This past Sunday was the first autocross of 2007, hosted by our neighbors to the west. To an extent it was sort of a “practice” event — my car wasn’t totally done, Brad and I were both on street tires, and Cassie didn’t even have her own car. I hadn’t had much time behind the wheel of the Civic this year (i.e., I picked it up on Friday night, and raced it on Sunday) so I didn’t know what to expect.
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Marnie on April 27th 2007 in Autocross, Honda Civic, WNY SCCA
Just a quick post to say a couple of things.
1. I still haven’t cleaned under the hood of the Legacy, ever. 
(photo by jannygirl)
2. BuffaloScooby meet was a great time, food was good, apologies for all the FWD talk at our end of the table. I got some nice photos despite the rain.
3. Western New York autocross season starts on Sunday, and the car is almost ready. Huge thumbs-up to Cory for everything.
I should have known something was up when everyone was parked at Burger King.
This was the last event in the winter rally series, Cory and Dana were the rallymasters. It was originally supposed to be in January, but it got pushed back. By the end of March there was little snow left, in fact, it had been raining all day. That may have been the reason for the relatively low turnout — for both competitors and workers. Cassie and I had planned on running, but we ended up working instead!
After a quick crash course on using the timing equipment, we were handed a pile of maps and sent on our way to checkpoint #2. You know what’s nice about working? You don’t have to go 40 MPH! 
A lot of the roads were familiar, and the sun didn’t set until we were almost to the halfway point.
Overall it was still a lot of fun working, we could drive faster but still had the challenges of making it to our checkpoints before the competitors, staying on course, keeping everyone’s times straight, and talking the sheriff into not ticketing anyone. Plus, I think we still had enough points to win the Novice class for the winter series.
Sorry, no pictures this time, but for the rest of the details, you can read Cory’s event report here: http://www.flr-scca.com/rally/2007/WinterEvent5-Report.html
Can’t wait until next season — but autocross starts up soon!
Marnie on April 17th 2007 in FLR SCCA, Rally, Subaru Legacy