NEOhio Event 5

Today was the fifth event this season for NEOhio SCCA region. With rain and possible thunderstorms forecasted for the day, I was expecting a slippery day on wet street tires. To my surprise, there was wide open blue skies with a scattering of clouds on the way to the event, and I was happy with my decision to bring the racing "slicks" along. I turned out to be a hot and humid, but dry, day. In the midst of my first run, however, things turned amiss. My car has a slight issue with wet roads, and thanks to rain all day yesterday, things seem to have gotten upset. I was about half the way through the run when suddenly my fuel cutoff started engaging at 3,500rpm, much earlier than the typical 7,200rpm, leaving me no choice but to cripple my car the rest of the way through the course. Knowing the problem was nothing but an electrical mishap with a sensor somewhere under the hood, I chose to ignore the car's heed of warning and cleared the ECU between each run. This technique only bought me the full RPM for about 1/2 - 3/4 the course, however. My fastest time was around 39.5 seconds, still faster than an S2000 and Integra at the event, so I wasn't overly upset about my situation. The course was fairly simple and didn't pose much of a threat throughout the day. I hit my peak pretty early and couldn't quite get any faster, perhaps mostly because of the rev limit, at least that's the story I'll stick to.

Be sure to check out the pictures in the gallery, and my three run videos from the day.

Videos

• Run 1 (caution: some foul language once I discovered the issue)
• Run 2
• Run 3