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[size=12pt]This last weekend I accepted Ken Thwaits challenge (of Showtime Motorsports) and towed my Mustang to MIS to face him in the Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car and after a rocky start getting the car out there my team and I won the three thousand dollar prize (more about the challenge here: https://www.optimabatteries.com/en-us/experience/power-source/ken-thwaits-3000-bounty-optimas-search-ultimate-street-car/). We also secured an invite to the Invitational in Las Vegas during the SEMA show by winning the "Spirit of the Event" award courtesy of K&N.[/size]
We finished 2nd in Autocross a tenth behind a nationally (5th in nationals) competitive ESP driver and car (and all around great guy Ryan Finch), 4th in speed stop merely a tenth behind the legendary Danny Popp driving a very highly modified Z/28 and 6th on the road course portion despite it being my first time on a road course. All this in a field of 25 entrants which included a few Invitiational winners and experienced Optima competitors in cars with much more power and money in them.
We will be heading to Vegas to compete and win the GT class with a faster, better car and a more experienced driver in the road course portion. I want to thank my teammates: my father-in-law Bob who is the heart and comedian of the team, and his best friend Jay who is the unstoppable no sleep required trailer and mechanical guru.
Special thanks go to Dean Martin of Rehagen Racing, Dave Woodle of DWW Motorsports, Terry Fair of Vorshlag, Filip of CorteX Racing, Bill Garrett of Exedy Clutches, Pete (PeteInCT) from Track Day Solutions for the amazing Pagid RST2's, Eric Kaul , Anthony Imperato and Dan Smith for enabling my reckless spending of money and my wife, daughter, friends and family who supported me and continue to do so. Lastly, Ken Thwaits for being a great ambassador of the event and all around stand up guy. If anyone is looking for a great weekend that is an absolute steal for the money/seat time ratio than this is your event!
Event results:
http://clubregistration.net/clients/usca/results/overall.cfm?eventID=6455&class=GT
We finished 2nd in Autocross a tenth behind a nationally (5th in nationals) competitive ESP driver and car (and all around great guy Ryan Finch), 4th in speed stop merely a tenth behind the legendary Danny Popp driving a very highly modified Z/28 and 6th on the road course portion despite it being my first time on a road course. All this in a field of 25 entrants which included a few Invitiational winners and experienced Optima competitors in cars with much more power and money in them.
We will be heading to Vegas to compete and win the GT class with a faster, better car and a more experienced driver in the road course portion. I want to thank my teammates: my father-in-law Bob who is the heart and comedian of the team, and his best friend Jay who is the unstoppable no sleep required trailer and mechanical guru.
Special thanks go to Dean Martin of Rehagen Racing, Dave Woodle of DWW Motorsports, Terry Fair of Vorshlag, Filip of CorteX Racing, Bill Garrett of Exedy Clutches, Pete (PeteInCT) from Track Day Solutions for the amazing Pagid RST2's, Eric Kaul , Anthony Imperato and Dan Smith for enabling my reckless spending of money and my wife, daughter, friends and family who supported me and continue to do so. Lastly, Ken Thwaits for being a great ambassador of the event and all around stand up guy. If anyone is looking for a great weekend that is an absolute steal for the money/seat time ratio than this is your event!
Event results:
http://clubregistration.net/clients/usca/results/overall.cfm?eventID=6455&class=GT
