SCCA Autocrossing Oct 3

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	SCCA Side Bar ONE Auto Crossing in Oakland, CA 10/3/98		Vic Sias driving this time. Seems like everyone wants to drive Vic's car! Vic took the day's win in his class with a 41.757 sec time. Here you see him hauling ass down the last back-side fast stretch, the exact same location where I took the pan shot of Josh on the left. Vic guessed he was doing 60-70 mph along this stretch. Why the background came out so dark is a mystery to me. .		Although some cars were kicking out at various locations on the course, the turn that seemed most likely to break loose the tail ends of the most aggressive drivers was the last turn just before the "hard brake" finish line. Although some feel that the modern Corvettes really have the power to dominate many events, it still takes a skillful driver to maintain the control that wins an autocross. Here you see what happened to most of the aggressive drivers at the last turn. (Vic is in the background just starting one of his runs)		OK, Z'ers, here's the moment you all can be pumped about. Here you see Vic Sias, the event winner, in the same turn, rear tires doing the smoking sidewalk, but look where he is relative to where most of the other car tracks are? Front wheel's got it all under control while Vic hangs close on the inside of the turn with the hammer still down. Very slick to watch. Congrats Vic, on your win that day. .			Photography Notes: Nikon F Funky 70-205 zoom 1/15-1/30th pans Lighting by God Education: Duck Hunting	.
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		Solo II National Champion, Andy Craig. This shot was taken at the 1998 SCCA Nationals, but is included here because it was Andy that I originally went out to photograph at Oakland. Because of electrical problems, Andy did not compete on Sunday, his scheduled day. Photo taken by Jack Puryear Design. Josh Sirota, co-driving Vic Sias' car, the same car that Andy Craig won the 1998 National Championship in. Josh is coming down the fastest stretch of the Oakland course, my favorite place to catch pans. This was my best pan shot of the day. Still no cigar though.	z	Aside from Vic and Josh, no other 240Z's were competing with the big boys other than this fellow, Jens Evling. I only spoke to him for a brief moment so I can not tell you much other than he was running a modestly setup auto crosser and was having a bit of trouble keeping it all planted on the pavement when pressing it. Since the other track photogs were working the finish line "spin-out" turn, I went off to do my backlit pan trip. You guess how fast Jens was moving and how slow my shutter speed was to get the orange cone to blur that much and have the car sharp ?		Next, you see Jens Evling in the same turn, smoking his rear tire a bit as he tries to keep from going more sideways than forward. Right after the drivers power-blasted into this turn they had to haul it all down to a quick stop only a few feet beyond where you see Jens' car now.		With all the talk & speculation about what the next Z car will look like I think I may have a news scoop. Could this be the "NEW Z CAR" ?? Notice how similar the body lines are to the early 300ZX? Probably easy to work on and customize on a budget also. Unfortunately, this little sucker was so fast I could never catch up with the owner to get the low down. I did find out that this amazing little streaker was running the track at times as fast as Vic Sias' car. That's Truckin' The image above will give you some idea of how fast #7 was moving. Those are parked cars in the background.		. If you have enjoyed this SIDEBAR page and would like to see more of them or have some constructive comments for improvement or new subjects, please drop me a line. E-mail me at: eric@zparts.com Regards, Eric Neyerlin	.
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