Shawn

@MurrayB This is fantastic to be finally getting done...it has been a long road. It has been a while since I have been to a meeting, is there anywhere to read about exactly what is being done at the track, what parts are being repaired/resurfaced, etc? Also please include me on the list of potential helpers once repairs are complete. If I can, I will be there to help.

WSCC Annual Membership - 2023

Shawn Clarke Membership # 5540 Renewing #7 please

Paityn and I had an awesome time. I have been eagerly waiting years for when she would be old enough to co-drive with me as she only turned 16 this year and has been driving less than 6 months. Everyone was supper friendly and encouraging which really helped with her nerves. I know that she is going to give me a run for my money as she gets more experience. We think her last run would have been her fastest if she hadn't upshifted to 3rd at the north hairpin. The car is an auto and we were in manual mode but on her last run I told her to not worry about manually upshifting to 2nd the car will do it itself. However she thought at the hairpin she was in 1st and went to upshift to 2nd and as she put her foot to the floor she says "WHY'S IT NOT GOING?!?!" Myself I am so glad that I have the excuse of racing on all-season tires for why I am at the bottom of the timesheets. Damn I forgot how fast everyone is...and how poor my driving is. LOL. Regardless it was a lot of fun sliding the car around which proves you don't need anything really special to put a huge smile on your face at autoslalom.

Shawn Clarke #5540 Renewing #7 Paityn Clarke New membership purchased, don't know # yet #77 please

For the event on Saturday after the test and tune, the course isn't open for walking until after registration closes?

My car has a feature like this built in and while I agree that the car feels quicker, I set it so that this feature is disabled. I have my car using the setting that gives the most linear response (which is not linear at all) but I find that it is much better for autoslalom where I don't want abrupt changes in power delivery. What I do which was that I could get rid of the lag like the guy talks about in the video but still leave the throttle so that when I press 25% I get 25% not 85%.

RS4 based on regular maintenance would be a deal killer for me (I actually passed on the opportunity to buy one and opted for my S4 instead). Gold R is a reactive system although in mine I did get the Competition Haldex controller that helped it a bit but at the end of the day at full lock the Haldex system is 50/50 split. Ignore all marketing material that says otherwise, as the only way they can claim more power goes to the back is that the fronts and on a near frictionless surface and therefore no actual work is being done by the front tires. My S4 with the Sport Differential is nice. Yes the car is nose heavy but under throttle you can get the backend moving however maybe not as much as you would like. It is not a steer by throttle kind of car. Too bad you didn't bring this topic up when there was still snow on the ground and you could have taken the car for a spin.

Shawn Clarke Member # 5540 Renewing 7 Michelle Price Member # 5540 Renewing 77 Please and thank-you

It is just a NA motor, no turbo, and it was available in the US...so it's probably just not really being run at events. It for sure is nothing to write home about but it's a decent DD.

Michelle's car is a 2012 VW Golf with the 2.5L engine (5 cylinders, 20 valves). Car is stock. I could not find where it would actually fit without using the top most catch all for SS. The car is basically a Jetta so I classed her in HS but not sure that is appropriate. Also I notice that the classing sometimes mentions the 2.5L and just that and sometimes as 2.5L 5-cyl.

We are still bound by what ASN decides and what insurance will cover...which means we have to cover ourselves and stay out of the grey area for now.

This I think was part of bringing the issue to light.

Hey everyone, We have made a change to the 2018 Supplemental Regulations for Autoslalom regarding the use of electric and/or hybrid vehicles that have lithium based battery systems. ASN Canada is currently working on a policy statement regarding electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles with lithium based battery systems . Until the policy has been finalized all such vehicles are EXCLUDED from competition. I am sorry if this impacts any of our potential participants. I am trying to get some more details about the specific issue(s) but my understanding is that if there were an accident or malfunction in the battery system, a fire could start which becomes a safety issue as those types of fires can burn either very hot or for a long time. Further to that, it can be difficult to suppress the fire and might require specialized equipment to do so.

clearly you have not met our resident Corvette owners.