The DM Festy LIVES!!! (plus my boy runs a KART)

[quaddawg]

First, here is the Boy.. (13) he got his first Autocross run in a Formula Junior Kart today.. first autocross ever for him..

He did pretty good, he was alone in his class, but we have BIG, LONG, FAST courses, (usually 50-60 seconds) and he did GREAT! Never got lost once, and only on DNF, when the Kart died...


here is a little video of him in the Showcase turn, to give you an idea of the Kart's speed.

It's a Formula Junior, and has to be a 5hp Briggs (even though this one is over 18 horse...lol) This one runs on Alcohol... slow off the line, but killer top end!!

Here is the Vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8rUtOMUgg


I co-drove the Festy with a bud of mine, he weighs 200 pounds less than I do... LOL.. but I still got him by about a half a second, once the dust cleared...

Here is a vid of one of his runs... (yes, the Phantom Grip IS starting to help a bit, and both tires are spinning here)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omhBnbWcWhw

[25Horseplay]

Thats so cool! Congrats.

[Slyder]

that's awesome.

[stefan]

oh man your fest looks intense now

[Damkid]

glad to see your festiva is back in the game :thumbright:

[neanderpaul]

Nice to see her back in the game. C'mon guys post comments on that youtube vid!

[CHills]

How would your car compare to that Mustang behind it?

[quaddawg]

Well, that is a Modded Mach one running E-Street Prepared, and driven by the National Champion, I think 3 years running... lol.

She ran a 51.5, and I ran a 55.4 BUT, the 16 year old Phenom drove my car in the Fun Runs after the event, same course... and and ran a 51.9 on corded tires... LOL... SO... it will run close to it. Her husband only ran a 53.5 in the Mach... so... it would have beat one driver, and gotten edged out by the second.

Here you go, here are the cars I beat Sunday, with MY poor time..

89 Ford Festiva 55.426
06 Mini Cooper S 55.446
84 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI 55.49
91 Mazda Miata 55.579
03 Chevrolet Corvette 55.638
Chevrolet Camaro 55.873
57 John Deere Gator 55.931
1986 Corvette 56.02
'07 Mazdaspeed 3 56.162
91 BMW 325i 56.268
1992 Miata 56.342
99 Mazda Miata 56.6
99 Mazda Miata 56.704
94 haRd Integra 56.744
Honda Fit 57.307
84 Toyota Supra 57.392
90 Dats Miata 57.605
Audi A4 57.798
87 Pontiac Fiero 58.332
'03 Volkswagen 58.393
Volkswaven Scirocco 58.578
91 BMW 318is 59.019
03 Audi TT 59.068
87 Pontiac Fiero 59.132
78 Datsun 280z 59.133
2005 Subaru 59.39
'06 Ford Mustang 59.592
'08 Ford Mustang 59.731
99 Mazda Miata 59.761
85 Porsche 944 60.08
'01 Chevrolet Corvette 60.452
94 Honda Civic 60.906
'91 Mazda Miata 60.927
91 BMW 325i 60.956
Mini Cooper 61.583
2008 Focus 61.595
89 Dodge Daytona 61.989
01 Coyote Kart 62.183
01 Volkswagen Jetta 62.614
Mazda RX-7 68.138
07 Mini Cooper S

[TrueBoolean]

57 John Deere Gator 55.931

wha?!?!?!

you have pics and/or vids of this?

and someone made a typo - the first year for gators was '93

[GenevaDirt]

Well, that is a Modded Mach one running E-Street Prepared, and driven by the National Champion, I think 3 years running... lol.

She ran a 51.5, and I ran a 55.4 BUT, the 16 year old Phenom drove my car in the Fun Runs after the event, same course... and and ran a 51.9 on corded tires... LOL... SO... it will run close to it. Her husband only ran a 53.5 in the Mach... so... it would have beat one driver, and gotten edged out by the second.

ummmmm....are the highlighted statments correct? She started at 13 ,winning and has done so for 3 years, and is also married?

[CHills]

WOW, great job.
I didn't know it was that fast.
Good to see your beating Cooper S's
and even Corvettes (Though that doesn't make sense to me).

[TrueBoolean]

ummmmm....are the highlighted statments correct? She started at 13 ,winning and has done so for 3 years, and is also married?

I believe the 16 year old phenom is quaddawg's son

[GenevaDirt]

^^...I don't think so.....especially the way it is worded...Ijust think he made a mistake on her age. He mentions the phenom champ 3 years running drove his car and her husband drove the Mach.

[quaddawg]

No, I am sorry, I made a syntax mistake.

The 16 year old Phenom is a completely different driver... a boy named Tom O'Gorman, and he has driven some of the fastest cars in Cincy (SCCA) and ALWAYS beats the time of the owner... ALWAYS... he is just amazing..

Sorry, I forgot that I hadn't explained who he was.

Crissy Weaver is the National Champ in that Mach... she is 30 something... (and hot)


As far as the 57 John Deere Gator.... LOFL... that is MY car... driven by my co-driver, and that is his sense of humour about my car... LOL...

[quaddawg]

WOW, great job.
I didn't know it was that fast.
Good to see your beating Cooper S's
and even Corvettes (Though that doesn't make sense to me).

Something tells me you have never autocrossed....

It's ALL about the driver...