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Can't ask for a lot more from my 2023 over all the SCCA Events, except for hoping they split F-street out of S3 for ProSolo in 2024 *OR* fix the index. I won a couple of ProSolos. I won a lot of National Tours. I won SCCA Time Trial Nationals in Sport 2. I tried a bunch of different brake pads for track. I tired even more tires (sigh). I found weaknesses in some products, at the worst possible time (Nationals).
It was a long year. I drove the Mach 1 from PA to CA and back to run the ProSolo and National Tour at Crows Landing.
I had to replace a rear hub during the Pro Finale. I had to fight a very ill handling car when the rear sway bar I was running snapped, I think at the Finale, but was broken on Day 1 at Solo Nationals, and somehow I managed to get out in 2nd spot. Had some help from the leader who coned time away on his 3rd run. I tried another tire change for run 1 on day 2, which was.... a mistake. And had to get something down on run 3 to have any hope, and managed to come from behind to win F-street for the 2nd year in a row.
I tried a new brake pad combo, AND two different sets of tires for TT Nationals. Had a great battle with Brian Smith in his GT350, Tim Mason had issues which weren't helpful to his weekend, but he was hanging around. John Li was in that mix too in his M1 HP. And Michael DiGiorgio in his C5. I was off what I ran last year, on tires that should have been slower, until one magical session on Sunday, where we all found time. I found a LOT of it. And then the next session it was all gone, for all of us, again. No idea how or why, but it was pretty much top to bottom in the class regardless of tire, or car. But I'm pleased to take my as setup Mach 1 in F-street trim, and be competitive in Sport 2 where cars setup for Sport 2 specifically can run bigger wheels, change both swaybars, spring sets and the like. In fact 3 of the top 5 are F-Street autox cars, two Mach 1's and a GT350. All have slight changes to the rear sway bars, I have changed shocks too. 27th overall for the event.
Doing stuff like this is fun, but it also is invaluable in helping me help customers of mine. Finding out what works, what doesn't. And being able to prove it too. Only 3 other Sport category cars were in front of me, and they were all Sport 1. A GT4 and two guys sharing a C8 Z51 Corvette. I'll take it.
It was a long year. I drove the Mach 1 from PA to CA and back to run the ProSolo and National Tour at Crows Landing.
I had to replace a rear hub during the Pro Finale. I had to fight a very ill handling car when the rear sway bar I was running snapped, I think at the Finale, but was broken on Day 1 at Solo Nationals, and somehow I managed to get out in 2nd spot. Had some help from the leader who coned time away on his 3rd run. I tried another tire change for run 1 on day 2, which was.... a mistake. And had to get something down on run 3 to have any hope, and managed to come from behind to win F-street for the 2nd year in a row.
I tried a new brake pad combo, AND two different sets of tires for TT Nationals. Had a great battle with Brian Smith in his GT350, Tim Mason had issues which weren't helpful to his weekend, but he was hanging around. John Li was in that mix too in his M1 HP. And Michael DiGiorgio in his C5. I was off what I ran last year, on tires that should have been slower, until one magical session on Sunday, where we all found time. I found a LOT of it. And then the next session it was all gone, for all of us, again. No idea how or why, but it was pretty much top to bottom in the class regardless of tire, or car. But I'm pleased to take my as setup Mach 1 in F-street trim, and be competitive in Sport 2 where cars setup for Sport 2 specifically can run bigger wheels, change both swaybars, spring sets and the like. In fact 3 of the top 5 are F-Street autox cars, two Mach 1's and a GT350. All have slight changes to the rear sway bars, I have changed shocks too. 27th overall for the event.
Doing stuff like this is fun, but it also is invaluable in helping me help customers of mine. Finding out what works, what doesn't. And being able to prove it too. Only 3 other Sport category cars were in front of me, and they were all Sport 1. A GT4 and two guys sharing a C8 Z51 Corvette. I'll take it.