I was getting my gear ready for our next AutoX and was having some problems with connections between the Kiwi ODBII Bluetooth, GoPro 7 Bluetooth/Wifi and TrackAddict Pro on my iPhone 7.

I started by resetting the wifi connectivity on the GoPro 7 (Preferences > Connections > Reset). The result was that the GoPro then creates a camera name and SSID/password credential. Because I had done this a few times, I had multiple entries for the SSID and Bluetooth connections on my iPhone. I deleted all these to get a clean slate.

I retired after 30 years of service with UC Santa Cruz this past January. 

One goal I have this year is to get better at autocross. So, I've taken a few actions that I hope will lay a better foundation. Specifically, I've:

When evaluating driving videos ask yourself where are you at the edge of grip if you were then you're driving the car to hits mountains and if you weren't having a different car wouldn't make any difference

Also nike shoes worked great as driving shoes. Looks like someone took some photos and posted to Flickr. I'm on page 2. 

Driving Notes

Today was my first SCCA event. I joined up last year, but didn't participate. New goal in post-retirement is to participate in as much AutoX as I can and get better. 

PSM off on all runs.

Run 1 - ok. No major error PSM off 36/38. Need to be more aggressive and look farther ahead. 48.669

Marina 102818

4 runs AM

5 runs PM. Camera missed run 4 in the afternoon.

AM Runs - Notes

55.527 PSM Off. Ran course @2 to the left. Tires at 36/38. Did ok but lots of places to gain speed. Pretty good between 3-4. More gas @2 into slalom. More gas into 4 before hairpin. 

54.695 PSM Off. Ran course @2 to the left. Was more intense but sloppier. Be cleaner into 4 and 6. Focus on braking at 6. Lost .5 second at finish

Here are some notes on driving at the last AutoX.

Here are the other runs from that day:

Very cold and windy all day at Marina

What Worked

• Drove with PSM off on all runs
• Found a sweet spot for tires at 40/42
• Pretty good course read; didn't get lost
• Better starts overall
• Dropped times both morning and afternoon
• Used the width of the course
• Slalom was pretty good with concious "turn early"
• Down jacket and ski hat

What Didn't Work

As I get into more photography, I started thining about how to get some shots up on this site. Years ago I had followed a tutorial to do simple Flexslider slide shows. 

This time, I wanted to have a thumbnail navigation as well. I found a great series of videos on YouTube on Drupal and Flexslider. I took his basic approach of using a block for the slideshow and a block for the carousel thumbnail and modified it to use a views attachment. This article serves as my notes to self.

I got some shots while on grid at the LPR PCA AutoX #2 April 21, 2018. Here's a slide show.
 

As part of the exterior remodeling, we added 2 tanks to the house to capture water for yard use. We get our water from the stockholders membership, but we’re on wells that can run low during drought.

Our approach was to drop in a flat 2000 gal tank under the deck as the primary source. We fill this tank with the downspouts from about 1/4 of our roof. It only takes 1-2 rains to fill this tank up.

I was very impressed with this class the wealth of great driving instructors in our region.

I've been working on adding some more images as slide shows. Here's a few.

My 2001 Porsche 996

Bondurant High Performance Course May 2015

Bondurant Grand Prix Racing Course September 2015

Shots of Old House and Kitchen

Shots of New Kitchen