BMW C class! Rachel was right behind me with a
'66.082 clean, so I can't complain on my performance.
In terms of results, BMWCCA takes your fastest morning time and fastest afternoon time and averages the two. My fastest morning time was a
'66.279 clean, and fastest PM time was
'65.294 clean. Rachel was right behind me, coming in with a
'66.082 clean in the morning, and then a
'66.804 clean in the afternoon. The rest of the
results are located here for the day.
It was a ton of fun getting to drive something different, as it will only help me become a faster and better driver in the long run. Thanks again to Rachel for letting me co-drive, and thanks to BMWCCA for putting on a great event!
Below are Rachel and I's fastest runs of the day.
Youtube Playlist with all the videos are located here. First one is my 5th run, followed by a video of her 4th run. Learned a lot, and I'm looking forward to the next time I get such an awesome opportunity! Thanks again Rachel!
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