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The Mystery Miata's engine. Headers, individual throttle bodies and a lack of emissions hardware show devoted engine work.
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George's Firebird with the tires chalked. Under extreme cornering you can 'roll' onto the sidewall of the tires. This is a bad thing. The chalk wears off when this happens, so you know when to add more air.
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The mystery sub 46 second Miata. What are they looking at?
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A Chevy Z06 Corvette in the grid.
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Another shot of the mystery Miata's engine. Nice Headers. The purple board with two black objects in the back is a part of an aftermarket engine computer system.
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It's common for autocrossers to bring a spare set of track tires and install them when they arrive.
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Another attempt at in-car photography. Coming up: a gentle slalom, a right hand turn, and a very long slalom.
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Karts lined up at the starting lights.
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Yet another shot of the mystery Miata's engine. Fuel injected individual throttle bodies? Some serious engine computer tuning must have been done.
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Bryan and George stealing shade while they can.
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Novice, H-Class, Stock, Firebird.
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A Mazda Miata turned in a sub-46 second run!
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Bryan working through the last gate of the slalom at the end of his 3rd run.
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An attempt at in-car photography. The cones ahead outline a long right hand turn.
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A truly rare beast, the Cosworth Vega. An insanely high redline (7K?) for 70s detroit iron.
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A Chevy Camaro Z28 on the track.
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Bryan's best time of the day.
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Bryan sporting his loaner helmet in his Civic.
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Bryan waiting to start at the gate.
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BMW E36 M3, Acura 4th generation Integra GS-R, Toyota MkII MR2 Turbo, Toyota MkII MR2 Turbo, Mazda 2nd generation Miata, Nissan 300ZX TT, Nissan 300ZZ TT, Foxbody Mustang. (From back to front)
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