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Mark's "Catch" List: Northern New Jersey Region, Autocross 8/17/03 Article By: Mark Yeck, NERD; Photos by David Hess
The venue: NNJR autox at Englishtown. The courses here tend to be pretty
fast as do the drivers. This Saturday was no exception. The course
started with some fast, flowing curves with a large loop in the middle.
After that was a wide, 180 degree sweeper leading to the back half of
the course which had two four-cone slaloms in a row into the
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So, to start the 2003 season I set a goal to "catch" a
short list of drivers who are typically faster than me. Andre Downey
(pictured right) was
one, and I managed to catch him once this spring. This Saturday, Alan
Pozner (pictured below-right) was my latest victim, tho he was really victim of circumstance,
not of my great driving.
First run I put down a 49.4, an acceptable first run compared to other
drivers that I talked to. I made a couple of small mistakes, but nothing
serious. I figured that I could cut a second or so off of it by the end
of the day and maybe give Alan a little bit of competition. Alan pulled
in shortly afterward with a 52.9. Turns out that one of
his front tires was corded and he couldnt get any grip. My next run went
horrible. I got behind at the beginning of the first slalom and stayed
behind all the way into the finish. 50.7. Alan cut a second off his
time, but was clearly having issues. We put his front street tires on
before the next run, which was a little weird, street tires in front and
hoosiers in the rear. It must have been a little bit better, tho, cuz he
cut yet another second off his time with a 50.9. My third run felt
pretty good, but for some reason was still three tenths slower than my
first run.
So that's my story
[Mark Yeck: pictured left] of catching the legendary Alan Pozner. Not very
satisfying, as I didn't really drive all that well. Hopefully I'll catch
Alan again sometime when he's at his best.