Chris is the happy owner of a 1999 Mazda Miata 10th Anniversary Limited Edition, #2079. I saw him & his car yesterday at the 2009 SASCA #3 Auto-X & last week at the 2009 SPOKES #2 Auto-X. He registered as a Novice as yesterday was his 2nd autocross this year. He hasn’t autocrossed since the [...]
Archive for March, 2009
It was still raining as this autocross day dawned. By the time I arrived at the AT&T Center parking lot, it was cloudy & cold, but no longer raining. The lot was very wet with a few puddles. During the event the surface constantly improved as the air temperature warmed up & the surface slowy dried [...]
This coming Sunday will be the March edition of the of the SASCA Autocross season. This will be event #3. Because of the change in weather I was hopeful for competition in inclement weather. So far, all of the autocrosses I have attended have been in fair weather. Sometimes it was a bit cool, but mostly [...]
Larry and his sponsor, er I mean, wife Joy really enjoyed the SPOKES 2009 AutoX #2. They were smiling & grinning from ear to ear everytime I saw them both. They brought along Larry’s toy, a 1999 dark green Mazda Miata. He said he was lucky enough to find this car at a CarMax last year. [...]
Todd brought his car & his sense of humor to the 2009 SPOKES AutoX #2. His vehicle of choice is now a red 2008 MAZDASPEED3, a fun daily driver and a competent track competitor. I mentioned Todd’s sense of humor. His previous car was a Subaru WRX STi. When his friends found out that he [...]
I met Doug & his still new looking BMW 128i at the 2009 SPOKES AutoX #2. He has only 7000 miles on it. This was his third autocross event, starting in the late summer of last year. I do recall seeing his car at a SPOKES San Antonio Raceway event last year. I was able [...]
This past Sunday’s 2009 SPOKES Autocross #2 was a great success! The venue was very well attended, with 109 competitor/car combinations registered. They ran the event in 3 consecutive heats with the grids formed in a chevron formation. This arrangement of the grid worked very well for everybody. It was mentioned that there were 3 kinds [...]







