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Another wonderus weekend of Cumberland racing. Like a ticked off Edward Nortan in The Italian Job I found myself chasing Mini Coopers, the supercharged variety, in STX all weekend.

Saturday’s times: 59.552+1, 55.718, 53.968, 53.672, 54.242 which put be in 2nd in STX, 0.581 behind a red Mini Cooper S.

Sunday’s times: 63.018 61.405+1 60.569+OFF 61.287 60.948 which put me again behind the same red Mini, this time by 0.811 seconds. Then there was the black Mini, which beat him by over 2 seconds. I watched them both in the first heat get faster and faster and could do nothing but shake my head, curse BMW, and hold off a Mustang Cobra for 3rd in the last heat.

I was also happy to see that I cracked the top 30 in PAX times, which for the majority is populated by Corvettes, Porsches, Cobras, and the like. Yet another fun weekend of autocross.

CDC posted their results from last weekend, I cracked into the top 25 overall and had the 6th best indexed time.

Next time out should be even more interesting, as instead of beating the Avons to death, I have these:

17×8 Flik Ftds wrapped in 225/45 17 Falken Azenis tires which are 7.5 lbs. lighter at each corner than the Borbet/Avon combination. It should be tasty.