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Donnie finished 2nd in STS2 this weekend. He coned away the win on Saturday and lost a good chance to improve this morning when someone hit the timing lights, so most of his Sunday a.m. runs had to be done on cold tires.

More importantly, he made it to the final four of the Challenge in a car that he'd never driven until this weekend.

Nice driving Donnie.

Very nice driving Donnie.

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2010 Honda Fit Sport
Couple of bicycles

Nice job Donnie!

It's about time you stepped up to a man's class, though.

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the single-course format. I did the Walnut Ridge and Finger Lakes Pro and thought it was pretty fun. It didn't have quite the excitement of a regular Pro but I liked it better than a regular Tour. A few people suggested combining 2-3 "best runs" for the final class time and it seems like that may be a good tweak in the future.

Jim

Thanks, guys. I would have never flown to Packwood to run a single course format. It was a traditional ProSolo. I should have been able to find things better during the event and win the class, but at least I finally got things somewhat figured out for the challenge. It was pretty cool and very windy, so being on street tires probably gave me an advantage over my first couple competitors as both were light cars on 275's (the first was a DSP Mini the second a CSP Miata). After that everyone at least had warm tires, but up to that I doubt the Mini or the Miata did. Those Bridgestones like it better when warm, but they work *okay* cold. They're certainly closer to their max capability than a 275 A6 is, anyway.

I'm bummed I hit a cone in the final four round...my competitor did, too, so if I hadn't I would have easily won. But I pushed a little too hard thinking I was going to be getting better and better grip, and it just wasn't *that* good. Then I lost to an STU STi in the consolation round on a couple small mistakes. It doesn't take much in the way of mistakes in STS2 to punish you pretty bad...which is what makes it so amazing to watch Jim start out with blazing fast times and only get better.

Going that deep in the challenge certainly was exciting and fun, that's for sure. You end up with a much bigger audience at that point.

--Donnie

Congrats Donnie. When are you going to buy a clapped out CRX and take hits off the Bridgestone bong? - AB

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'14 Toyota Sequoia Platinum 4WD
Super Westerfield Bros - '93 Integra - LeChump Du Jour
STX 93 - Scion FR-S

Sweet.

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Not spectacular just decent.
I'm not sure what I'm driving.
Maybe an ITR in DS.
Or half-assed STX prepped 330.

Ahhh, my bad. I guess I was thinking of the previous left-coast Pro event.

It sounds like you had fun either way and at least got a break from the brutal heat we had.

Jim