WOW! The local SCC hosted an awesome ICE Auto Cross day today!

"Rex" was the only MINI and it was also his (as well as mine!) track debut! He/we did great. The results are not yet posted but I think we finished 2nd in the 2WD cars and definitely top 10 all around. That included one Subaru Forrester with some mild studs and half a dozen STi's. All in all there were about 25 cars and maybe a few more drivers then that (mostly AWD). It's held just outside our city on a frozen lakebead (crazy slippery!) and no- you DO NOT want to hit those banks...they were solid! I think there's an STi part-swap after the event LOTS of AWD Subs taking out banks! I'm driving in the first pic and my hubby in the second.

 

AWESOME! I hopefully I'll be getting my Cooper S loaded in the port of Southampton tomorrow, then should be picking it up Mar. 3-8th. It has been pretty cold up here in Vermont for the last few weeks and I'm sure all the lakes are getting thicker and ready for us soon!

Here is a video of my friends older 300+hp Audi quattro on full hoot over Lake Champlain >>

also tsrennsport.com BMW and MINI Challenge Germany videos on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/tsrennsport

Typical Audi guru fashion, he had rallye spec gravel tires with super studs. Talk about hooking up on the ice! TTOD.

I can't wait to get my new Cooper s out there. How was the ABS, the DSC, and traction control? Did your limited slip totally hook up? Nice rims, good tires (look like Blizzaks LM-25s) and keep at it! I'm going to plan on some 215/45-17 Nokian WRs mounted on my S-Lites.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53074154@N00/99095001/

Excuse me, I was just testing my new toy... Flickr!
This is a Mitusubishi Evo 3 (not USA legal) at a Laughlin rally several years ago. I had to drive thru this stuff too.
JWCGurl: What a blast! Wish I was there...

 

We got to get one of those going in SoCal.

 

I was JCWgurl's co-driver and the ABS and DSC were incredible but I think we would have been quicker without traction control. I made a run with the DSC+T switched off and it wasn't my quickest run but it might have been if I had tried it on my first or second run because the track wasn't polished smooth yet. The LSD worked very well and I think we were taking off quicker than the other FWD cars, they always had one wheel spinning and we had both. The tires or Michelin X-Ice tires and we really like them, although the winning 2wd car had Blizzaks. I think we came in 2nd place in the 2wd class(results aren't posted yet) and lost because on ice you want a soft suspension without sway bars, the complete opposite as racing on pavement. The winning car had a super soft suspension and really leaned in the corners, Rex has Sport Suspension Plus so body lean was zero.