Wacky Wednesday (VA)
GR33K
Wagonist
There is a local event every Wednesday called "Wacky Wednesday" where anyone with a street legal car, DOT approved helmet, and $15 can race around the track. I've just started recently
and have gone only three time so far. You first go out individually and get two time attack laps at a running start. After everyone has gone, you race eachother and get placed in A-main (winners) or B-main (losers).
My first time out I got a 27.8 then a 27.5
Second time out I got a 24.5 then a 24.3
My third time out I got a 23.8 then a 23.5
(All lap time are in seconds.)
The really fast cars get 18 or 19 second laps. I attached a link to the website and it has a video showing some of the cars that show up and I also put in some pictures of me going around.
Oh! I also am attaching my "Members Mini Gallery" link to show my setup thus far and seeing if anyone has any input to help and I guess just a general discussion.
Here we go!
http://langley-speedway.com/wacky_wednesday.html
And here is the link to the mini member ride section for me.
http://www.civicwagon.com/showthread.php?2758-*updated*-Members-Rides-mini-Gallery&p=182228#post182228
and have gone only three time so far. You first go out individually and get two time attack laps at a running start. After everyone has gone, you race eachother and get placed in A-main (winners) or B-main (losers).
My first time out I got a 27.8 then a 27.5
Second time out I got a 24.5 then a 24.3
My third time out I got a 23.8 then a 23.5
(All lap time are in seconds.)
The really fast cars get 18 or 19 second laps. I attached a link to the website and it has a video showing some of the cars that show up and I also put in some pictures of me going around.
Oh! I also am attaching my "Members Mini Gallery" link to show my setup thus far and seeing if anyone has any input to help and I guess just a general discussion.
Here we go!
http://langley-speedway.com/wacky_wednesday.html
And here is the link to the mini member ride section for me.
http://www.civicwagon.com/showthread.php?2758-*updated*-Members-Rides-mini-Gallery&p=182228#post182228
Comments
Here we are at the start.
This is going into turn 3
And here we both are going through 3 and 4 towards the finish line.
Then I was put up against this Scirocco. Later I found out this asshole sandbags the crap out of his car and should really be placed in Top Dog. He has gotten a 19 second time trial before so what the hell is he doing in B-main!? Anyways I knew I was going to loose. This guy wasn't even full throttle the whole time, and it looks like he is waiting for me in the turns. Anyways, he won B-main and blah blah blah..... I dont like him. Whatever.
And if you are reading this, please post. I'm tired of talking to myself.
^^^ pretty common on this forum, at least in my threads. Ive pretty much stopped posting in here due to lack of any intrest. seems like if its not "stanced" of "hellaflush" no one here really cares, lol.
BUT, thats cool as hell to see other places doing stuff like youve got going on, that kind of shit is fun. I miss these kind of events. lots and lots of fun. only way to do this here is to enter the spectater drags at the local speedway during intermissions maybe once or twice a summer and I always seem to be out of town when they happen. looks like you guys get a great turnout!
we used to do events similar to this around here years ago. They called them the fast and furious events. 4 part deals. show and shine, autox, (where they would put 5-6 cones around the oval and you had to slalom them, turn around and hotlap back), a burnout comp, then the head to head oval drags. each event was worth points, person with highest points at the end of the night won the event overall. later events took out the burnout comp and just did hotlap time trials for times only. I actually won damn near every one overall cept maybe 2. there were cash prizes and trophies for each portion of the event and a big trophy for overall winers. they quit doing them due to lack of participants. we have a lot of posers around here
another cool thing we have close (2 hours away basically) are our local grip/drift events. A little track opens up for us once a month and the local drift guys put these on. basically its an open track for 45 minute sessions. every other session is grip, then drift, back and fourth till people are either out of energy or tires, lol. really cool events. super laid back.
heres a vid from one of the sessions:
The F&F competition sounds fun. We had a burnout competition last night, but I never want to take part in that. There are plaques for most consistent lap times every night. Thats something I think I could win. Ultimate dream is winning B-main. I really think I could have won it last night if that damn Scirocco wasn't there. EVERYONE knows he sandbags.
And one thing I do want to go and try is VIR (Virginia International Raceway) See if you cant pull up a video on youtube. I can't because I'm on the school computers during break right now.
http://www.civicwagon.com/showthread.php?2758-*updated*-Members-Rides-mini-Gallery&p=182228#post182228
I normally run 32PSI all the way around, but for Wacky I put 38PSI on the right side. As for tires and wheels.... sadly no. I need some more money rolling in. I am going to get a Koni Yellow and GC setup as my next big purchase soon though. I just got a steering rack in today that will hopefully solve my front end clunking and slop in the steering. I also want to play with the camber a bit to help taking the corners.
I also wouldnt go with like a hoosier or a kumho tire for those events. Id be looking at a nitto/toyo 100 treadwear tire (555R, 888, NT-01 etc), or get a set of R1R's in a 195-50-15. those things are badass street tires. So much so that particular size is being scrutinized by the scca and will be illigal to use in ST classes next season, lol.
some konis would be a good addition to the car though. i love mine. a little on the stiff side for dd, but for autox, and lapping days, they work really well.
I'm glad we don't have events like this near me. I don't need another project!
I have felt the tires after my time attacks and the outside if way hotter than the inside. Just because I have the factory spec alignment. And for tires I was looking at the Bridgestone RE-11's, but I wanted something that would last longer and found the Falken Ziex ZE-912. I am looking to get a 205/50/15 with the 949 Racing 6UL wheels in a 15x8 +36 offset. I think that would hold the Wagon down.
I also need to loosen the rear sway bar because the ass end is getting loose through the turns. If I do that then I could get a faster entry into the turn and exit. I really want to break into the 21 second range. And I wonder if I could ever get into the 20's? I am going to call redshiftmotorsports and talk about spring rates for the Koni/GC setup.
Yea, I know. I just see the views go up and then the comments never come in. And I know if you had something like this near you, you would tear it up! Why not bring Goldie and run some cars over in the process!? haha
First time being 22.267 and then the new personal best in the Wagon is....... (drum-role please)
21.706 WOOT WOOT!
congrats on the new top time, but never assume thats as fast as it will go.
I dunno if you can see the line painted on the track in the vid I posted, but apparently its "thee line". Ive tried numorous different variations of that line and none of them produced the times when I followed it as close as possible. spned some time in the stands and focus on those that put down better times that you. study thier lines and try to replicate.
i think i might like to come down one wednesday and watch ... Scrappy isnt set up for this ...
Shenrie : i have to say ditto to what Bam said .. i read almost all the posts except Stance and HellaFlush.... i enjoyed the videos you posted of your mud covered events....
Bam : im sure u will get something started down there soon enough on a new project since Goldie is almost complete & HellaFunctional
Heck, you could enter Scrappy and just do the time-attacks for fun. There is a huge diesel truck that comes out and throwns down 21 or 22 second laps!
I want to get a Go-Pro and film from inside the Wagon. Its so totally different between watching and experiencing. And yea, the camera moving with the Wagon does make it slow, but Im going 70MPH in the straights and maybe 60MPH in the turns. I had a chance to do a quick glance at the speedometer in the back straight last Wednesday. I really want to get some better wheels and tires and go out and try some different courses and see what turning right would feel like on a course.
Lol, I could have passed him pretty easily, but he asked me to get some footage of him driving. He was trying to sort the suspension and wanted to get a look at it and what it was doing in various spots. You can see him pull over to let me by a few times, but I knew he would eventually press the issue hard enough in that spot to where I would get some good footage...Im a dick sometimes
and thanks for the heads up gents. I post up vids in a few places and rarely get much responce. just kinda figured people wernt interested with so little feedback. Maybe Ill just do a vid thread in this section instead of various ones per event id been doing.
x2 on footage. looks super slow from the out of car standpoint...inside it feels like your warping time lol. especially in these old rattleboxes.
Next night I got shut out. Wasn't too happy about that.
Week after got rained out.
This last time I lost against a B16A block B16B head and cable tranny EF sedan in the 1 on 1s. (he later went onto the finals for A-main. I was told even though I lost I outdrove him in the corners because he killed the launch and I still have yet to get that down. Then I went against a B series EG hatch and he killed me on the launch and I was playing catchup the whole way until turn 3 and 4 where I passed him there for the win. After that race I was put up against my friends monster of a Civic. Im not going to release facts about this because I dont know if he would want me too, but just trust me when I say its FAST! I knew I was going to lose, so why not make it more interesting and fun for the crowd?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjji0Jv_0X0
Enjoy!
present so that will be great getting footage from inside the Wagon. I'm hoping to make some cool videos with it too!