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Race 1 - April 8, 2007HAPPY EASTER!! As you can see, some people were just so ecstatic, they could not contain themselves. Being relaxed is one thing, but at a race? And with the constant squeal of tires? He must have been up late coloring eggs ... or something. Okay, some administrative stuff. Sorry, but this is the beginning of a new season, and there are things you should know. These are things outside of what is posted on the web site. So here goes:
 Please remember to throw away your own stuff. But be careful to only throw away the rubbish, and not too much elst. Otherwise ...  The day started early, with the first arrivals showing up before daybreak. 
This crew started getting their rides ready and then started setting up the track. It was wet, but the rain was only a quick sprinkle, and did not bother us the rest of the day.
There were others arriving, some looking lost ...  While others were busily preparing the trailer area.  Meanwhile, the sun was trying to break through the clouds.  The gate folks were setting up. Apparently, there were some additional changes which caught Erin a bit off guard. Looks like she could not quite believe what she was reading. Either that, or she was trying to read. Does anyone know if she passed "Hooked on Phonics"?  But, there were suspicions that Jenn had something to do with this look. She was seen walking away from "the crime scene" with a what could be called a mischievious grin.  At the registration table, things were just getting started as the tech inspection area was being set up.
Amidst all of this, the Miata BoyZ were not hiding. Some were carrying a big stick, just in case someone took a, uh, well, closed attitude with their team name.
The track was pretty fast with a lot of slalom/lane change type of elements, a couple of hair pin turns and one large radius turn with a decreasing radius sweeper. We ran counter clockwise. Oh! For only the second time, we used a lighted board which will clearly show the driver his/her raw time. Drivers still need to listen to the announcer for any cone count or DNF call. Here's what the scoreboard looks like in action -- that's Curtis on his first run.  Let's get back to the track. From the start, it was fun, but a twisty course. Perfect for all of the Miata's that showed up.
From the start, after a quick left into a sharp right, you got on the gas. That would be the right hand pedal. Just kidding! Anyway, you headed up hill toward the "grandstand" through a channel of cones, and left into a slalom.
Then after the slalom a quick lane change into a short sweeper to the first of two hair pin turns. Get this right, and you could sling shot your way down the hill to the drain/banked curve. For those of you who remember, the best way through this was like taking turn 1 at the now defunct HRP.
After taking the drain/banked left you were lead (hopefully close to full throttle - unless you're driving an green Impala SS) to a semi-lane change into the second and really big right hand sweeper. Then, a quick right hander to the second of the two hair pins and a mad dash of 25 feet to the finish beam.
There, you were greeted or tormented with your time in bright, bold red letters that even I could read without my glasses! WOO HOO!!!  The turnout was good for an Easter Sunday, especially since we were not giving away chocolate. The reason for this is we didn't want it to melt and get on your car interiors, clothes, etc. That's our story, and we're standing firm. The turnout was pretty good! We had 109 people in total and we all had a good time. There was even plenty of time for fun runs!!  Speaking of fun runs. You must have a valid fun run card. These can be purchased - with a check made out to "SCCA Hawaii" and they cost $5.00 US. You can ONLY buy them at either morning or afternoon registration. You must also have teams of three - not two, not four. After Heat 4, if there is time, all teams must show up at the trailer table, and you'll surrender your "collateral" to Amy or Jenn at that time. After fun runs, you WILL stay to help clean up. A big Aloha to our novices for this month. There were fifteen of you this month!! This is great!! Aloha and welcome to our insanity!! Please remember, that most of us are really obsessed with racing. We don't suffer from this mental instability, we ENJOY it!!  Wecome to Alan Chu (AS), Robert Fairchild, Jesus Sierra and Edward Kim (GS), Malcolm Menor and Eric Chu (HS), Chad Hawkins (BSP), Matthew Menor (DSP), Mike Schmidt (ESP), Allen Culbreth (STX), Roger Lee Sr., Ryan Sato, Alapai Turqueza and Janna Lee (SM), and Daniel Hong (SM2). We hope you had a good time, "wore" your tires just a bit and we'll see you in July!! That's right, July. Between this race and July is the Hawaii State Fair. So, there will be two races in July and two in August. Check the main page for the exact dates and run order. Individual class winners are Jayson Guzman (SS), Charles Lindemann (AS), Pete Vivat (CS), Tim Lewis (DS), Rodney Raganit (ES), Manabe Osamu (FS), Brian Niimi (ASP), Troy Morioka (FSP), Mike Hanson (CP), Mike Parker (FP), Aaron Strom (STS), Stephen Nakamura (STU) and Mark Pacpaco (STX).
In the other classes, Mike Ward beat out Randy Acoba and Reid Morimoto for the win in GS. While Mike was doing this, Sean Bellapianta drove his Corolla to a win in HS over Walter Billingsly and Elliott "What do you want? It's a Volvo." Loo.
Okay the real shock was in BSP. Curtis won. He beat everyone else and was number one overall. Are you ready for the defibrillator now? Garret Chew was second with Jenn coming in third. Ken Van Orman won CSP and was number two overall. He out drove Jason Tokunaga and Steven Serikaku for the win. Over in DSP, Taylor Breeden ran late, but ran fast to win DSP. Charles Soriano came in second and Jay Agoot took third. The top four were separated by a total of 0.83s.
Jon Matsushige won ESP over Michael McCabe and Richard Takaba. He was also third overall. In DM, Earl Izawa tried three wheeling through the course, but lost out to Uncle Jack Evans. Earl was second with Bill Lindemann rounding out the top three. In EM, Francis Lining FINALLY drove his own car, and edged Bob Igarashi for the win. Joey Battista was third. Over in ST2, Avery was being his mean OLD self, beating up, rather beating out Tim Bilecki and Rogelio Tanicala for the win in the all Miata class. While in SM, Brad Lau took first, Dirk Minami was second and Larry Hoggan edged out Cliff Goto for third. SM2 saw the top four in the 34 second range, with Cory Tomoyasu emerging the winner over Barry Lai and Daniel Libutti.
Please remember that the next race is July 1, so you have absolutely no excuse for not installing, tuning and testing your mods. Also, if you're going to the June Banquet, contact Amy!! Don't forget your taxes!!! First Race Results (Apr 8) Built using vi - a REAL man's editor - on SolarisTM - a REAL operating system. |
