First Solo 2 event...

[fast95pony]

I really enjoyed it !...until my power steering started making noises . The fluid was low. I managed 2 runs . The first was a DNF . The second was better ,but not too quick.
We had about sixty cars show up, and the cones took a beating !!
The course was quite challenging and gave the cars a go workout..
I'm looking forward to the next event !

Alan

[djb]

You're making quite a habit of this sort of thing--now I must really ask, did you put your snowtires on for it? (today on the radio, they said that Winnipeg got a dump too)

How long was the course layout, meaning, what sort of times did you have? I imagine that a WRX suburu would be the ideal sort of car for a pylon layout, with the point and squirt aspect being a big advantage.

[fast95pony]

No, snow tires were not required !! The course layout was in and around the 1/2 mile oval and it's infield. Each run lasted between 50-70 seconds. There were some WRX's , and they did quite well . Having lots of power was not much help, as I found out. I went in way to hot into one corner, locked up the fronts, and slid into a bunch of cones !!
A small, light, agile car with good brakes works the best in Solo 2 .

The next event is tonight, but I have to work .
I have to wait til 05 June for the next one...

Last year I went drag racing quite often, but after a certain movie came out, the staging lanes filled up with 18 second Honda's .
So this year I'm trying autocrossing instead..


Alan

[Bluebottle]

Call me an ignorant Brit, but what is a Solo 2 Event- sounds like a lot of fun!

[djb]

Call me an ignorant Canadian, if not for the context, I would have said it was a canoeing event.

[fast95pony]

Solo 2 is a timed event . It usually is held in a large parking lot (car park.., or at a local race track. ) A course is laid out using orange cones . The object is to drive as quick as possible through the course without hitting the cones . The course is set up to test the drivers skill, with increasing and decreasing radius turns, a slalom , etc . Speeds are normally low . Max is about 80 kms/hr. The course changes at each event and you are given 4 runs . Each run is against the clock .
It's a grass roots type of event . At my event there were about 60 cars taking part.

Solo 1 is similar , but uses a bigger course , faster times , better prepared cars etc...

Hope this help to explain it !!

Alan

[Bluebottle]

Sounds similar to autotesting. Does the course include things like reversing into marked bays?

[djb]

Alan, when I was a teenager in Ottawa, I used to go with friends over to the Carleton University parking lots to watch this sort of thing going on. Was the first time I ever saw "racing" and we loved watching it. Perhaps when I get out of driving mostly "poopbox" sedans I'll do some myself, as it looks like good bang value for the buck and relatively low car prep--probably just rotors, pads and tires once in a while.