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On Sunday, I took the General Sherman to another autocross Solo II event at Maywood Park for what I deemed the "Last Hurrah of the Conti's." With a new front suspension, the car ran MUCH better than back in July when ElCobra just edged me to avoid being the slowest Dodge there.

This time I should have been the slowest Dodge there again, by far, because there were only two of us there, and the other guy was a Viper SRT-10. In capable hands, that car will kick my ass all day long, and twice on Sunday!

What happened is that the driver of the Viper DNF'd on five out of six runs, and was slower than a taupe-colored Buick with a vinyl top on the one run he managed to complete. I had wanted to go talk to the guy, but we were in different run groups and I never got the chance.

The results were posted online today (and I've been waiting to make my boastful post since Sunday afternoon!). My victory was made even sweeter: it turns out that the guy driving the Viper, if you can call what he was doing "driving," is a high-school classmate of mine, who I was never on particularly good terms with!

The results are below. Keep in mind that running a Charger R/T in a Solo II autocross is like William "Refrigerator" Perry competing in the pole vault:

http://www.scscc.net/ax092307.html

 

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Hey Paul - Nice drivin!! It must have been a smaller track this time to get those numbers, huh?

Actually, I think the course was longer, but more straightforward than last time...

 

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no ESP to help out when you over steer.....

For what it's worth, I sent HAL to his room during my runs (i.e., I had ESP in the stock R/T "reduced" mode).