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Solo => Other Events => Topic started by: Reijo on September 01, 2017, 01:29:38 PM
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Here's a precursor for the Finale:
https://www.scca.com/articles/2007738-2017-prosolo-finale-tune-in
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You can follow the CAMs (running concurrently with the Pro Finale) OR the Pro Finale here:
http://sololive.scca.com/
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They were scheduled to start at 8:30 am Central Time (7:30 am our time) but I don't see any times registering live yet so maybe something has happened?
I'll check on FB as well ... usually people post on there what is happening.
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I saw Neal Tovsen (CSP/SoloPro instructor) mentioned an hour ago that Katie Lacey (his wife) is in grid and ready to run with a new headgasket that was changed late in the day yesterday .... the drama(s) of Nats continues! LOL
However I don't see any results on live timing so I asked about it ... will update.
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Steve Eckstrand's son is in grid in his JB (?) kart as well and Steve posted a photo - looks mostly sunny etc. So something must have gone awry with the live timing?
That was also about an hour ago according to FB.
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Photo from Stephen Yeoh from LA (his daughter is in the junior karts) ... everything looks ok and a go.
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Times are being posted for the CAMS event ... CAMT and CAMS thus far.
However nothing from the Pro. Neal T. mentioned on FB just now that their car is running, not overheating (the original problem) however it is misfiring intermittently.
So the 1st shift (A) is basically done ... or if you will the 1st 1/2 of the 1st heat. Ryan/Wayne are in the 2nd heat or Shift (B).
STR should be running about now ... some good action there in the biggest class.
Hopefully, the live feed comes on shortly. I'm sure they are working on it.
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Interesting, none of the Fiesta ST's are running Bridgestones, they are all on BFGoodRich. Also an Accord on Nexen tires is leading H-Stock, kudos to him!
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Interesting, none of the Fiesta ST's are running Bridgestones, they are all on BFGoodRich. Also an Accord on Nexen tires is leading H-Stock, kudos to him!
I think the Rivals are the tire of choice for most at nationals from what I remember.
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Interesting, none of the Fiesta ST's are running Bridgestones, they are all on BFGoodRich. Also an Accord on Nexen tires is leading H-Stock, kudos to him!
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LOL ... that is Scott McHugh in his family '13 Accord. He has won the ProFinale and Nationals a few times in the past ... very good driver and a nice guy to boot from LA. Him and the late Tom McDaniels used to compete together for many years in Corvettes and I ran against them many times in the S2k.
From what I have noticed in the past, the BFG's seem to work better on some bigger/heavier cars and are more heat tolerant ... but you never know these days what the latest tires are doing ... testing is needed ... Still lots on Bridgestones.
Funny fact: When I won Nats, Tom and Scott bought me a bottle of Yukon Jack! hahaha ...
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Take a look at STR! Kevin in his S2k is at the top ... barely. 2nd to 8th is separated by 0.2 ...
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Bstreet is running again ... Ryan just did his run of the afternoon ... not faster ... yet.....cold tires. He was in 3rd after this morning.
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2 cones on the 2nd run ... but was the fastest raw time on that side (I think the rt?)
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3rd run: 1/100th off the leader on the left side (?) ... If the last run had been clean, Ryan'd be in the lead now I think. He has one run left and if he cleans it up he could be golden.
Notably the leader, Jeremy Foley has RL'd 1/2 of his runs out of the first 6 runs ... that has to play on the mind a bit. (UPDATE: Red lighted 4 out of 7 runs now!).
Jay and Ambrose coming up in the next shift ... soon .... after Wayne runs in BS of course.
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So Ryan went from 3rd to 2nd in his last run but not quite catching the leader - only 0.063 out of the lead!
Notably the leader, Jeremy F., just finished red-lighting ALL his runs (4 runs in a row!) ... just WOW! He has now RL'd 5 out of 8 runs. He's going to have to gather his wits about him overnight and see what he can do in the morning.
Ryan now has to get it together (weather report from earlier today is ok for tomorrow) in the morning and catch Jeremy ... I believe he can definitely win this one, if it works out in the morning.
Reijo
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Meanwhile on the other course (CAM Challenge), Dennis Healy of Portland has won CAMC in his 2015 Mustang.
Dennis, is originally from southern Ontario and moved to Portland maybe 10 years ago or so.
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There's still some fast guys running in BS ... Dan Bullis has coned 4 runs on the left side (?) ... and Alex Muresan is cleaning his act up and moving up the ranks ...
Ambrose did not improve much and sits 5th out of 6 ... Jay to run soon (RL'd both runs on one side in the morning).
Wayne is running now.
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I should add Monty Pack from the SF area is leading the pack in SS.
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Wayne just jumped up 4 spots from the basement on his last run ... good stuff. One more run to go.
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In SSR, Matthew Braun (another alien you might say) is leading the way in the 2004 Z06 0.149 over GJ Dixon in the GT3 ... so tight there. GJ has won before and has been driving GT3's for at least the last 10 years ... very fast guy.
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UGH, Jay has 3 RL's on the right side ... a run on each side to go.
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Just noticed in STR that Ron Bauer just RL'd his first two runs ... sort of unlike him ... I think they are all pushing the lights and there is that danger now. STR is unbelievably close and tough! If you don't push it, you could easily lose a half dozen places in less than the blink of an eye!
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Jay is missing 2 runs ... not sure what is going on ... should've run by now.
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Jay finally got a non-RL run on the right side, but he now is going into Sunday with 2 cones :(
Ryan sitting in second place in BS, .063 behind the leader. Ryan -- breath in just before the finish line, and that should make up the difference :) Wayne is about 2 seconds back, so he has a fairly large deficit to make up.
I was interested in CS, which is all MX-5's this year. Of the 2 guys that beat me in Packwood, Brian Coulson is in the lead, with Maurice Valandia in 7th place. However, Maurice is only 1/4 of a second back from Brian, so it is a tight, tight race. Wish I was there in the fight.
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Ryan is running against the leader, Jeremy Foley. Both coned on the first run (1 for Ryan, 2 for Jeremy). Without the cone, Ryan would have had the lead.
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2nd runs clean .. no change ... Foley ran almost his best left side run. Ryan was slightly off on his right side. Next run, warm tires, and Ryan was almost 0.4 faster excepting the cone ... so the time is there....
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There is audio now!
http://sololive.scca.com/PS/liveaudio.html
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Ryan into the lead by 0.153!
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Dang, Foley pulls it out in his final run and beats Ryan by 0.051 sec. ... over two courses. Jeez that was close but nevertheless a good showing by Ryan!
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Ryan is still in the Super Challenge with a couple of guys below him (notably Mark Daddio who came in 2nd ... lost the lead today).
Ryan was also in the lead in the points coming into the Finale and depending on Jeremy's points coming in, I don't know who has won the overall title yet. Have to check the points.
Ambrose improved a bit but then his last time did not display and Wayne improved a little bit.
Jay had not run yet....
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Jay managed a faster run than Ambrose on one side but too many RL's and cones on the other side to manage a good run out of the 2 clean ones he had.
Looks like Jeremy Foley has beat Ryan on points for the overall championship (there are more points for the Finale win ... Foley came in with a 1st and a 2nd into the Finale whereas Ryan had won all his pros).
Other surprises, Kevin Dietz goes from the lead after day 1 down to 6th! Note that the 8 trophy places are separated by less than 0.5 sec! Crazy competition in that class! Kevin did not improve today and many others did ...
In STS the 5 trophy places are separated by about 0.3 seconds.
In STU Heitkotter didn't win but a Nexen-shod STi did ...
DS, Mark Scroggs, BEAT FS on raw time! Yep, 2016 2.0L Turbo 4cyl Camaro beat the 2014 M3 with Jeff Cashmore at the wheel and all the slower Camaro SS's ... There were no Mustang GT's in the field. What do you think of those apples?
In HS Scott did not improve today and fell from 1st to 4th place and out of the trophies. :(
In R2, Patrick Washburn (SoloPro instructor who has been here a few times to teach) managed a 3rd place trophy in their EP Civic.
In CAM, Ryan Otis of Portland came back and took the win this morning.
There are still runs going on and some other interesting info but have at it ... results are out there.
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There seemed to be a lot of DNF's and cones on these courses ... Neal Tovsen is looking for a clean run into his last two runs ... jumps into the trophies ahead of his co-driver Todd Cochrane ... talk about leaving it to the last minute, eh? :)
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runs are over. I think Ryan is still qualified for the Super Challenge because he was so close to the winner ... coming up in a bit.
http://sololive.scca.com/PS/OtherDir/SuperChalQual.html
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Ladies Challenge goes first ... they were just called to grid:
http://sololive.scca.com/PS/OtherDir/LadiesChalQual.html
Live broadcast is here:
http://sololive.scca.com/PS/liveaudio.html
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You needed to be within 0.065 within the winner's time to qualify for the Super Challenge. Ryan is 0.051 so he is in....as per the radio announcement just now.
UPdate: 2 dropped out, so Ryan is the 28th qualifier out of 32.
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Sam Strano dropped out and now Jeff Kiesel is in as 32nd qualifier ... always a formidable force in Super Challenges! Watch out!
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Someone else dropped out and Mark Daddio is in ... lol ... this is getting tough! A few minutes left for drops ... wonder why people are dropping out.
Fred Zust is out ... John Hale and David Hedderick are in at the last minute.
Trophy presentation in 10 min. before the Challenge rounds.
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They changed it: Trophies after the Challenge Rounds ... Ladies' Challenge coming up right now.
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women's bracket:
http://sololive.scca.com/PS/OtherDir/LadiesChallenge.html
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Ugh, Ryan red-lighted in his first round against Joe Tharpe ... 0.472 sec. (min. is 0.500 reaction time or else you get a red light ... so barely).
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Summary article on the Pro Finale with Jonathan Clements (from the LA area) winning the Super Challenge in the family Formula Ford ... well done on Jonathan's part:
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https://www.scca.com/articles/2007796-underdog-wins-2017-tire-rack-prosolo-finale
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Pretty interesting event, I was following it closely on my phone live as it all played out, haha. Really loving that live scoring, such a great thing to have for these events!
I think the Rivals are the tire of choice for most at nationals from what I remember.
I am not really sure which is best, I think I'd need to see some more evidence before I jump off the Bridgestone wagon. The RE-71R's are only available in 205's, while the Rivals come in 215. I think that is why people are buying them over the RE-71R's for this car. I still kind of feel like the Bridgestones are a better compound.
At the Canadian Nationals this summer, the H-Stock champion from 2016 came out with his Fiesta ST equipped with Rivals. He also had a rear sway bar, and he had done the front Koni shocks. I was eager to see how the cars would stack up against one another with these slight differences. Time wise, I ended up ahead of him by 6.63 seconds over 4 runs, although it is pretty hard to quantify exactly why.
In the end I am still left wondering which tire is a better option. I might pick up a set of Rivals as my second set for next year (if I decide to keep my car that is) and then I can run them back to back with the Bridgestones and see how they feel.
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Pretty interesting event, I was following it closely on my phone live as it all played out, haha. Really loving that live scoring, such a great thing to have for these events!
I think the Rivals are the tire of choice for most at nationals from what I remember.
I am not really sure which is best, I think I'd need to see some more evidence before I jump off the Bridgestone wagon. The RE-71R's are only available in 205's, while the Rivals come in 215. I think that is why people are buying them over the RE-71R's for this car. I still kind of feel like the Bridgestones are a better compound.
At the Canadian Nationals this summer, the H-Stock champion from 2016 came out with his Fiesta ST equipped with Rivals. He also had a rear sway bar, and he had done the front Koni shocks. I was eager to see how the cars would stack up against one another with these slight differences. Time wise, I ended up ahead of him by 6.63 seconds over 4 runs, although it is pretty hard to quantify exactly why.
In the end I am still left wondering which tire is a better option. I might pick up a set of Rivals as my second set for next year (if I decide to keep my car that is) and then I can run them back to back with the Bridgestones and see how they feel.
Size availability is certainly one factor of why people run the BFG in some cases.
Something I noticed a couple years ago when I co-drove a car at the Packwood Tour I thought it was trophy time when I was offered a car that had just run the fastest time on the west course of the Solo Nationals in the previous Sept. The tires had been stored properly etc. in Portland but when we ran on them the car skated all over the place and we kept tweaking the shock settings all weekend trying to balance the car ... eventually running on settings that had never been used before (good, expensive custom-valved shocks .. don't remember which ones they were now but there was lots of adjustability). IN the end, we decided that the tires which had hardly been used beyond the Nationals runs, had gone off; they were dead! BFG's.
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