We just made some sample courses yesterday at FRF, but there was a little communication snafu , and the Corporate office hadn't spoke to the track office, or something else confusing, the end result was their staff was very very surprised to see us. We ended up using the small skid pad which only allowed for very small courses (3 turns). Since we will get the big skid pad for the event, our layouts that we came up with won't be applicable, unless they are used as part of the final layout. It seemed that a good drift layout made for a VERY tight feeling AutoX course.
On an unrelated note, Scott seems fairly well known there. A nice fellow by the name of Mike (IIRC) noticed my STI and wanted to ride with me on the track. (he was assuming i was there for the test N tune also) He went on for quite some time about how fast Scott is in his "STI". I mentioned that Scott does basically have a modified STI, though its technically a WRX (Shell?), with STI type parts and lots of other mods, and that mine was stock. I also mentioned that riding with me, wouldn't really be what he was expecting. Someone else also mentioned a fast "White STI" could be anyone, but i'll assume its Mike. Still, pretty damn cool that random people think so highly of some of our board members.
I drove my car around the drift lay outs a few times, with DCCD fully open. but i was not drifting around. I did break the ass free a lil bit once or twice by taking the corner at the traction limit (in first) and then squeezing down on the gas a bit more. Seemed like learning that exact limit could be helpful in learning more about driving, traction, and limits.
I now expect to be .001 seconds faster per autox course..
/Sarcasm