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Member Discussion (Private) / Venue Ideas

« on: March 02, 2016, 05:42:44 PM »

Some other venues I was thinking about

Stampede Grounds:
The Stampede grounds has 4 parking areas that could be suitable within the grounds. However, I also noticed they have a very large parking lot in the middle of the oval (about 100m X 150m, with a staging area off to one side).

Then if you look to the SE, across the river, there is an odd shaped lot that is about 70m x 90m... give or take a bit, also with a huge staging area outside of the lot to the South. It is in a pretty secluded area.
https://goo.gl/maps/jHRXjA6fbSJ2

Cross Roads Market:
This is a pretty big lot, I measured about 160m X 120m. The market is closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Might be a good spot for a weekday event?

Enform Lot:
Not sure if this guy is big enough... there is a section that has a lot of concrete plugs, and then about  a clear area of 60m x 120m?
https://goo.gl/maps/BXevenBCf5M2

Cargill Meat Solutions:
These guys have a fenced off staff lot in the back that measures about 125m X 75m. Right near the airport, nothing around it that would be an issue for us. The nice thing is it even has a separate entrance and is fenced off from their business. If they close on weekends, it would be a pretty stellar location.

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General Discussion / Solo-Pro School This Year?

« on: January 29, 2016, 12:22:56 PM »

Interest is building, a few people have asked me about this now

Any tentative dates & school formats set yet?

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SASC Events / Photos for May 17th

« on: May 18, 2015, 11:26:33 AM »

So I didn't get any photo's for the 16th... well, mostly because my camera isn't waterproof! I did however get a chance to take a few pictures of the other two run group on Sunday.... apologies to my run group as I wasn't really able to take photos of you running. Also big thanks to my spotters!

Photo's are here:
http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/SportPhreak/slideshow/Fiesta/SASC/Event%20No2?sort=3

Feel free to use them however you want, I took them for you guys! However please just credit me if you use them for a public forum or as website content though. These are 1280 wide, but I also have even higher resolution versions available for a lot of these if you'd like.

Some of my favorites from the day:

Dan on 3 wheels


Reijo and company rounding the hairpin!


The Stig's Canadian cousin


Reijo putting a smile on his passenger!


The intense start


Cone VS Car


The Photo Finish

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Technical Talk / My Tire Report: RE-71R Wear

« on: April 29, 2015, 04:14:01 PM »

So I was trying to work out how long my tires would last before I need new ones.

They have 8/32" of tread to start, which is about 6.35mm. In measuring my rear tires after the first event, I found them to be at a little bit over 6mm... so not much.

The front tires on the other hand, were already down to around 3.50mm

I worked out that the total number of runs between all drivers, which was 28 for the weekend. Which means that they probably only have about ~60 runs in them on the front. So if I rotate them back to front each event, and account for a little bit of wear on the rears each time, I figure that I will probably get around ~100 out of the set before they need to be replaced. So for single driver it should be good enough for 6 to 7 events.

I am thinking I can probably pick up 2 more tires mid season, and that way I will have enough to complete the year.

I guess some other factors to consider is that me and Murray found they were getting excessively hot, so keeping them cool might prolong the life. They kind of felt like they were smearing off onto the track near the end of the sets with how hot they were getting. Also I've heard Fort McLeod is more abrasive than other venues, so I might have less wear at Westerner.

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Member Introductions / Hello Everybody!

« on: March 10, 2015, 09:32:02 PM »

Hi Everybody,

Just checking in to say hello!

For those who don't know me, my name is Nick. I did a little bit of AutoX back when I had a Honda Fit.

I was out of it for a while. However I picked up a neon green 1988 Isuzu I-mark RS (I had one when I was 19 too) that was on deaths door and got it up and running. After running one of the events last summer as a test I decided to retire it and move on, lol.

This year I picked up a Fiesta ST for this year, looking forward to trying it out!



Looking forward to seeing everybody out there!