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Originally Posted by GWord256
i'VE SENT MY CHECK IN FOR THE nOV 15-16 EVENT with TDE at TWS. I'd be nice if TDE moves me up to yellow finally.
Also I've commited to going to the Equipe Rapide AutoX at Mineral Wells Nov. 8-9 (two day autox, 35$ a day!). I have my buddy down here from PA and he'll be competing against me in my own car, which will be his 1st time driving my car and it'll only now be about 3 months after he got his licence back after 5 years no driving. Should be fun.
Has anyone run with Equipe before? I wouldn't even have known about them but i saw they were doing an autox on some Miata events calander.
Probably one of the last autox events of the year and I wanted to let my friend drive my car under the conditions I set forth to all my friends, "You can only drive it if your racing it." Only my one cousin has taken me up on that offer so far driving up to Boston once to goto an autox @ NHIS and again when I came to PA for holiday.
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I've run with ER at each of the last 4 events (in the Evo). I'll be at that event because I need to get 6 events to win my season trophy
(in Novice, I'm not capable of competing in the open classes yet). It's not nearly as competitive as the SCCA crowd in both a good and bad way. The guys are still very friendly and you get more runs for the money.
You pay one rate for your 4 runs and then you pay $10 for two "Rapide Pax" runs. That $10 is put into a pool and everyone competes to win money. At yesterdays event, they paid 20 places (the first 5-6 only get $5, but $5 is $5 lol). I was 27th or 28th so no money for me
If you are going for both days, plan to stay the night in Mineral Wells (unless you live in Ft. Worth). Most of the people there for two days will either get a hotel room or camp out at the track. There'll be a pizza party (just like 5th grade!) and poker and other stuff going on that night. Maybe some fun runs as well since we have the site two days in a row.
I've not been out to Mineral Wells before, but its my understanding that the surface is a bit choppy and has some small gravel. You might want to tape up the sides of that car a bit behind the wheels in order to protect the paint.
Also, there is a $10 S2000 event this Saturday (18th) at Mineral Wells if you wanted to get a feel for the surface, etc.