Driver Profile Date Posted: 2002/09/30

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Event Results (Unofficial)
Event Class Position FTD Overall Date Notes
SOLO SHOOTOUT CSP 2 n/a n/a n/a Talon. Damn quick in fun runs!!
TLMC OCT 19, 2003 AWD 1 55.84 6 n/a Talon, 42 cars. Exp with low tire pressure--bad.
TLMC SEP 21, 2003 AWD 4 46.24 5 n/a Talon, 52 cars. Fastest on streets; beat the Bug!
TLMC AUG 23, 2003 AWD 3 43.88 7 n/a Talon, 30 cars. 2nd fastest on street tires.
TLMC, JULY 12, 2003 AWD 3 52.61 7 n/a Talon, 26 cars. 1st time for Azenis; wet day.
CASC#6, 2003 CSP 3 60.957 ?? n/a Talon, ?? cars. One hand on glove box on FTD!!
CASC#5, 2003 CSP 4 52.189 ?? n/a Talon, ?? cars. Bad setup, 48.XX on WET fun run!
CASC#4, 2003 ASS 2 36.052 ?? n/a RX-7, ?? cars. 95+ pts, 35.469 in fun run.
CASC#2, 2003 ASS 3 44.348 ?? n/a RX-7, ?? cars. First HADA event for me.
COMP#6, 2003 A2 2 54.886 ?? n/a Talon, ?? cars. Swear I'd get FTD with R's.
COMP#4, 2003 A2 1 71.095 ?? n/a Talon, ?? cars. Only AWD car there!!
COMP#1, 2003 R2 10 74.587 ?? n/a RX-7, ??cars. Poor driver technique.
PITL#6, 2003 C-Mod 10 47.051 33 n/a Talon, 96 cars. Understeer. 21yrs, eh! Hmm, OK.
PITL#5, 2003 C-Mod 11 54.818 28 n/a Talon, 97 cars. Still struggling with setup.
PITL#4, 2003 C-Mod 9 54.600 28 n/a Talon, 79 cars. Getting better.
PITL#3, 2003 C-Mod 14 60.356 48 n/a Talon, 83 cars, I sucked here!
PITL#2, 2003 A-Mod 7 54.109 38 n/a RX-7, 80 cars.
PITL#1, 2003 A-Mod 7 42.757 30 n/a RX-7, 105 cars, RAIN!!!
WOSCA,#7SU,2003 CSP 1 46.99 15 n/a Talon, 59 cars. Azenis & sway bars.
WOSCA, #3SU,2003 ASS 1 44.69 18 n/a RX-7, 11th fastest raw time.
WOSCA, #3S, 2003 C1 2 61.366 25 n/a Talon, still on crappy rubber.
WOSCA, #2S, 2003 ASS 1 50.758 22 n/a RX-7.
WOSCA, #4W, 2003 C1 1 60.70 14 n/a Talon. I beat the black Prelude on old tires!!
WOSCA, #3W, 2003 AWD 6 29.56 22 n/a Held back; actually afraid of hitting post.
WOSCA, #1W, 2003 4WD 5 29.49 13 n/a Talon; 36 entries, broken BOV but not bad.
TLMC, #?, 2002 1 5 48.52 5 n/a RX-7; 50 cars; Damn, all I need now is brakes!
PITL, #7, 2002 A-Mod 14 58.363 61 n/a RX-7; 87 cars, worst result, MOST FUN
PITL, #4, 2002 A-Stock 3 38.640 31 n/a RX-7; 112 cars; Full metallic brakes=bad idea.

Driver News
2003 Year in Review Posted On: 2003/11/02
Well, this year was meant to be a development year. Campaigning two cars was not going to be easy or cheap. I'm forever indebted to my former team mate, now in Alberta with his wife and first child, for his tremendous help with the RX-7.

With the exception of the WOSCA winter events, I pretty much started the year with the RX-7, running the long trip to WOSCA and other events on the R-compound tires. The RX-7 always takes a few races to remember how to go fast, primarily because of the passive 4-wheel steering. And, add the finicky setup hassles of running tires that are too wide for the rims, the tires took a beating at one particular WOSCA event, ending the RX-7's street legal days.

Somehow, despite considerable rusting, I still can't part with the RX-7. It has taken all season just to get the Talon up to comparable speed. More than likely I'll run the RX-7 again next year, since after lowering it and getting tonnes of negative camber, the only real event I managed to test the setup at was the WOSCA Regional event...and we all know how tough that course was!

I confess that I ran the Talon primarily to impress a certain girl, but the Talon too had its quirks. While the RX-7 was a huge chore on some tracks due to its manual steering, I spent the whole season experimenting with the Talon's power steering control system, to keep it from suddenly locking up under certain conditions. I also remember very vividly that awful June day I installed the new sway bars on the Talon--I must recommend the addition of some new swear words to the English language.

All in all it was a good year, but I think I may not run quite so many races next year. I am convinced that all I need for the Talon to take overall FTD is some R-compound tires. I also suspect that the RX-7 can be a contender, if I could actually obtain a decent set of brake pads for it.

So it looks like yet again I'll be running two cars. Oh well, maybe I'll have some time now to finally send in my experience record for my P.Eng. and get a big promotion and raise...


Posted On: 2003/11/02