Mazda Zoom Zoom - Abuse their cars event Oct 1 and 2 sign up now!

[Darren M]

This looks decent https://www.zoomzoomlive.com/
Drive an RX-8, the new Miata, and a 3 on Auto-X courses against the clock.

I'll be there at 10 on the first! :D


Hey Ford own's Mazda so I'm not betraying anything....... :D

[aggie97]

This looks decent https://www.zoomzoomlive.com/
Drive an RX-8, the new Miata, and a 3 on Auto-X courses against the clock.

I'll be there at 10 on the first! :D


Hey Ford own's Mazda so I'm not betraying anything....... :D

Registered for the 1st at 10 am as well...... John did that last year and had a good time. The rev it up contest pooled the best times in each region and they all competed for a new RX8 at a national event. Corey Wells who autox'd with us in the BMW group represented Dallas. Ken Baker, black miata on R's, was also highly ranked.

Since we will be there we can have a mini competition!!! ;)

[Darren M]

No torque in these cars. You won't know how to drive with out it. ;)

[Darren M]

Matt, check out the site.... https://www.zoomzoomlive.com/ they have course maps up!! ;)

[Saladbar]

Myself along w/ a few others are gonna be out there at 10:45ish ... Maybe we'll run into you both :p

[aggie97]

Myself along w/ a few others are gonna be out there at 10:45ish ... Maybe we'll run into you both :p

Cool, place your wagers you amateurs!!! ;)

[b1ake]

I'll be out there on Saturday @ 2

[ThreeFingerPete]

I'm there sunday at 11......

-MattB

[aggie97]

I'll be out there on Saturday @ 2

Great...another fucking Miata driver. ;)

MattB....thinking of making some more "stinky cheese"? :p

[stallion176]

so if i sign up i can for sure drive one or what? some one feel me in!

[Darren M]

Yeah, if they are still allowing registration. Give it a try, can't hurt, it's free and quite a bit of fun.

[Saladbar]

Cool, place your wagers you amateurs!!! ;)

Put your money where your mouth is rookie :p

[Who Needs 8]

so if i sign up i can for sure drive one or what? some one feel me in!

Actually, it says if you sign up, it's not an appointment and you're not guaranteed squat.

[Darren M]

Actually, it says if you sign up, it's not an appointment and you're not guaranteed squat.

Actually it states the purpose of the "scheduled" time. Thanks for mis-representing it though. :rolleyes: Give me a break man, this is a free event that's obviously a sales and marketing tool to try and win over car enthusiasts by giving them the chance to flog the cars. How can one bitch about a free flogging???

Actual quote from the website.

The scheduled arriavl times help us to manage the flow of traffic and dno not guarantee an appointment to drive a specific vehicle upon arrival.

[aggie97]

Put your money where your mouth is rookie :p

$20 both drive a miata on the same course. winner takes the cash. :D

[Darren M]

Hmm..... I MIGHT want some of that action. Or, I'll just hold the money, run the watch, and take 20%. How's that sound? ;)

[Special K]

too bad the new miata is a dog :( I test drove it as soon as it came out and was disappointed.. compared to my turbo of course.. Otherwise, looks to be a fun weekend! I'll be there tearing it up.. as a loyal mazda customer.... :cool:

[TRAXX]

I'm signed up for Saturday at 12:45. Id be there earlier but have something going on that morning.

You morning people dont tear the cars up too much before I get there :cool:

I guess it is free this year? I saw no mention of it costing anything on the website (think it was like 10 bucks last year)

[aggie97]

Hmm..... I MIGHT want some of that action. Or, I'll just hold the money, run the watch, and take 20%. How's that sound? ;)

You can hold the money if you dress in a pink tu-tu with the ballet slippers....however, this is NOT something I want to see... :o

[Saladbar]

Matt.. Make it $10.. I gotta play poker later on saturday... I'm on a budget. lol

[aggie97]

Somebody owes me $10............if you want to know the time, look on the board for FTD!!! :cool:

[Darren M]

I have to say that Matt impressed the little HP people too. All the while his head kept getting bigger and bigger. So big in fact that on his second run, a very advertised run as it were, that I believe his head cause sooooo much aero instability that he lost 1.2 seconds. ;)

Great driving Matt. Good to see ya again.

[STROKD]

I have to say that Matt impressed the little HP people too. All the while his head kept getting bigger and bigger. So big in fact that on his second run, a very advertised run as it were, that I believe his head cause sooooo much aero instability that he lost 1.2 seconds. ;)

Great driving Matt. Good to see ya again.
What did he run? Anyone beat 31.01 on the golf ball course? :confused: ;)

[Saladbar]

Somebody owes me $10............if you want to know the time, look on the board for FTD!!! :cool:

FTD? huh? I ran a 32.XX .. Kinda slow. But only went once... Ended up getting there 2 hours later than originally planned and the lines were too darn long.

Congrat's on your run(s) :) . Do ya want me to paypal you? LOL

[aggie97]

What did he run? Anyone beat 31.01 on the golf ball course? :confused: ;)

Didn't even try that course as it just seemed kind of lame... Only two I did was the performance challenge and the one with the RX8...

Had two runs on the Miata course that counted and got "offered" the third run with about 300 people watching and waiting for me to fuck up.... :D Almost did but got the car stopped about a foot from the cones after the timing traps and then couldn't get the damn thing in reverse!! So I drove around the cones...

I will say this much....that lot looked to be hard on tires. Not so hard as mineral wells but there were actually marbles from the tires on the outside line.

I am still shocked at how well I did given most of my experience is in High horsepower heavy cars...

Just for the record...28.977 on the challenge course which was a full .9 seconds faster than the previous mark... I am sure some miata driver will show up and best it by the end of the weekend but I must say my ego got a good stroking!! :cool: Guess I will need that new helmet?!! :p

[doopie]

I was scheduled for this morning but forgot about it and then was able to reschedule for tomrrow there are some othe DFWStangers going at 9:15 tomorrow as well. I will see what I cna do for your time ;)

Doopie

[aggie97]

I was scheduled for this morning but forgot about it and then was able to reschedule for tomrrow there are some othe DFWStangers going at 9:15 tomorrow as well. I will see what I cna do for your time ;)

Doopie

Make sure you take a shoe horn....the cars are kind of small! I had the seat all the way back and it fit me pretty tight....helped keep me from flailing all about given the increased head turbulence.... :p

[propellerhead]

... they have course maps up!! ;)
Where? I clicked on the four pictures at the bottom. They all come up with a different track.

[Whitesmoke]

Where? I clicked on the four pictures at the bottom. They all come up with a different track.

thats cause they are all diffrent courses.

myself and Aceman85Turbo are gona be there at 10:45 sunday

[doopie]

Make sure you take a shoe horn....the cars are kind of small! I had the seat all the way back and it fit me pretty tight....helped keep me from flailing all about given the increased head turbulence.... :p

Shit to compensate weight I am opening the trunk and jerking anything in it out and throwing it on the floor.

If I suck on the first run they can count on a powerbrake to help create some slicks for the second run. Maybe evan eat some cones for dessert.

Doopie

[doopie]

thats cause they are all diffrent courses.

myself and Aceman85Turbo are gona be there at 10:45 sunday

Sounds like from the lines you may want to show up early but being football season and church day it probably will not get busy until after 12........Hopefullt they have tires and brakes left on these pigs.

[Darren M]

I'm sure this is entirely to late but.... the courses shown on their site were nothing like what really existed. Get early run the challenge a lot. Doopie you'll get some benefit from the school of zoom but won't like the car. (No torque.)

[propellerhead]

You don't have to be in jeans like you have to at the drag racing track, do you?

[Darren M]

You don't have to be in jeans like you have to at the drag racing track, do you?

Nope. I saw people there in shorts and open toed shoes. :eek:

[propellerhead]

Cool. My son and I are headed out shortly for a 9:15 showing.

[STROKD]

Didn't even try that course as it just seemed kind of lame... Only two I did was the performance challenge and the one with the RX8...

Had two runs on the Miata course that counted and got "offered" the third run with about 300 people watching and waiting for me to fuck up.... :D Almost did but got the car stopped about a foot from the cones after the timing traps and then couldn't get the damn thing in reverse!! So I drove around the cones...

I will say this much....that lot looked to be hard on tires. Not so hard as mineral wells but there were actually marbles from the tires on the outside line.

I am still shocked at how well I did given most of my experience is in High horsepower heavy cars...

Just for the record...28.977 on the challenge course which was a full .9 seconds faster than the previous mark... I am sure some miata driver will show up and best it by the end of the weekend but I must say my ego got a good stroking!! :cool: Guess I will need that new helmet?!! :p
So you are the one with the 28.9. We saw the time on the board and were thinking damn who did that... I only went once, the asshat announcer guy said to take it easy, so I did and ran a 34.4. It was crappy, and felt like my grandma was in the seat with me, but it was still fun. I think I coulda gotten into the 30s with some practice, the cone thing throws me off, my eyes don't adjust for it well, as that was my first time ever autocrossing.

The golf ball track was a pain in the ass, but my friends and I wanted to do all the challenges, and I ran a 31.01 on the second lap. Have to be really smooth to not have the damn balls fly out of the bowls. :(

[bazuko]

So you are the one with the 28.9. We saw the time on the board and were thinking damn who did that... I only went once, the asshat announcer guy said to take it easy, so I did and ran a 34.4. It was crappy, and felt like my grandma was in the seat with me, but it was still fun. I think I coulda gotten into the 30s with some practice, the cone thing throws me off, my eyes don't adjust for it well, as that was my first time ever autocrossing.

The golf ball track was a pain in the ass, but my friends and I wanted to do all the challenges, and I ran a 31.01 on the second lap. Have to be really smooth to not have the damn balls fly out of the bowls. :(

Your eyes must be tired from playing poker ALL NIGHT LONG! :D

SHAME ON YOU MATT :p

[doopie]

Well they changed the first turn and opened it up a little to save the tires and the cones.....

I ran a 33.5 on the first run not being smooth and then added Propellerhead for some ballast and to reduce my on/off throttle switch in the second run to see if it would help. Ran a 31.XX on it but it felt much smoother.....Could probalby go back and squeak a 30 pretty easily. SEAT TIME SEAT TIME SEAT TIME!

As for the RX-8 I would prefer the MX-5 if I had to buy one for cone carving. The RX-8 felt like a long sled sitting in it and had no torque. Missed my stroker :(

As for Matts time it was still holding up today. There were a lot of Mazda drivers out there but they were not getting better than 30 flat.

[b1ake]

My fastest was a 30.55, not bad for a rookie cone dodger.

I know a bunch of Miata guys were going out there today, not sure how they did though.


Well they changed the first turn and opened it up a little to save the tires and the cones.....

I ran a 33.5 on the first run not being smooth and then added Propellerhead for some ballast and to reduce my on/off throttle switch in the second run to see if it would help. Ran a 31.XX on it but it felt much smoother.....Could probalby go back and squeak a 30 pretty easily. SEAT TIME SEAT TIME SEAT TIME!

As for the RX-8 I would prefer the MX-5 if I had to buy one for cone carving. The RX-8 felt like a long sled sitting in it and had no torque. Missed my stroker :(

As for Matts time it was still holding up today. There were a lot of Mazda drivers out there but they were not getting better than 30 flat.

[doopie]

There were a lot of them that were bragging and yet they weren't able to break 30. It was petty good some other guys were spinning and hitting cones like it was a go cart trak...Oh wait it was. :)

Good time b1ake....!

[aceman85turbo]

nobody beat the 28.9, at least at 3:00 when we left. fastest i saw was the 2002 mazda cup champion, and he ran a 29.4.
my best was 30.7 but they said i tapped a cone somewhere, but Whitemoke didnt see it so the time i got was 31.7, my other runs were 31.4 and 31.7 with no cones.

[aceman85turbo]

oh yeah some of the guys that race spec miatas. were running 34-35's, we were lauging our asses off

[Whitesmoke]

nobody beat the 28.9, at least at 3:00 when we left. fastest i saw was the 2002 mazda cup champion, and he ran a 29.4.
my best was 30.7 but they said i tapped a cone somewhere, but Whitemoke didnt see it so the time i got was 31.7, my other runs were 31.4 and 31.7 with no cones.

yeah i was watching from the staging lane and didnt see it, my best was only a 32.6 not bad for someone whos never done any kind of autoX or road stuff. i was out running the spec miata guys it was great. for people who race the cars and swear they are the best there are they sure were sucking out there. granted it wasnt their car, but it wasnt mine either :D

oh yeah and myself and aceman85 were running double up the whole time with the exception of his last run i let him solo. while they were running solo the whole time and were all much smaller guys than us.

[b1ake]

oh yeah some of the guys that race spec miatas. were running 34-35's, we were lauging our asses off

I race Spec Miata, and this was only my fourth time to autocross/second event. Why don't you laugh at me?

Racing on a race track and cone dodging are two seperate things. :rolleyes:

[b1ake]

Who was this 2002 Mazda Cup Champion you speak of?

Congrats to Matt (aggie97) for his blistering lap. I don't know if the cars were better earlier or not, but he kicked alot of FAST people's asses. The tires were looking pretty shitty by the time we got there

-Blake

[Whitesmoke]

Who was this 2002 Mazda Cup Champion you speak of?

Congrats to Matt (aggie97) for his blistering lap. I don't know if the cars were better earlier or not, but he kicked alot of FAST people's asses. The tires were looking pretty shitty by the time we got there

-Blake

i believe his name was mark something. lol i suck at names but he was there all day and they kept sending him out to "show how its done" . also the only reason we are making fun of these mazda spec guys is because several of them claimed to be quite proficient at autoX and were dogging on people who didnt do so hot and then ran like ass themselves. were not calling mazda spec drivers crappy or anything like that, just these 3 or 4 guys dogging on people and then not backing it up by running shitty.

[aggie97]

My fastest was a 30.55, not bad for a rookie cone dodger.

I know a bunch of Miata guys were going out there today, not sure how they did though.


Wow! I figured if anyone was going to get close it would be a miata driver...if not you! The funny thing about Miatas and mustangs on short tight courses like that is that the miata doesn't have the power to get it moving so you run a wide momentum line....just like a mustang that can't turn in tight and must run wide to both turn and put the power down. Maybe that is why it felt natural?

I wonder how long it will take them to post results on the web page? I have been looking at it every few hours...bye the way, my wife bought me a larger pillow today...maybe she is hinting that my head is getting bigger?! :D

[aggie97]

oh yeah some of the guys that race spec miatas. were running 34-35's, we were lauging our asses off

Well, I will say this much...spec miata guys don't know how to use brakes. They attempt to carry so much momentum through corners that their driving style might be compared to midget drivers. Autox for them is foreign territory as you sometimes have to hammer the brakes and turn in VERY hard.


One thing I found interesting is that the 2425lb miata has the same brake setup as our 3400 Mustang GT's!!! No wonder that little car stopped so well!!!

[b1ake]

Like I said, that was my SECOND autocross event. You've been dodging cones for years and doing quite well. I came from a karting background so I know how to use the brakes a little. :) I almost went back at 8 AM today to give it another whirl and get another sweet diecast car :)

I was 3rd and 2nd fastest in my respective hour groups when I left. Times must have fallen off considerably late in the day. I expected Jordon Musser to set fast time for the event, but he best he could go was 30.25 during the afternoon on Saturday.

[aggie97]

Like I said, that was my SECOND autocross event. You've been dodging cones for years and doing quite well. I came from a karting background so I know how to use the brakes a little. :) I almost went back at 8 AM today to give it another whirl and get another sweet diecast car :)

I was 3rd and 2nd fastest in my respective hour groups when I left. Times must have fallen off considerably late in the day. I expected Jordon Musser to set fast time for the event, but he best he could go was 30.25 during the afternoon on Saturday.

Only a year and half....also just went to the results page and it is jacked....shows best times for the event to be 34's...? And it only recorded my 3rd run of 29.9. something must be wrong?

[aggie97]

Ok, went back and looked at the results again but they don't have my 28.9 listed which is over a 1/2 second faster than the one they have shown???

wonder what is up with that? Damn it!!! My ego is deflating slightly...

I did see Jordon's time on the list.

[RyanB]

Damn working on Sundays!! I bet you guys had a blast.

[b1ake]

My time was right on the money, I was off a little bit. 30.595

-Blake

[aceman85turbo]

notice on the results page, very interesting pattern.
as tires and clutches wear out, times decrease in a steady decline from saturday morning to sunday night.

29.507 sec JON W 29.786 sec
CLAY H 29.841 sec JASON L 30.126 sec
JON F 29.900 sec CONNIE T 30.127 sec
SEAN G 29.930 sec JOHN D 30.267 sec
MATT W 29.953 sec TERRY F 30.319 sec
RAFAL L 29.967 sec JEFF S 30.592 sec
BECKIE D 29.968 sec RICH K 30.624 sec
MASON M 29.990 sec IAIN P 31.042 sec
WILL A 30.014 sec LAUREN D 31.049 sec
JORDON M 30.146 sec DUANE G 31.061 sec

[aggie97]

notice on the results page, very interesting pattern.
as tires and clutches wear out, times decrease in a steady decline from saturday morning to sunday night.

29.507 sec JON W 29.786 sec
CLAY H 29.841 sec JASON L 30.126 sec
JON F 29.900 sec CONNIE T 30.127 sec
SEAN G 29.930 sec JOHN D 30.267 sec
MATT W 29.953 sec TERRY F 30.319 sec
RAFAL L 29.967 sec JEFF S 30.592 sec
BECKIE D 29.968 sec RICH K 30.624 sec
MASON M 29.990 sec IAIN P 31.042 sec
WILL A 30.014 sec LAUREN D 31.049 sec
JORDON M 30.146 sec DUANE G 31.061 sec

That and probably the parking surface! I know they were ready to rotate on the tires as they had "pit" trucks on the far east side of the paddock. I am sure the clutches, brakes and other stuff was used up pretty good too!

Just don't understand the times......???

[Darren M]

Early bird gets the worm and those that run hot laps run fast laps. ;)

Accept that and you'll see why 10 am or sooner and a friendly attitude get you further than ego EVERY time. ;)

Next time, I'm first out and demand 3 runs back to back before the timing light is even turned on. :p

[aggie97]

Early bird gets the worm and those that run hot laps run fast laps. ;)

Accept that and you'll see why 10 am or sooner and a friendly attitude get you further than ego EVERY time. ;)

Next time, I'm first out and demand 3 runs back to back before the timing light is even turned on. :p

Are you trying to imply something?! ;)

[doopie]

Sounds like a driver competency challenge.......

One Rental Car
Multiple drivers 2 at a time with passenger.
Round Robin playoff.....

Priceless Bragging rights.......

I am sure Lonestar would host the event for a nominal donation to the club.....:)

[aggie97]

Sounds like a driver competency challenge.......

Priceless Bragging rights.......


Why would you guys want to brag about second place...? ;)

[Darren M]

Why would you guys want to brag about second place...? ;)
Because it's better than 5fth! :eek: ;)
Results Found here (https://www.zoomzoomlive.com/displayimage.aspx?ID=1000427&lastName=mccarley)

JESSICA I......29.507 sec
CLAY H..........29.841 sec
JON F............29.900 sec
SEAN G.........29.930 sec
MATT W........29.953 sec


Also, Pictures are up. Just look at that scowl of determination as I round T1. You can almost see the sweat beginning to think about drenching my face. :D
http://home.indy.net/~stang/pics/MSR/ZoomZoomLive.jpg

[aggie97]

Because it's better than 5fth! :eek: ;)
Results Found here (https://www.zoomzoomlive.com/displayimage.aspx?ID=1000427&lastName=mccarley)

JESSICA I......29.507 sec
CLAY H..........29.841 sec
JON F............29.900 sec
SEAN G.........29.930 sec
MATT W........29.953 sec


Also, Pictures are up. Just look at that scowl of determination as I round T1. You can almost see the sweat beginning to think about drenching my face. :D


Man! My only witness is turning on me!! ;) Obviously something is jacked up because your best lap time is .151 seconds!!!

Anyway, here is my pic...mean scowl of force!

[Darren M]

I'm sure it was the first run I took. Timing was jacked up, remember hot lapper? ;)

However, the pictures show an interesting point. Assuming the camera fires at the same realitive time you're well past the cone while I haven't even approached it yet. There's .5 of a second right there. I need to ride w/ you more. ;)

[doopie]

I'm sure it was the first run I took. Timing was jacked up, remember hot lapper? ;)

However, the pictures show an interesting point. Assuming the camera fires at the same realitive time you're well past the cone while I haven't even approached it yet. There's .5 of a second right there. I need to ride w/ you more. ;)

That puts me 1 second ahead of you and my best time was 31.8 with extra ballast to keep me from spinning in the first horseshoe

Who is going this weekend to Mineral Wells?

Propellerhead has the video he was taking while I drove on a site somewhere...Pretty Stout you can hear me say Shit in the beginning as I missed 2nd gear and still ran well.

[Darren M]

So much for my assumption huh?? LOL :p
I won't be making it to the well this weekend. No clutch still. :( Have fun if you go!

[aggie97]

I need to ride w/ you more. ;)

To slow me down with Weight or learn something!! :D

One I thing I have been thinking about your car is that you need a new diff. For some reason it seems like you are lifting the inside rear tire and not putting power down...then the tracklock kicks in and causes the oversteer??? Just a thought because my eaton sure made a difference with putting power down out of a turn in my combo.

[Darren M]

To slow me down with Weight or learn something!! :D

One I thing I have been thinking about your car is that you need a new diff. For some reason it seems like you are lifting the inside rear tire and not putting power down...then the tracklock kicks in and causes the oversteer??? Just a thought because my eaton sure made a difference with putting power down out of a turn in my combo.
BOTH!!! LOL

I think you're probably right about the rear. I have plans to resolve this issue. However, that is a bit in the future. 3.73's while in there. I'm keeping an eye out in the FS forum for a rear. Time will tell. Thanks for the input.

[propellerhead]

Propellerhead has the video he was taking while I drove on a site somewhere...Pretty Stout you can hear me say Shit in the beginning as I missed 2nd gear and still ran well.
http://sbracing.dreamhosters.com/zoom/CIMG2500.AVI

Raw, uncompressed, 14 meg video...