Slipstream - May 2007

Photos by Charlie Davis
Photos by Charlie Davis
Photo by Charllie Davis
Fun After the Storm
by Jeff Herrmann and Tannia Dobbins
In spite of the recent storms and the eight inches of rain Mineral
Wells received the day before, the weekend of Mar 30/Apr 1 was
absolutely beautiful and many folks made the trip on good faith
that MineralRing would be in
shape for the events. Those who
showed up were delighted with the
wonderful weather (although
Saturday morning was a little
chilly and windy – imagine that)
and a nice clean lot. Jim Hedderick
(Boxster, #39), who made the
trip from Houston, found the
Mike is bundled up
per the hotels warnings
event worthy and fun. Even Mike
Lockas (944, #31) still came out
after the hotel called him to
discourage his trip!
Time Trial #1
The Time Trial configuration was laid out for course #1 which
was nice because this was the one that the TT School students
were familiar with. It is great having the confidence to take on
something familiar … and something that we tackled just a few
weeks before. In fact, the course was actually a little more fun since
the right corner after start/finish had been opened up slightly
making it easier to navigate the turn.
Well Jeff, you didn’t HIT the cone,
but is backwards the quicker way around it?
The opening season for time trials saw the launching of a new
timing program. All was off to a great start then some SNAFU’s
appeared. Several cars were given reruns … well, I guess you could
say they needed them after seeing run times about 30 seconds
faster than their competitors. I
know Bryan Bell (996, #204)
told everyone at the driver’s
meeting that he was going to get
Rick Randall doing the Wave
the fastest time of the day
(because, as he exclaimed,
“Richard Diller (911S, #550) is
not here!”). Indeed he did with
a 65.566, but we are still wondering what he put under the hood
that day! Jake’s dad, Kevin (#122), driving a BMW M3, ended up
having to take ten laps all at once but after eight had said
“enough!” There is indeed something odd about being out there
all by yourself going around and around...
Time Trial #1 - March 31, 2007 - Mineral Wells, TX
Class Num Name Car Time Place
2 111 Hardison, Kevin Blue 914 73.785 1
2 95 Howard, Travis Yellow 914 76.735 2
3 44 McCoy, Chuck White 944 73.341 1
4 31 Lockas, Mike White 944 70.819 1
5 3 Nannis, Joel Blue Boxster 75.021 1
5 391 Jackson, Alan Black 911S 75.601 2
5 6 Nannis, Ray Blue Boxster 76.405 3
6 161 Randall, Rick Black 911 Carerra 71.292 1
6 34 Frick, David Seal Gray Boxster 78.151 2
7 204 Bell, Bryan Silver 996 65.566 1
7 39 Hedderick, Jim Silver Boxster 69.592 2
7 242 Shaffer, Darron W-Grn Boxster S 70.075 3
7 81 Herrmann, Jeff Black 912 72.125 4
8 306 Nowak, Danny White 914-6 69.268 1
L 77 Dobbins, Tannia Red Boxster S 72.394 1
L 20 Bell, Andrea Red Boxster 79.473 2
L 65 Howard, Robyn Red 944 81.644 3
Top Time, Men’s - Bryan Bell 65.566
Top Time, Ladies - Tannia Dobbins 72.394
Since the day progressed rather quickly, Bryan and a bunch of
volunteers took the time to paint the course. In fact, they were able
to paint permanent markings for courses one, two, and three.
Autocross #2
Charlie Davis devised a course that used almost every foot of
the MineralRing. It was one of the longest courses seen in a great
number of events. He was able to combine some technical turns
while still making the course easy to follow. Very few people got
lost on this 90-100 second course. Of course, what would a
Charlie constructed course be without the theme names for each
turn. With names like Propaganda, Chi Z, Chi Cane, Tunnel and
Momentum, the court could not determine if the theme was
Chinese (Chi = energy), Chicago (Chi short for Chicago) or
Vietnam (Propaganda, Tunnel, and Momentum).
Autocross #2 - April 1, 2007 - Mineral Wells, TX
Class Num Name Car Time Place
2 111 Hardison, Kevin Blue 914 100.531 1
2 95 Howard, Travis Yellow 914 105.174 2
2 199 Dominick, Christy Silver 944 105.786 3
2 914 Perrine, Betty Orange 914 108.464 4
2 991 Payne, Denny Silver 944 109.571 5
3 44 McCoy, Chuck White 944 102.259 1
3 41 Brown, Michael Blue 914 106.262 2
3 42 Reynolds, John Maroon 914 107.201 3
4 31 Lockas, Mike White 944 101.290 1
4 312 Alvarado, Chris White 911 104.336 2
4 22 Shelley, Steve Dark Blue 944 107.365 3
5 3 Nannis, Joel Blue Boxster 105.656 1
5 6 Nannis, Ray Blue Boxster 108.508 2
6 64 Shoffit, James Black 911 SC 96.324 1
6 11 Shoffit, Wendy Black 911 SC 98.618 2
6 108 Blackman, Clint Silver Boxster 100.303 3
6 68 Goochey, James Black 911 SC 102.863 4
6 24 Perrine, Clay Red 914 104.600 5
6 747 Rogers, Jason Slate Grey 993 106.824 6
7 39 Hedderick, Jim Silver Boxster 93.875 1
7 204 Bell, Bryan Silver 996 94.214 2
7 242 Shaffer, Darron W-Grn Boxster S 97.469 3
7 81 Herrmann, Jeff Black 912 99.999 4
L 77 Dobbins, Tannia Red Boxster S 102.600 1
L 20 Bell, Andrea Red Boxster 108.847 2
L 65 Howard, Robyn Red 944 111.596 3
Top Time, Men’s - Jim Hedderick 93.875
Top Time, Ladies’ - Wendy Shoffit 98.618
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