08 Aug. 2013 HDJ

The Hero
Driver’s
Journal
August 2013
Adam Boersma piloting his BMW E30 325i around the cones
at the Grand Valley State University Autocross Weekend. Article and results begin on page 4.
Photograph by Harvey Nuttall
The Furrin Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 1665, Grand Rapids, MI 49501-1665
John Atsma
616-453-0320
2840 Leonard NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504-3704
Vice President
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Matthew Huizing
616-447-8451
2650 Leffingwell Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525-3906
Treasurer
BForslund1275@hotmail.com
Blake Forslund II
616-813-6021
643 Marietta NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Secretary
msavage@tm.net
Mary Savage
616-364-4563
2308 Plainfield NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505-4251
Membership
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Peter and Debra Hansen
616-895-7661
12194 74th Ave., Allendale, MI 49401
Member at Large
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Eric and Cheri Duram
404 Avery, Lowell, MI 49331
Past President
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Dave Vanderschaaf
616-453-0073
541 Collindale Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504-4626
Resident Agent
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Bob Shedd
616-243-2109
1506 Johnston SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-2831
Journal/Mailing
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Matthew Huizing
616-447-8451
2650 Leffingwell Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525-3906
Rally Committee
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Jeff Boris
616-364-9677
320 Eleanor NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505-4077
Nic Boris
616-459-0349
1340 Penn Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505-5265
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Speed Committee
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Curt Rosenstengel
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4787 W. Goodemoot Dr., Lake Odessa, MI 48849
Dave Vanderschaaf
616-453-0073
541 Collindale Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504-4626
Jason Porritt
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1118 Parmalee Ave. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Mark Wiser
616-257-7899
2501 Byron Center Ave. SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49509
Social Chair
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Mary Savage
616-364-4563
2308 Plainfield NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505-4251
Web Committee
Curt Rosenstengel, Matthew Huizing
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Furrin Group General Meeting Minutes, July 16, 2013
The meeting was called to order by President John Atsma at his home at 7:59 PM.
Secretary - Mary Savage reported the minutes of the June meeting were in the July HDJ. It was moved,
seconded and voted to accept them as printed.
Treasurer - Blake Forslund reported an approximate balance of $10,164.
Vice President - Matt Huizing had no report.
Past President - Dave Vanderschaaf had no report.
Member at Large - Eric Duram not present.
HDJ - Matt Huizing had no report.
Membership - Pete and Deb Hansen reported we have 184 members.
Speed - Curt Rosenstengel reported we are ready to buy the trailer. The amount was approved at a prior
meeting, so it was moved, seconded and vote passed to make the purchase now. The trailer will be ordered and
should be here in 3 – 4 weeks.
Rally - Nic Boris reported that the rally scheduled for August may be moved to September.
OLD BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
Blake Forslund is still signing up workers for the VSCDA event in August at Grattan, August 16, 17, 18. See
him if you, family, friends are interested in working 1 or all the days. Also, there are still ice cream bars being
passed around for dessert.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There is a big Corvair event at US 131 this Friday, July 19. We are helping, see Curt if you are interested. Curt
Van Duren defended his title at “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”.
Harvey (I think) announced a BMW event.
It was moved, and seconded, and the meeting adjourned at 8:09 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Ruzicka-Savage, Secretary
The Hero Driver’s Journal – August 2013 3
GVSU Autocross Weekend
July 5th to July 7th
Bradley Yonkers setting the top
ES time in a 1991 Mazda Miata
Our yearly autocross weekend at Grand Valley State University has always been a great event. This year we
almost doubled the fun! This year our weekend was part of an extended July 4th weekend. My first thought was
that people have the 4th off from work and many have the 5th. I thought about doing something on all four days,
but was highly suggested that I not do that. So I compromised and had setup Friday afternoon, Fun Runs Friday
night, and regular events Saturday and Sunday.
We are currently using Lot D at the Northeast corner of the Allendale campus. This area is closed for the
summer and is also used by local law enforcement for training. Last year, our course was limited to one lot due
to a large concrete barricaded area. This year, some of the barricade was removed to allow us to expand into an
area that almost doubled our course space. Hopefully, the rest of the barricade will be removed next year to
create a bigger course. We started setup Friday afternoon with a good size crew. For Friday night, free Fun
Runs were offered to Furrin Group members only. We had about twenty members come out and get some
practice. One member, Jack Heideman, brought his dad’s Mini Cooper with a brand new set of tires. We did not
count how many runs were made, but Jack made more runs than anybody. I’m sure it was over twenty; Jack
said forty. Anyway, by the end of the evening, Jack had destroyed two of the tires on the Mini. Jack and his dad
had to go buy a couple of new tires Saturday morning before the event.
On Saturday, we had 61 cars, each getting 5 runs. Runs averaged mid-50 second range. James Rose came up
from Valparaiso, Indiana with his 1934 Ford Tudor Dwarf powered by a motorcycle engine. A car he setup
specifically for autocrossing. By the end of his runs, his engine had a bearing problem. He said this is not the
first time this engine had this problem and he would look for another type of engine to solve the problem. Jack
Heideman, after all of his practice Friday night, beat his dad for the first time. The more you can practice at
these events, the better you will become. Eric Anderson was FTD on Saturday with a 47.676 second run. This
course included a tight u-turn that was removed for Sunday.
On Sunday, with a slightly different course, most competitors were able to beat their times from Saturday. We
had 60 cars, each getting 5 runs. The average run was a little less than Saturday due to the removal of the u-turn.
Jack Heideman beat his dad, again! Carl Heideman better work on his game. At least one member mentioned
how well Jack was learning the course. Carl also brought a Formula SAE car from Hope college with two
drivers. This is a great program for young engineers and future race car drivers. Brandon and Bryan Redeker
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brought out their latest toy car from Ford. The Redekers were chosen for their second Fiesta Movement and
they get to play with a new Ford Fiesta ST for the summer, courtesy of Ford Motor Company. They have to
take it to many different automotive events and have chosen our club to participate in autocrossing. I hope to
see them again when we start rallycrossing. Since my Spitfire was having carburetion problems on Saturday,
Eric Anderson let me co-drive his Toyota MR2 on Sunday. I had put in a few runs and still had a couple left to
go. I decided to be done and I let Eric run one of my final runs. Thanks to Eric Anderson, I got FTD. I am
really proud of myself. Maybe I should outsource my runs in the future.
Thanks to the following people who made this a great event: Setup – Sam Rogers, Jack Heideman, Curt
VanDuren, Dave & Kyra Butler, Tim & Harvey Nuttall, Deb, Lydia, & Pete Hansen, Nick Harnish, Dan
Moody, Matthew Huizing; Timing: Brad Yonkers, Sam Rogers, Jason & Hannah Porritt, Mike Fuller, Carl
Heideman, John Hudson, Tim Klinger; Grid Captain – Eric Anderson; Tech – Brad Yonkers, Kalean
Henschke; Registration – Curt Rosenstengel, Tim Klinger; Teardown – Sam and Gavin Rogers, Derek Straub,
Brandon & Bryan Redeker, Jack & Carl Heideman, James Rose. I know there were others and your help is
much appreciated. Special thanks to Captain Brandon DeHaan and Officer Paul Weaver of GVSU Public
Safety for allowing us to use their facility. And thanks to Jet’s Pizza for the delivery of lunch for our
competitors. Hospitality will be a new position for someone to handle in 2013. Everybody likes not having to
run out for lunch and they don’t have to remember to bring food. We generally do not allocate a lunch break.
The concrete barricade should be removed by next year and we’ll be able to create a more awesome course!
In the future, we are still planning a rallycross for the fall. I will also be looking at creating a Pro class for
those competitors who want to run for best index time. We are already using an index class for our Vintage
class, so it should not be difficult to create a Pro class. See you in September at Bikers for Babies on the 8th
and My Auto Import Center on the 21st.
Curt Rosenstengel, FG Speed Coordinator
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The Furrin Group
Summary Results
GVSU#1 - Sat 07-06-2013
Timed Entries: 61
Pos.
# Driver
Car Model
Total
----------------------------------------------------BS - 'B Stock' Total Entries: 7
1T
11 Derek Hall
Subaru STI
50.978
2T
17 Mark Boersma
Honda S2000
52.029
3T
87 Jason Porritt
10 Subaru STI
52.203
4
1 Brian Gardner
04 Subaru STi
52.540
5
7 Hannah Porritt
10 Subaru STI
54.096
6
42 Grant Grassmid
85 Chevy Corvette 54.393
7
142 Danielle Snow
85 Chevy Corvette 57.007
----------------------------------------------------CS - 'C Stock' Total Entries: 4
1T
7 Kyle Brooker
90 Mazda Miata
50.846
2T
74 Chris Brooker
Mazda Miata
51.730
3
6 Bob Burns
00 Mazda Miata
54.896
4
77 Jose Valazquez
BMW Z3
58.961
----------------------------------------------------DS - 'D Stock' Total Entries: 6
1T 167 Andrew Nienhuis
04 VW R32
51.861
2T
14 Mal Kooiman
04 Chy. Crossfire 55.151
3
67 Ron Nienhuis
04 VW R32
55.159
4
6 Julie Anderson
07 Mini Cooper
57.748
5
61 Pete Hansen
03 Subaru Impreza 58.970
6
16 Debbie Hansen
03 Subaru Impreza 59.280
----------------------------------------------------ES - 'E Stock' Total Entries: 6
1T
36 Brad Yonkers
91 Mazda Miata
53.636
2T
91 Dan Zomer
94 Mazda Miata
54.210
3
177 Nick Antonakis
85 Mazda Rx-7
55.216
4
27 Molly Boersma
Mazda Miata
56.183
5
17 Nick Harnish
91 Mazda Miata
57.496
6
32 Greg Deford
90 Mazda Miata
63.669
----------------------------------------------------FS - 'F Stock' Total Entries: 5
1T
16 Derek Burt
Audi S4
49.857
2T
1 Mike Fuller
11 Ford Mustang
54.667
3 3074 Emily Brooker
03 Ford Mustang
57.755
4
30 Micah VandePanne
03 Ford Mustang
58.567
5
3 Richard Grow
86 Monte Carlo
58.622
----------------------------------------------------GS - 'G Stock' Total Entries: 2
1T
17 Jason Skibbe
06 VW GTI
54.813
2
37 Chris Farber
12 Volkswagen
59.780
----------------------------------------------------HS - 'H Stock' Total Entries: 5
1T
79 Curt VanDuren
08 VW Rabbit
54.136
2T
25 Mike Feldman
07 Mazda 3
54.645
3
111 Derek VandenBroek 07 Honda Civic
55.493
4
115 Jack Heideman
03 Mini Cooper
57.096
5
15 Carl Heideman
03 Mini Cooper
57.821
----------------------------------------------------CSP - 'C Street Prepared' Total Entries: 2
1T
28 Ben Van Antwerp
91 Mazda Miata
56.862
2
62 Robert Deford
86 Mazda Rx-7
59.732
Matthew Huizing’s 1994 325i — not officially a
G Stock car yet. Photograph by Harvey Nuttall
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Pos.
# Driver
Car Model
Total
----------------------------------------------------ESP - 'E Street Prepared' Total Entries: 6
1T
86 Josh Heinrich
Chevy Camaro
51.101
2T
12 Daniel Moody
88 Chevy Camaro
52.841
3
712 Nicholas Glova
10 Chevy Corvette 53.420
4
68 Brad Sneden
Ford Mustang
54.826
5
302 Tony Brooker
92 Ford T-Bird
55.648
6
121 Dustin Moody
88 Chevy Camaro
60.192
----------------------------------------------------FM - 'F Modified' Total Entries: 1
1T
34 James Rose
34 Ford Dwarf
50.716
----------------------------------------------------STU - 'Street Touring U' Total Entries: 3
1T
43 Alan Lugo
99 Mercedes C43
53.722
2
13 Kyle English
04 Subaru Wrx STI 53.943
3
23 Chad Huston
Subaru WRX
56.429
----------------------------------------------------SM - 'Street Modified' Total Entries: 3
1T 555 ROB Sackyta
03 Subaru WRX
49.769
2
5 Jacob Bryant
04 Subaru Impreza 51.264
3
51 Steven Stewart
04 Subaru Impreza 51.490
----------------------------------------------------SMF - 'Street Modified F' Total Entries: 3
1T
17 Jason Skibbe
06 VW GTI
52.816
2
314 Sam Rogers
09 Toyota Yaris
52.908
3
91 Derek Straub
05 Chevy Cobalt
53.848
----------------------------------------------------SSM - 'Super Street Modified' Total Entries: 6
1T
6 Eric Anderson
00 TOY MR2 Spyder 47.676
2T
9 Jay Anderson
00 TOY MR2 Spyder 47.910
3
19 Kris Swanson
00 Mazda Miata
49.650
4
119 Steve Swanson
00 Mazda Miata
49.706
5
7 Brian Husted
99 Mazda Miata
52.132
6
13 Mike Standley
00 gmc Sonoma
54.979
----------------------------------------------------V - 'Vintage' Total Entries: 2
1T
99 Curt Rosenstengel Triumph Spitfire
46.870
2
73 Jeff Talsma
73 Ford Mustang
50.015
----------------------------------------------------Top Time Of Day
----------------------------------------------------Raw time: 47.676
SSM 6
Eric Anderson
Pax: 41.381
FS 16
Derek Burt
Stock: 49.857
FS 16
Derek Burt
Street Prepared: 51.101
ESP 86
Josh Heinrich
Modified: 50.716
FM 34
James Rose
Touring: 53.722
STU 43
Alan Lugo
Street Modified: 47.676
SSM 6
Eric Anderson
Vintage: 46.870
VHS 99
Curt Rosenstengel
Ben Fisher in his 1999 BMW M3
Nick Nardin crossing the finish in his 1987 325is
Photograph by Harvey Nuttall
Pete Hansen demonstrates swing arm
weight jacking with his Triumph Spitfire
at the Friday evening Test and Tune
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The Furrin Group
Summary Results
#2 - GVSU#2 - Sun 07-07-2013
Timed Entries: 60
Pos.
# Driver
Car Model
Total
----------------------------------------------------CS - 'C Stock' Total Entries: 6
1T
7 Kyle Brooker
90 Mazda Miata
49.633
2T
83 Harvey Nuttall
99 BMW M3
51.439
3
14 Ben Fisher
99 BMW M3
51.719
4
74 Emily Brooker
90 Mazda Miata
52.328
5
6 Bob Burns
00 Mazda Miata
53.653
6
15 Kirsti Nuttall
95 BMW M3
57.328
----------------------------------------------------DS - 'D Stock' Total Entries: 1
1T 167 Andrew Nienhuis
04 VW R32
50.349
----------------------------------------------------ES - 'E Stock' Total Entries: 6
1T
36 Brad Yonkers
91 Mazda Miata
51.334
2T 177 Nick Antonakis
85 Mazda Rx-7
52.509
3
136 Kealan Henschke
Mazda Miata
52.992
4
139 Henry Roeters
Mazda Miata
53.049
5
17 Nick Harnish
91 Mazda Miata
54.356
6
7 Jeff Bakker
83 Datsun 280zx
55.266
----------------------------------------------------FS - 'F Stock' Total Entries: 5
1T
16 Derek Burt
Audi S4
48.668
2T
74 Chris Brooker
Jeep SRT
52.375
3
43 Alan Lugo
99 Mercedes C43
53.514
4
3 Richard Grow
86 Monte Carlo
55.053
5
55 Michael Wangler
Dodge Challenger
56.855
----------------------------------------------------GS - 'G Stock' Total Entries: 10
1T
9 Matthew Huizing
94 BMW 325i
50.423
2T
25 Nick Nardin
87 BMW 325is
51.984
3T 107 Todd Rasmussen
14 Ford Fiesta
54.249
4T
79 Erik Barber
13 Ford Focus ST
54.374
5
38 Timothy Nuttall
99 BMW M3
54.578
6
07 Bryan Redeker
14 Ford Fiesta ST 55.587
7
37 Chris Farber
12 VW GTI
56.239
8
122 Chad Kirchner
14 Ford Fiesta ST 56.825
9
11 Jeremy Lockwood
13 Ford Focus ST
57.407
10
31 Adam Boersma
BMW 325i
57.708
----------------------------------------------------HS - 'H Stock' Total Entries: 3
1T
25 Mike Feldman
07 Mazda 3
52.970
2
115 Jack Heideman
03 Mini Cooper
54.752
3
15 Carl Heideman
03 Mini Cooper
55.340
----------------------------------------------------ESP - 'E Street Prepared' Total Entries: 5
1T
86 Josh Heinrich
99 Chevy Camaro
48.257
2T
71 Troy Sempsrott
01 Ford Mustang
51.024
3
12 Daniel Moody
88 Chevy Camaro
51.399
4
302 Tony Brooker
92 Ford T-Bird
52.992
5
121 Dustin Moody
88 Chevy Camaro
54.395
Pos.
# Driver
Car Model
Total
----------------------------------------------------EM - 'E Modified' Total Entries: 2
1T
98 Steve Tamandli
Pontiac Fiero
46.346
2
198 Bob Tamandli
Pontiac Fiero
47.287
----------------------------------------------------FSAE - 'Formula SAE' Total Entries: 2
1T
21 Tyler Rumsey
10 Formula SAE
52.127
2
211 Brigid Toner
10 Formula SAE
67.696
----------------------------------------------------SM - 'Street Modified' Total Entries: 6
1T 555 ROB Sackyta
03 Subaru WRX
48.747
2T
87 Jason Porritt
10 Subaru STI
49.783
3
23 Matt Kokx
06 Subaru sti
49.942
4
73 Tim Klinger
96 Ford Mustang
50.884
5
34 John Koster
Honda Civic
51.014
6
7 Brandon Klinger
96 Ford Mustang
53.008
----------------------------------------------------SMF - 'Street Modified F' Total Entries: 3
1T
91 Derek Straub
05 Chevy Cobalt
50.758
2
314 Sam Rogers
09 Toyota Yaris
51.872
3
73 Mark Lockwood
VW GTI
53.314
----------------------------------------------------SSM - 'Super Street Modified' Total Entries: 6
1T
9 Curt Rosenstengel 00 Toyota MR2
45.929
2T
6 Eric Anderson
00 TOY MR2 Spyder 46.258
3
1 Andrew Zieger
Mazda Miata
47.380
4
19 Kris Swanson
00 Mazda Miata
48.487
5
119 Steve Swanson
00 Mazda Miata
48.887
6
7 Brian Husted
99 Mazda Miata
49.683
----------------------------------------------------V - 'Vintage' Total Entries: 5
1T
42 David Butler
76 Porsche 912e
42.534
2T 9118 Rudy Bahnsen
70 VW Beetle
43.207
3
73 Jeff Talsma
73 Ford Mustang
47.895
4
41 John North
76 Triumph TR6
48.455
5
71 David North
76 Triumph TR6
49.266
----------------------------------------------------Top Time Of Day
----------------------------------------------------Raw time: 45.929 SSM 9
*Curt Rosenstengel
Pax: 40.394
FS 16
Derek Burt
Stock: 48.668
FS 16
Derek Burt
Street Prepared: 48.257 ESP 86
Josh Heinrich
Modified: 46.346
EM 98
Steve Tamandli
Formula: 52.127 FSAE 21
Tyler Rumsey
Street Modified: 45.929 SSM 9
*Curt Rosenstengel
Vintage: 42.534 VHS 42
David Butler
Michigan State Univ.
Autocross
Where: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Commuter Lot 89 at Mount Hope and Farm Lane
TWO LOTS will be used to create the course!
When: Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, 2013
Time: Registration 8:30 - 10:00, 1st car approx. 10:30am
Setup will be Friday night August 3.
Pre-registration at www.myautoevents.com or contact Curt Rosenstengel
Cost for each event: $15 FG members
$20 non-members, $10 vintage class (older than 1980)
Contact: Curt Rosenstengel at 616-374-8066
Note: Setup help will be needed. Contact Curt if you can be available.
Preregistration is highly suggested. FG members will be able to register even if event is filled.
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VSCDA Vintage Au Grattan, August 16-18, 2013
We are looking for a few good men and women who want to see some beautiful vintage cars racing like they were made
to do. You will be required to work a corner or assist with timing and scoring. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
Lunch provided as well as dinner/drinks Friday and Saturday night, appreciation gifts, and free Track Touring on
Saturday and Sunday. This is a great social event and the Furrin Group benefits from your presence at the event.
Arrive by 7:45 am each day for worker meeting. Contact Blake Forslund for more information.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
US 131 Autocross
Where: US 131 Motorsports Park, 1249 12th Street
Martin, MI 49070 (The fastest autocross track in West Michigan)
When: Sunday, September 8, 2013
Time: Setup 7:00am
Registration and Tech open at 8:30am
Driver meeting/Course ASAP after registration
Info:
Test/Tune/Fun run event. No run limit, but we ask you work the course during the day.
Preregistration at http://www.bikersforbabies.org, join the Furrin Group Team!
Cost: $20 entry if paid in advance, $25 at the door.
Autocross fee $5 FG members, $10 non-members. Drag Race fee $10.
Contact: Curt Rosenstengel at 616-460-9581
Setup help will be essential to keep this event on time! This will be a fast and
fun autocross! We will be able to run all day! Get your entry in quickly.
Includes lunch!
The Furrin Group Presents
MAIC Autocross
Where: My Auto Import Center, 1860 E. Sternberg Rd.
Muskegon, MI 49444
When: Saturday, September 21, 2013
Time: Setup 8:30am
Registration and Tech 9:00am to 10:30
Driver meeting/Course walk at 11:00
Info: 4 runs minimum, 70 cars max. (Furrin Group members not turned away).
Pre-registration suggested at www.myautoevents.com
Cost: $15 FG members, $20 non-members.
Contact: Curt Rosenstengel at 616-460-9581
Food and Prizes will be available at this event! This is always a fun event!
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Michiana BMWCCA Autocross at TireRack
August 3, 2013
This was the third autocross event this year for the Michiana BMWCCA chapter. They have an autocross
scheduled nearly every month during the summer—all of them at the Tire Rack test course in South Bend, Indiana.
This was my first chance to participate in one of their events this year.
My 1994 325i has been mainly sitting in the garage. I finally got the pair of new Kumho Ecsta Xses mounted and
one of the new front control arm bushings installed the day before this event. I would still like to get wider wheels,
but it nice to have a matching set again. I also checked the toe front and back with my framing squares and tape
measure. There was nearly zero toe in front, but there was about a quarter inch toe out in the rear. To correct the
latter I moved each of the rear trailing arm bushing pockets in about an eighth of an inch, but most likely the thrust
angle is off now.
I made it down to South Bend without any problems, though the on board computer indicated worse gas mileage
(~26 mpg). I had averaged around 28 mpg on the South Carolina trip that wore out the Sumitomos. The Kumhos
are a bit wider, taller, and stickier, which might explain some of the difference. They worked fantastic on the
TireRack test course. Only 20 drivers showed up which made the event go quickly. Everyone received 5 runs in
the morning and another 5 runs after the Subway catered lunch.
Michiana BMWCCA uses a points based classing. The street tires keep my 325i classed in the C-class. Harvey
Nuttall’s and Scott Limber’s M3s wind up in the faster B class on their street tires. The E36 M3 may be marginally
faster than a 325/328 on a handling course. Scott is running-stock sized Hankook Vemtus R-S3s (225/45R17 and
245/40R17). Harvey has the new Dunlop Direzza ZII in the larger 245/40R17 size all around. I’ve been happy with
the performance of the 225/50R16 Kumho Ecsta XSes. Harvey, Scott and I all had a few 50.0xx second times, but
Scott pulled it together on his final run with a sub 50 second time. Nick Nardin and Kevin Gu were not far behind
in Nick’s 205/50R15 Dunlop Star Spec shod 1987 325is. Steve Tamandli set the fastest time of the day in his tube
frame orange Fiero.
Michiana’s last event of the season is Saturday, September 21 st.
Matthew Huizing, FG Editor
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Furrin Group General Meetings are held
the third Tuesday of every month. Our new
permanent General Meeting location is
El Barrio Mexican Grill restaurant at
545 Michigan St., Grand Rapids, just
east of College, 616-301-0010. There is
plenty of parking behind the building.
Meetings start about 7:30pm, come
earlier for dinner and drinks. El Barrio
is affiliated with the Beltline Bar and has
excellent burritos! Full menu listing is
available on the internet. Come see what
our club is all about!
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