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Today was Day #1 for the Thursday/Friday Run Groups

Gwen Bakke is 2nd in HSL

Jim Feinberg is 2nd, about 2 tenths out of the lead in HS

David Spratte is in 3rd, exactly 1 tenth behind Jim

Keith Vail is 7th in F125 where trophies go 10 deep...that's a tough class.

We got back this afternoon...courses were awesome, fun, and challenging as usual.

Eric

Nice job on your trophy in a reasonably competitive SS!

What was the story on Matthew using new tires every run? True? Was it just for heat management, or a combo where he really felt like new tires were worth a few tenths?

Nice job by Chris driving the big ole Vette at Nationals, too. Sounds like Buckley was preoccupied with trading his STi on a new Armada.

And Tim Aro with another jacket! Glad it was a good trip for you guys after the fiasco getting out of town...


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...and Jennifer Bedell finished a respectable sixth place in SSL, especially on her rookie Nationals event. Well done!

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2007 GPW Honda S2000-- STR 86

Great job guys and gals!

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Yes, Jennifer truly did an awesome job! She was quicker than Chris on Day #2 and her times were close to the leaders. That was especially impressive since this was her first national event of any kind and those courses are not easy to drive well. I think she got faster on each run for both days.

Braun had 3 sets of tires (actually I think 4) to deal with the OPR (Other People's Rubber) build up. The OPR issue is a real pain. We experienced this quite a bit the past two years with Karl's S2000. What happens is that the hot tires pick up so much rubber that it negatively affects the handling and slows the car down. Hence, that's why he was putting fresh cold rubber on for each run. If we could have afforded it we would have done it too. Well balanced cars don't experience it as bad. The little tires on the front of the Lotus generate a lot of heat, so they pick up a lot. It didn't seem as bad on the Vettes or CSP Miatas.

We got a lot of OPR on our fronts before my last run and it helped, too bad I coned away a pretty good finish - 7th). Keep in mind we ran early in the day before it got hot and it was still an issue. It gets worse later in the day, especially towards the end of the week. You can combat the OPR by just having one driver and cooling the tires a lot to minimize pick-up. They have an area that is a wet skid pad to help you clean the tires off at the end of the day. We used a torch and paint scraper and it was not fun work. Having a second set of tires, not necessarily new is definitely a good idea if the tires get coated because there is no quite way to clean them. We didn't have any OPR issues on Day #1 as the course was mostly wet.

It was a really good event and we had a blast out there. Lincoln is a great host city with friendly people and plenty of good places to eat, drink, and conduct the mandatory post race BS/trash talking sessions

Eric

Maybe someone can explain. I've sensed that people think the AP2 is the S2000 to have for B stock or STR. Seems that AP1s are still quite competitive given the results for BS/STR.

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Jim is leading going into last runs. David is 4th.

Jim Feinburg wins HS over Greg Reno
David Spratte finishes fourth

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woohoo! Way to go guys!

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Keith grabbed 6th in F125.

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I noticed that as well...while I'm no expert on S2000s, it appears that most of the CR gains seen in stock form are mitigated in STR.. 0.04 secs separated first from fourth place, split between AP1 and CR versions. That to me is pretty close to a tie and within the realm of "driver noise." Now, if Only I had the patience to wade through the bazillion page thread on S2ki.com to see what people are doing in STR....

I do think I'm starting to like Suzuka Blue a little more.

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1972 Datsun 240Z-- resto pics at http://picasaweb.google.com/srcartermd
2007 GPW Honda S2000-- STR 86

Just get silver.....or beige .

You can just do what Zach did. Stock AP1 2000 with big front bar, uber stiff cheap coilovers, star specs (oe sized on oe 16s) and just really invest in the 'driver mod' .

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Based on how our racers are faring this year, I can come up with a not-too-short list of THSCC'ers who can easily hold their own at Nats. You know who you are. It is my goal for 2012 to chastise you, embarass you and/or bribe you into attending Nationals next year--or at least make it to Dixie, Atlanta or DC/NJ.

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2007 GPW Honda S2000-- STR 86

Gwen finishes in 2nd in HSL

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Yeah - Gwen! You really earned that trophy as you worked really hard over the past 1 1/2 year to continually get faster. Awesome job!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to Keith on his 6th place finish is a really tough class!