My 2019 Miata

**DocWalt** · 05-03-2021, 10:23 PM

Saturday Jon & I did an NNJR SCCA event. I took top PAX with a crazy fun battle all day! Jon just never got a run together but had fantastic sectors.

Here's my video:

Jon's video from NNJR:

On Sunday I did a Philly SCCA event and helped design the course. I ended up taking top PAX again!

**j2k4** · 05-04-2021, 05:01 PM

One of my nurses just bought a brand new Mazda 3...think I got him looking for some events to run before and after he does the exhaust/intake stuff.

Hope he follows through - that little car is beautiful...

**DocWalt** · 06-07-2021, 10:12 AM

Good fun at NNJR, but testing out the new Nankang CR-1s on the Miata and RX-8. Not super impressed so far with the pace, but aspects of their behavior are really nice. They move around on the surface a lot which isn't super confidence inspiring.

My fastest, good for 2nd place in PAX:

Jon's fastest:

**DocWalt** · 06-25-2021, 03:18 PM

2021 Finger Lakes Champ Tour:

A really fun weekend! Amy was fighting hard for a trophy/podium in STX and almost pulled it off while I was fighting for a podium as well in STR.

Jon & I went up Friday to do the Test N Tune in the Miata, we tested stuff and nothing really made the car better sadly, so we went into Saturday with a pretty mediocre car. We ended up making a car change for my final Saturday run that massively improved the car though!

Jon's fastest Saturday run (before the car setup change)

My fastest Saturday run:

We went into Sunday feeling much more confident but I ended up coning away my fastest run and Jon had issues with cramping in his arms. Not a great day.

Jon's fastest Sunday run:

My fastest Sunday run:

**DocWalt** · 07-13-2021, 11:19 AM

A really fun day of autocross on Sunday with Philly SCCA. We were at Ripken stadium in Aberdeen, MD for the first time in a long time for Philly. The site has some terrain features that make it difficult to make a super technical course, but we got a solid 45 second course with plenty of sweeping corners. Fun and simple and safe! Both cars were on the Nankang CR-1s again doing more testing/conserving tires for nationals... They seemed to work pretty well, grip is up to about what I'd expect from the Yokohama A052s finally after some minor car changes.

Jon and I ran the ND and I took first in PAX & STR and Jon had a hard fought battle to end third in STR.

Jon's fastest run:

My fastest run:

**j2k4** · 07-13-2021, 03:49 PM

Nice work, Jon.

Old hat, Doc.

**DocWalt** · 07-19-2021, 04:55 PM

Philly SCCA had their annual Al Holbert memorial event to remember Al Holbert and all he did for racing with the SCCA.
I won the big trophy after I took top PAX on both days! Really happy with my drive, especially on Sunday. My STR Miata performed great, big thanks to Karcepts for the tune updates and all of the support. Thanks to Motion Control Suspension and OS Giken for their parts support as well, all of the parts are working as a great system now!

Here are my fastest runs from each day:

Saturday:

Sunday:

I had two different codrivers this weekend. Mark on Saturday and Jon on Sunday. Both of them drove great and gave fantastic feedback on the car and really pushed me hard.

Mark's fastest Saturday run:

Jon's fastest Sunday run:

**j2k4** · 07-19-2021, 08:35 PM

By golly, Doc, you're becoming a legend - troo story.

**DocWalt** · 07-26-2021, 04:20 PM

Fun day at NNJR, took second in PAX. I had Tamra Krystinik (national champion in DSP RX-8) codrive for some feedback on the car and so she could drive something new. Really challenging course and more testing on the Nankangs.

Here's my fastest run:

Here's Tamra's fastest run: