Came across this scene yesterday - I watched the driver make multiple attempts to negotiate this slalom and kept hitting the same cone. Probably not a SCCA sanctioned event (note the chairs at the worker station).
Came across this scene yesterday - I watched the driver make multiple attempts to negotiate this slalom and kept hitting the same cone. Probably not a SCCA sanctioned event (note the chairs at the worker station).
In reply to bludroptop:
It looks like a drill exercise sanctioned by the FD.
Hints: The "workers" are all wearing t-shirts reminiscent of those worn by fire fighters, the lot is too small for an a/x and, yeah, the chairs.
No, I'm pretty sure the "FD" on their shirts refers to Formula Drift. 
bludroptop wrote: No, I'm pretty sure the "FD" on their shirts refers to Formula Drift.
No. Those are 3rd gen rx7 enthusiasts.
How fast was the fire engine going?
codrus wrote: How fast was the fire engine going?
Not fast. Walking speed. Obviously I was joking about the autocross part, it was clearly driver training. That's what I thought was so interesting - I could see how he might hit the cone the first time, but three times in a row?
bludroptop wrote:codrus wrote: How fast was the fire engine going?Not fast. Walking speed. Obviously I was joking about the autocross part, it was clearly driver training. That's what I thought was so interesting - I could see how he might hit the cone the first time, but three times in a row?
By the autocross rules of our house (as between myself and my 11 year old "co-driver"/son), having hit the same cone twice, the offending driver now owes every passenger in the vehicle a slurpee of at least 32oz size. I shudder to think of the penalty for a "thrice hit" cone. 
In fact, you really can autocross anything. At the autocross I went to today in Geneva, there was a Ferrari Modena and a Porsche Panamera entered. And I got to drive the Panamera!
Well, at least he's precise.
There was a Nissan Leaf at the autocross I was at yesteday. I beat him.
I've known a few firemen who drive the trucks. Ages you before your time driving something as fast as they go knowing that if someone gets in the way you really cant do much. One guy looped it on a downtown road in the winter and while he did not hit anything (miracle) he was pretty shook for a while! I bet the boys in the back even more so.
So...F Stock?
Hit the same cone 3 times probably because of the large turning radius and visibility isn't great. Gotta really know where the corners of the truck are without looking to drive it efficiently.
The most fun are the drivers in front of you on a multilane road that slam on the brakes when they see the lights instead calmly moving over. 60-0 is not a strong point at 50,000lb and a lot of the weight up high
I've never auto x'ed but I hear consistency is the key...
And how do we know that his captain didnt tell him "hit that cone.. If you can hit it three times in a row you don't have to flush hydrants in 98 degree heat or hang up or roll hoses for two weeks"?
He was either practicing or being tested for his "Q" endorsement, like a Class 2 license to drive firetrucks.
....well how else do you test orange cones?
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