Autocross Novice and Club Day 4/11/2009

[erik]

Autosports Northwest Autocross opening season novice event was held today at the Deer Park, Washington Airport, which is north of Spokane about 20 miles. NWBMWClub.com was in attendance with a large group of drivers, as well as a Mini club and a few other select makes of cars. There was a good turnout considering the day started off brisk and gloomy for the first round of autocross. Slight showers and a wet track tested the drivers ability this morning. As the drivers learned the first course they started pushing their limits which led to some intense spin outs, especially from the rear wheel drive BMW's.

After the lunch break many of us showed Zip's the most people it has probably seen in years. The weather turned for the better and the showers subsided. The organizers changed the course once more before things would come to a close. The BMW drivers gave a pretty good show. You can find some pictures below, and even more on the forums. You can find out when more autocross events are going on by visiting ASNW.

Pictures can be viewed here: http://www.nwtuner.com/2009/04/autocross-novice-and-club-day-4112009/

[jrhaile]

Thanks for coming out and taking some pictures. This was nwBMWclub.com's first sponsored event and we think it went really well.

Take care
-James

[erik]

Some people on here are interested in Auto-x and want to get into it, do you guys allow other makes to come out? Is it a group buy thing?

[jrhaile]

Some people on here are interested in Auto-x and want to get into it, do you guys allow other makes to come out? Is it a group buy thing?

EVERYONE is always welcomed at ASNW Auto Cross events.

[jrhaile]

Here is the full schedule...

April

BMW/Mini Club Novus Driving Day - April 11th - Deer Park
ASNW Test/Tune Auto Cross - April 12th - Deer Park

ASNW Autocross - April 25th/26th

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May
Evolution Driving School - May 16th - Deer Park
ASNW Auto Cross - May 17th - Deer Park (Free for those who did the school on Saturday)

ASNW Work Day - May 23rd - Deer Park (Help clean up the track)

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June

ASNW Auto Cross - June 23rd/24th - Deer Park

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July
ASNW Auto Cross - July 4th/5th - Deer Park

ASNW Work Day - July 25th - Deer Park (Help clean up the track)

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August

ASNW Auto Cross - August 1st/2nd - Deer Park (this event could change)
ASNW Auto Cross - August 29th/30th - Deer Park (this event could change)

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September

ASNW Auto Cross - September 26th/27th - Deer Park

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October

ASNW Octocross - October 17th/18th - Deer Park

/Season Over

[erik]

EVERYONE is always welcomed at ASNW Auto Cross events.

Awesome, that's what I thought. www.asnw.org if your looking to do Auto-cross then.

[Mitchness]

I'll be there May 17!!

EDIT: Oops, I guess that is if I get registered in time. :oops:

[Mr Yuck]

Thanks for coming out and shooting. Good to see additional photographers out so I don't have to stand in grid with a telephoto and then rush back to my car when it's my turn to drive.

Any shots of my car? (Sig)

[erik]

Thanks for coming out and shooting. Good to see additional photographers out so I don't have to stand in grid with a telephoto and then rush back to my car when it's my turn to drive.

Any shots of my car? (Sig)

Yeah I have some of your car. Not processed yet though ;) I have an exam today and probably won't get to it till tomorrow. Keep an eye on my DeviantArt creationsbe.deviantart.com

[Mr Yuck]

Sounds good. Sometimes it takes me a month or more to process mine so don't worry about it. I only have two shots uploaded out of about 700 or 800 that I took...I should be able to get down to <500 for the weekend.

[Backwoodz Tuner]

Damn looks like hella fun.

[erik]

It was fun to watch, a little cold, but fun. I wish I could do these events with my car, but its auto, so it would run a pathetic time.

[Mr Yuck]

It was fun to watch, a little cold, but fun. I wish I could do these events with my car, but its auto, so it would run a pathetic time.

Lies, lots of people race automatics. There's a guy that is very competitive at SSSCC that races an automatic Concorde.

And an Oregon Volvo:
YouTube - Kyle244 OVT WMC autocross 09

Results:
http://www.wmclub.org/results/09event1results.shtml

Look under "not for points"
It's actually a 244, but listed in their computer as a 242.

AFAIK he has an Automatic...it's a non-turbo Volvo that came within 3 seconds of the top RAW time and beat a lot of other cars.

[Mr Yuck]

http://bsphotographs.com/albums/autox/09novice/

[erik]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/119413233/Volvo_Wagon_by_creationsbe.jpg

Here is one of your Volvo ;)

[Mr Yuck]

erik, that's awesome! Great capture of the "dive"

[erik]

I liked your HDR renderings ;) Very cool.