[atakacs]

Ok so compliments of the U.S. Army, I get a 2-month stay in the cloudy and rainy state of Washington. I do get a few days off here and there and it just so happens that I got 3 days off this weekend so I can attend the events in Packwood, WA. I don't know the area or their rules, nor do I have my car here, so I rented a car (tried for a Charger and got upgraded to a Cadillac DTS... hey it's a V8 RWD!) and will do my best to get there and fit in. Is anyone on this site from NWR and going this weekend that I could meet up with?

Also I'm assuming a DTS is F-stock, right? Anyone have advice for AXing a Cadillac?

Thanks in advance,

Andre

[atakacs]

Update:

I ran my first pro-solo out here and then another normal event in a rented Chevy Aveo. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Very different with a low HP FWD car.
Afterwards, I went canyon carving to see Mount St. Helens and had a lot of fun tearing up the rental. Disregard the fact that it wasn't very competitive.

It was neat seeing how other SCCA clubs do things differently. These guys at NWR are a tighter-knit group than OVR, and seemed less friendly to newbs. At OVR, it's very common to see some people putting numbers on "normal cars" with tape. Here, I was the only one. They started opening up to me after seeing me 4 separate race days. They also group certain groups into classes: Like FS, AS and SS are grouped into what's called "Stock1" and compete against each other under PAX. They have Stock 1-4 and Non-Stock 1-4. Kinda wierd. I guess it's because they had little to no competition in certain classes. They also drive unheard of distances to compete. I talked to a Canadian who drove 8 hours to compete and there are plenty of Oregonians and others who drive 3+ hours. From Columbus, OH, there are at least 7 AX clubs within a 2 hour drive if not many more, and if you're willing to drive 2 hours, you can find an event every single weekend. They had a flat, open asphalt lot at a closed lumber mill probably the size of our OSU lot and they were all ecstatic about how big it was, since there's not a lot of flat land around here... and the little flat land they have is not usually open for AXing. Wierd how we take things for granted out East.