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Team Zip Tie PARTY!

Next Saturday night, Deep Creek Lake.

BYOB (bring your own beer) BYOVG (bring your own videogames)

Bring swimsuits (beach on the lake and I have a hottub)

If we have the energy and inclination, skiing and tubing behind the classic boat of MustangBoy. (may want a few $$ to cover fuel expense if we do that one, burns through $30 in an hour or 2)

Sleeping arrangments. If 7 of you come and 2 of them dont mind sharing a queen size, everyone will have beds. (although the queen is in the same room as 2 twins) If more come we have a pullout sofa or 2 and aerobeds.

Hamburger dinner as well.

We will probably want to to carpool up as directions to my place include the phrase “end paved road” (that said, my mustang makes it in and out without too much trouble) and travel time is approx an hour from the airport, but with the heat having a lake to jump into is well worth it! (trust me, it was great last month!)

Who’s in? any ideas?

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We had better watch out, Patricks car shares that engine! (and Patrick enjoys the same straight line slalom technique from time to time)

Early morning Zip Tie action in the paddock.

3 Zippers & 1 Groupie.

Needs more ballast or a stiffer set up

The Groupie is Fit

2 Zips short of a Zip Tie

“I said, Ultimate Driving Machine!”

For Sale: German Sports Sedan.  Driven Sundays only.  Best Offer.

I think this was the run I beat Gimp on.  Whew! Bad grammar.

So we sweat it out in a town called Frostburg?

We were missing a few people this weekend, so I will do my best to share what happened. No matter what the results said, I won STS both days… yeah, that’s it (stupid Civic).

I’m trying to remember things about Saturday, but the heat fried my brain… there was only one worse place you could be that day. This was Cumberland’s once-a-year long course. I don’t think it was as fast as last year, but then again I was driving a slower car. It was a bit confusing, and we only got three runs, but I was driving way too fast, so I can’t really complain. At the last event, Patrick used his right to invoke a cone on Mustang Boy, but as Patrick was not there to serve it, the cone was lost to the ages.

Sunday was more standard for Cumberland, but still stupid fast. I’ve learned that I’ve got a long way to go on driving… like maybe shifting more than once. Even though I made mistakes out on course, being smarter than Patrick, I chose this day to invoke a cone on Mustang Boy.

My MaxQData files from my fastest runs over the weekend.

And now, the updated Cup standings.

Team Zip-Tie Cup Standings

Saturday (108 Entrants)
5 - Mustang Boy (19th in PAX)
4 - Gimp (33rd in PAX)
3 - Rich (63rd in PAX)
0 - Bill (No Show)
-1 - Patrick (No Show)
-10 - Thomas (No Show)

Sunday (95 Entrants)
5 - Gimp (47th in PAX)
4 - Mustang Boy (22th in PAX - adjusted to 49th with invoked cone)
3 - Patrick (59th in PAX)
2 - Rich (70th in PAX)
0 - Bill (No Show)
0 - Thomas (No Show)

Current Team Standings
1. Mustang Boy (19 points)
2. Gimp (17 points)
3. Patrick (8 points)
4. Rich (7 points)
5. Thomas (-10 points)

Man, sucks to be married… See (most of) you in July!

This is how you should be spending your Saturday with your beloved.

http://jalopnik.com/394344/wrc-new-driver-training-program-caught-on-video?autoplay=true

…it would be an ASP!!!!

STREET PREPARED CATEGORY
Street Prepared Class A

BMW
M Coupe, M Roadster, Z3 (6- cyl)
M3 (E46)

Chevrolet
Corvette (‘97-’04) (C5)
Corvette (‘05+) (C6)

Dodge
Viper

Elva
Courier

Ferrari
355
360
Dino 206, 246 (all)
F430

Ford
GT
Griffith
(all)

Lotus
Elan (RWD)
Elan M100 (FWD, all)
Europa (all)
Elise, Exige, Exige S (‘05+)
Elite 2+2 & Eclat
Esprit (4-cyl all)
Esprit (V8)
7 & 7A

Mazda
Rx-7 Turbo (’93+)

Morgan
V8 all
+4 (2138cc all)

Pontiac
Solstice GXP & Saturn Sky
Redline

Porsche
911 AWD Turbo
911 Club Sport (to 3.2L)
911 GT2 (‘02+)
911 GT3
911 non-turbo (3.6L air-cooled)
911 Turbo & 930 (to 3.3L) 911 Turbo & Turbo S (3.6L air-
cooled)
914/6 (all)
924 Turbo
944 (16V)
944 Turbo
968
Carerra 2
Carerra 4

Toyota
MR-2 Turbo (’91+)

TVR
4-cyl & 6-cyl. (all)
V8 (all)

+ Sports cars over 2.0L not otherwise classified. (See Section 15.1.C for update/backdate limitations.)

Rich bad at computer…

Gooder at driving.

Left handed threads for left handed cones.

Geraghty the Taller hitting the Older up for a ride/and or gas money.

Patrick getting assistance with his first drug test.

(I’m not Dwight Shrute)

… and boy did winter make people faster (or made me slower).

The first autocross of the Cumberland season went off without much of a hitch.  Saturday offered a mostly beautiful day, with the skies giving up a little bit of moisture by the end of the fourth heat, but kindly waiting until the last car had finished before letting loose a deluge.  Sunday was cooler, and slightly more overcast in the morning, but the sun came out later in the in the day and made for some great racing.

Saturday’s course was technical, but fast.  Sunday’s course was slightly more open.  My little 4-banger was doing its best to keep up with the eVil V8s of Mustang Boy and Senior Geraghty, and the bigger sixes of Richard and Patrick.  Richard and Mustang Boy get the “spent the most money over the winter” award, and it showed!  The cars (and drivers) were scary fast this time around.

Saturday

Sunday

So, now the part you’ve all been waiting for.  Things are very, very different this year.

Team Zip-Tie Cup Standings

Saturday (97 Entrants)

5 - Mustang Boy (14th in PAX)
4 - Gimp (32nd in PAX)
3 - Bill (44th in PAX)
2 - Patrick (56th in PAX)
1 - Rich (76th in PAX)
0 - Thomas (No Show)

Sunday (82 Entrants)

5 - Mustang Boy (16th in PAX)
4 - Gimp (24th in PAX)
3 - Patrick (42nd in PAX)
2 - Bill (46th in PAX)
1 - Rich (54th in PAX)
0 - Thomas (No Show)

Current Team Standings

1. Mustang Boy (10 points)
2. Gimp (8 points)
3. Bill (5 points)
3. Patrick (5 points)
5. Rich (2 points)
6. Thomas (0 points)

No one chose to “Invoke a Cone” (in a nutshell, add two seconds to a person’s fastest run before PAX calculation) on Mustang Boy.  Don’t expect the same courtesy in June.

I’ll have video up later today, but you can access mine (and Mustang Boy’s) MaxQData files here.

In all, it was great to be back.  We are all looking forward to the Historics (I’m even bringing a guest co-driver… hopefully he won’t break my car).

To the cone killer classic that is.

With the camping option it could be fun and interesting.

Enjoy your weekend guys.  I unfortunately will be at work both days.  I’ll see you in July…