For those of you that didn’t hear…


I absolutely had my ass handed to me at Solo Nationals! What can I say… apparently a relatively stock car cannot compete in a built-motor class after all, even with the legendary RWHEELZ at the helm. Nationals was truly awe-inspiring. My parking spot in the paddock must have been a half mile from the courses, and just about every person there brought some kind of pit bike, or at the very least, a bicycle, to get around on.

Miles and miles of smooth concrete made for loads of grip, much more than I am used to at the Billings autocross venues, to be honest. My first run resulted in a big slide by the third cone on course, and I was only clean one one of three runs on the west course on day one. It rained the morning of day two and our times on the east course suffered as a result (we didn’t have it near as bad as SS – those guys had to run in pouring rain and deep puddles, half of their runs were DNF’s and it was rather amusing to watch!).  The street mod class consisted of some pretty insane builds, and there was no doubt I did not fit in with the pack. I had an awesome time though! I would like to go back and spend the whole week there just watching the run groups and meeting people.

Unfortunately, I got very few photos and NONE of my own car. You are either busy running or busy working, and I was all alone, so what can I say? I do have in-car video from the GoPro camera, I will edit it and post it up soon.

Car is ready to go

Car is ready to go

 

F430 with cone marks!

F430 with cone marks!

SS in the grid for the west course

SS in the grid for the west course

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Sun beating down on the east course

 Map of the east course: Map of the east course

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