Pain Train Cometh for Budsy....LittleItalian :D

[conedriver]

Well, the future is now. John M, Budsy, Enrique and Dee and I ran Spiders at the local SCCA solo event yesterday. Seven timed runs allowed for considerable drama, amplified by the failure of Enrique's secret weapon. For our three normal competitors (Dee and I try to stay out of this conflict) the result wasn't decided until the last run. Since I am just an innocent bystander to the long-running debate, I will let the normal correspondents provide the details and the color of the fastest Alfa (Be sure to tune in to find out how a yellow GTV affected the final results).

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Originally Posted by John M You know Enrique....I would give mine a rest if you would give yours a rest! If I am the mouth of the south, then you must be my counterpart in the north! Step with me for a moment in the future... Todays date: August 31st Current time: 8 PM EST Current Activity: Typing the results of the days Autocross on the BB I just want you to envision that day! I'll be completely off the pain train that day. You'll be on the express ride to PAIN! Won't have to wait for another convention. That's not how it works. Its when we meet for competition..doesn't matter where...just ask Budsy! You'll be sitting there in first class on the pain express, covered in flecks of bondo and splattered in white wash wondering what did I do to deserve this? Best Regards, John M

[John M]

'D Street Prepared' - Total Entries: 6 Trophies: 2 Car Color Times Total
1Tm DSP 61 Schweikle, George 76 Alfa Romeo Spider Red 33.495+1 33.762 33.458+DNF 33.099 33.132 32.608 32.802 -

2Tm DSP 86 Kurosaki, Tom 86 Toyota Hachi Roku GT-S Red 33.998 33.958 33.145 33.320 33.064 33.042+1 33.390 0.456

3 m DSP 13 Buck, Andrew 96 Nissan 200sx Green 34.882 34.325 34.539 34.202 34.424 34.423+1 33.938 0.874

4 DSP 99 Feigel, Bud 86 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce White 38.981 37.751 36.787 36.903 36.398 36.885+1 35.727 1.789

5 DSP 78 Duncan, John 78 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce White 37.105 36.921 36.639 35.977 35.900 36.184 36.455 0.173

6 DSP 77 Zuniga, Enrique 84 Alfa Romeo Spider Black 38.582 37.324 37.558 37.208 36.761+1 36.783 36.939 0.883

'D Street Prepared Ladies' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Car Color Times Total
1Tm DSPL 61 Schweikle, Dee 76 Alfa Romeo Spider Red 38.315 35.811+1 35.789 35.466 34.919 34.970 -

Final Results, #7 - Points Event 7 - 2008-07-27
Final Raw Time Results, #7 - Points Event 7 - 2008-07-27
Pax Time Results, #7 - Points Event 7 - 2008-07-27




There are the raw results.

George and Dee now running 275 35 15 hoosiers! Needless to say this has added to their advantage. Where Bud and I once were competitive with Dee...no longer. She is nearly 1 second faster than us now!

So in comes Enrique. Been talking all the smack. Gonna spank my but. Put me on the pain train again. DENIED!!!! Hell yeah!!!!

Not only was he denied......he came unprepared. Rather than show up with his wheels and tires, he tried to sneak in with a set of hoosiers off John Hick's GTV. But alas, Hicks has been running some wild offset wheels to essentially widen the car about 1 inch beyond the fender lip. Enrique put these babys on and it was clear that he was going to rub the fenders off his concours princess.

So then Enrique decided he just wasn't going to run. He didn't want to "hurt" his street tires. He flatly refused to race me in his black spider, even though I, Bud, and George each assured him he would be fine on his street tires. This time...Budsy said no to Enrique driving his car. Budsy's quote, "I don't want him wearing out my tires!" Enrique was not going to drive his concours princess. He was quiting and complaining about dirt on his hands getting on his princess!

So left with the dilemma, I let the unprepared, already forfeited Enrique drive the "Blizzard". He drove my baby, burning up my tires, all day long. He had at least a 150lb ballast advantage. Yet despite all his smack talk of Black Spiders faster than white spiders. Despite his smack talk of how he was going to beat me in my own car. Despite his 7 run cheatery over my two runs at the convention, I spanked his Black loving spider's arse!!!!!

Now at one point I had visions of the ultimate revenge dancing in my eyes. Enrique was closing in on Budsy. Could it happen? Enrique beat budsy in my car! This was a dream come almost true. But alas, after about the fourth run for the two of us (eight total), the tires started to peak and let go. Budsy with his cool tires continued trying to best my time but was not even getting close. After the 6th run, I had beat him by a half a second! But alas, we got one extra run. Bud wasn't ready when it came to his turn....so technically, he forfeited that run. But I'll concede, even though he ran out of turn, with his cool tires at 7 runs....me now at 14 on my tires..., he came out and made a dramatic run and passed me by .17 seconds. I was running after him. Tried to bring in that .2 needed, but my car had already fallen off two runs prior. So in the end....Enrique and Black spider falls flat on their butts, and Budsy squeaks out a contested .17 second victory over me in his very last run on cool tires. Oh well...such is life!

I gave ole Enrique his best opportunity to beat me. In the Blizzard he had everything I had power and handling wise, and 150lbs lighter...and yet he was spanked by nearly a second. And old Budsy only squeaked by me by .17 seconds on his very last run, despite me codriving with Enrique and cooking the hoosiers! I consider the day a great victory!!!

To sum it up, I like to look at the cumulative times over the 7 runs we had. Add the times up and see who was the fastest consistently all day long! So everything counts! Here are the results:

John M: 255.181 seconds
Budsy: 261.432 seconds +6.251 from John M
Enrique: 263.155 seconds +1.723 from Bud, +7.974 from John M

Victory for me!


Best Regards,
John M

[conedriver]

Now, leave it to John to find a politically correct "Spin" on the day's results. We discussed this at dinner afterward but you found a new way to describe the action. In fairness, let's hear from the others...

Also, to support the theory of "If Some's good, More's better", see the image of a 275/35x15 Hoosier A6 on a 9.00 x 15 rim. This helps to make RED cars faster. And John, remember, if a 68 year old woman beats you by one second on a 30 second course, that equates roughly to TWO seconds on a 60 second course (Murray, if you get some fender flares from Charlie DeMarco and take a saber saw to your bodywork, you too can have outrageous tires).

This is all in fun, right?...

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Originally Posted by John M ...George and Dee now running 275 35 15 hoosiers! Needless to say this has added to their advantage. Where Bud and I once were competitive with Dee...no longer. She is nearly 1 second faster than us now!... ...To sum it up, I like to look at the cumulative times over the 7 runs we had. Add the times up and see who was the fastest consistently all day long! So everything counts! Here are the results: John M: 255.181 seconds Budsy: 261.432 seconds +6.251 from John M Enrique: 263.155 seconds +1.723 from Bud, +7.974 from John M Victory for me![/b] Best Regards, John M

[John M]

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Originally Posted by conedriver Now, leave it to John to find a politically correct "Spin" on the day's results. We discussed this at dinner afterward but you found a new way to describe the action. In fairness, let's hear from the others... Also, to support the theory of "If Some's good, More's better", see the image of a 275/35x15 Hoosier A6 on a 9.00 x 15 rim. This helps to make RED cars faster. And John, remember, if a 68 year old woman beats you by one second on a 30 second course, that equates roughly to TWO seconds on a 60 second course (Murray, if you get some fender flares from Charlie DeMarco and take a saber saw to your bodywork, you too can have outrageous tires). This is all in fun, right?...

[msiert]

Enrique was setup, they pulled the old race tire scam on him!!!

Yes that's right the Kentucky boy's all got together to pull this dirty trick and George was the ring leader!!!

The whole thing was fix I tell you!!!................

Shame on you John Hick's you were part of it too, telling him there was no need to haul his race wheels from Ohio that he could borrow your wheels knowing that they wouldn't fit............Leaving Enrique with just street tires for the race.

Don't worry Enrique you have all winter to think of a way to get even with those low down dirty Kentucky swindlers.

Nothing a Darkside driving school and a brand new set of Hoosier's can't fix through

[John M]

Since Enrique and Murray and Bud are all on the Pain Train, I thought I might let them see my official spokesman, Terry Tate!

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Best Regards,
John M

[John M]

Wow....its been a week since the beat down in LEX. Enrique must have crawled under a rock somewhere to lick his wounds. And Budsy is still spinning from the over 6 second whooping I put on him. I cannot believe how these two are too embarrassed to speak up! I guess they are enjoying their first class tickets on Pain Train, Baby! Whoooooo!!!!

Best Regards,
John M

[msiert]

They have learned not to feed the monkey

[genericwood]

John, I'll stay out of your fued with Enrique. But you really need to get off Budsy's case. I've never been to an autocross where "total time" had any meaning whatsoever. Face it, Budsy beat you!

Erik

[Zunige]

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Originally Posted by msiert They have learned not to feed the monkey