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Solo => Other Events => Topic started by: Reijo on September 04, 2017, 07:46:06 AM
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Course maps were posted this morning. Other info here as well:
https://www.scca.com/events/1987148-2017-tire-rack-scca-solo-nationals
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Who will win?
Free article and Sportscar Magagzine here:
http://www.sportscarmag-digital.com/sportscar/september_2017?pg=28#pg28
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GRM mentioned they would be broadcasting live from the Lincoln Talent Show on YouTube ...
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GRM Tacos and Talent (or is that Tacky Talent?) show from Lincoln on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQxogUaRrQQ
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If you are on FB, Neal Tovsen (SoloPro instructor from Minneapolis) does a live course walk of the east course here:
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=neal%20tovsen
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My interpretation of the east and west courses. East course is rev 1 (revised it after a 2nd look and listening to Neal's walk) ... with more hints on it.
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Ryan and Wayne run tomorrow and the next day (Tues-Wed) in BS.
https://dk1xgl0d43mu1.cloudfront.net/user_files/scca/downloads/000/037/624/2017_work_run_for_website.pdf?1502900945
So Ryan and Wayne will be running in the 1st heat on the East course tomorrow (Tuesday) morning ... Runs begin at 9 am central time.
Everyone else is running on Thurs/Fri - Cam/Stephen (AS), Ambrose/Jay (SS) and Alan Rae (DM)
There are other Canadians down there from Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg, Quebec etc.
Reijo
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I noticed Jay, Ambrose, Cam, Stephen, etc. etc. are signed up for the Test 'n Tune course at various times on Tuesday and Wednesday ...
The concrete is quite different over there (similar grip to Fort Macleod ... maybe slightly more due to rubber and more heat generally). So, it is good to get some test time in to get a "feel" of the grip and how much you can push the car.
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East course broadcast is already up:
http://sololive.scca.com/liveaudioEast.html
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Courses are now closed for walking and the national anthem and opening ceremonies are going to happen in 15 minutes.
Eric Hyman is announcing on the west ... east course ...
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They are all getting ready .... 1st car (kart - JB) in less than 10 min. ... 8 am our time/9 am central time.
Wayne is the 25th vehicle (incl. karts) out ... so coming up quickly at 20 sec. apart (or less):
http://sololive.scca.com/TueEastWedWest/GridSheets1.html
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Radio is down on east course ... they are working on it.
Something happened .... Wayne has an 80 sec. time (fast time is 58) ... there were others with 84, 85 sec. times ... think everyone got red-flagged or something .... somebody must have mowed down a wall of cones or something ... so must be re-runs coming up. Some of the 80+ sec. times have disappeared so they are working on them ... re-runs I think.
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Yep, Wayne's 80 sec. time is gone ... obviously a re-run coming ... (not yet though). They are running really slow on the east course ... I suppose it could have been a broken car/spilled fluids etc. causing a delay. Hopefully the radio comes back soon on the east - SoloMatters mentioned they were working on it (listening to the STS action on the west course ... some friends there).
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there we go! Wayne with a 58.1 ... into 5th place with most of the field with runs already so a good first run it looks like! Good stuff, good way to start. 2nd drivers to come ... the fast guys.
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There are 55 cars/competitors in BS ... one of the bigger classes.
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Ryan into the lead with a 56.1!
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Bullis coned his first run and Foley had a slow 1st run ... followed by a cone on his 2nd run ... So Ryan has them where he wants them! :)
Brian Johns is in 2nd in his Corvette and he can be fast (obviously ... 0.027 behind Ryan after the 1st run).
2nd runs under way.
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Also, Ryan raw-timed everyone in-class. That is a good sign. But it will tighten up as the runs come.
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They may be waiting for the 5 min. time limit between cars due to the re-runs and whatever that situation was. So there is at least one other car with a re-run.
Foley's 2nd run must be a re-run ... so the 1st time (65) has to be deleted yet ... or something odd anyway.
All times are here for BS:
http://sololive.scca.com/BS.php
West course is starting the 2nd heat .... east course is way behind now.
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SSR - 9 past national champions ... not everyone will even get a trophy. Very deep class ... coming up on the west course.
2nd runs in BS are under way ... apparently some people in the list did not show?
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currently a damn confusing results sheet in BS.
Someone has an 8 second lead on the field. Some have three runs (Foley). Others (Ryan) have 1. There is a CS Miata in the order... WTF.
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currently a damn confusing results sheet in BS.
Someone has an 8 second lead on the field. Some have three runs (Foley). Others (Ryan) have 1. There is a CS Miata in the order... WTF.
Yes, I think those two top times are incorrect. Foley's first run should be deleted I think ... a re-run and Brian Colson was running a CS Miata the Pro but he is co-driving with Dan Bullis in his 1999 Corvette ....
Some timing issues on the east course .... still in the 1st heat whereas the west is probably 1/2 done the 2nd heat ... so some issues for sure.
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There are issues in another class as well (FML). Our friend Dina is showing as being in 1st with a run time of 0.000 :)
Things got fixed now. Ryan still in 1st place with two runs done.
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There are issues in another class as well (FML). Our friend Dina is showing as being in 1st with a run time of 0.000 :)
Things got fixed now. Ryan still in 1st place with two runs done
Ah, good!
3rd runs are beginning in BS.
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Wayne is still in the trophies too! 13th of 15 ... his 3rd run coming up.
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Brian Johns coned his 2nd run and went slower on his 3rd run .... so he stays in 2nd place.
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Late cone call, Brian had a cone on his 3rd run (as well as the 2nd as mentioned). However his 1st run is good for 2nd place behind Ryan.
Jeremy Foley also went slower on his 3rd run .... so it looks like Ryan is probably in the lead going into the 2nd day.
This would be a good time for Ryan to put in a ringer time and really put the hurt on! :)
Brian also shows here how important it is to get a good 1st run! There are NO reconnaissance runs! :) Same example from Ryan ...
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Wayne is now out of the trophies but not by much ... 0.1 sec. It is tight!
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Dan Bullis finally got a clean run (coned the first two runs) but he is a second behind Ryan and in the 8th trophy place ... too far behind to catch up tomorrow.
Ryan ran a back-up run almost identical to his 1st run ... all clean ... Good driving! Congrats Ryan! I know there are a few more to come but ... looking good!
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all done ... Ryan 0.027 ahead of Brian Johns and Ryan 0.237 ahead of Jeremy Foley in 3rd ....
So it is between those guys tomorrow unless there is rain or something drastic.
Anyway, they'll be in impound for about 1/2 hour in grid and then the official times will be released.
Well done for Ryan! But tomorrow is the final test. It's not over yet.
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And Wayne is only 0.2 out of the trophies, so he still has one with reach.
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Our favourite recent topic: FS!
FS is running on the east course in the 2nd heat (same course as Ryan) ... just coming up now.
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Course walks coming up after the 2nd heat on each course.
STR is running after the break on the west course which is broadcasting live audio ... east course audio broadcast is still not working ... but they are aware of the problems whatever they are and working on it.
STR should be quite exciting ... lots of well-prepared cars and plenty of very very good drivers!
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Kevin Dietz is leading the way in his STR S2000 (from Seattle) on the west course ... 77 drivers = biggest class.
Lots of cones being hit ... and by some very good drivers - National Champions even.
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Ian Stewart has pulled out into the lead in STR ... tough class ... all getting their acts together in the last runs.
Meanwhile we have live radio at the east course!!!!
http://sololive.scca.com/liveaudioEast.html
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CM is running and Corey Dyck of Winnipeg (came here for the regional at YYC) in his Formula Ford is running.
http://sololive.scca.com/CM.php
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West course is in the 4th heat with one to go.
Coming up on the west course in the 5th heat are Patrick Washburn EP Civic (SoloPro .. has been here to teach a few times) and Neal Tovsen in his CSP Miata (SoloPro and who has also been here to teach a few times).
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FM Legends car broken down on east course ... more delays ... but no fluids so that is good. But they are going to be running late tonight. In the 4th heat now. They are running again.
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West course has started the last/5th heat ... csp, esp, ep, strl
So, Neal Patrick and other running.
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Evelyn Lee (Vancouver) and Carol Wong (used to live in Vancouver ... now Washington) are running now on the west course in STRL in Dean Chen's CR S2000 (also from Vancouver).
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Good God! There is a Silverado in ESP and he is in the 4th trophy place after the 2nd run! Wow!
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Patrick in EP is in 3rd.
And big news ... after 2 runs Neal is 0.089 behind Billy Davis. I think this is the first time in a few years anyone has got this close to Billy! Billy switched to 15x11 wheels a couple years ago and has dominated since.....everyone else was running 15x10's back then in CSP with the 275's ... but they work better with 11's. Go figure.
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On the east course we have ES where David Spratte (taught SoloPro schools here this summer) and Chris Peterson (another SoloPro instructor) are running right now.
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EP CRX broken down on the west course ... spilled some fluids so some down time coming up.
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Carol Wong coned her first two runs and then pulled out a good one to land in 3rd place in the trophies. Evelyn is in 5th (trophy) with one run left.
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I have heard of a few people messing up at the finish line on the west course ... apparently people are getting out of shape at the finish ... sometimes even going outside the finish like Tami Daniels on her last run in STRL just now. Interesting.
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Patrick (EP) is 0.067 out of the lead on his final run ... good position for tomorrow.
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Davis cones his last run and Neal went slower so Neal is 0.089 out of 1st ... pretty close ... maybe he can take over tomorrow! It's a new day!
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West course is done for the day (about 5:55 pm local time - central) ... and people are walking the course (for tomorrow).
East course is still running.
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Forgot about this site: Jill gave me the link on FB.
All the results on one page:
http://www.conechaser.com/sololive_watcher/
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18:17 local time ... east course is done.
MIchael Ron wins ES by 0.931 .... a large margin for such a hard-fought and big (55) class. I'm thinking people will be looking at this car closely. ;)
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STP Camaro, Ryan Otis's video from the west course. I believe it is zoomed in a little bit making the course look tighter than it is:
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=CYnuUtT6KCsDfGzD&u=/watch%3Fv%3Dvf4KpTdvc8M%26feature%3Dem-uploademail
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Competition begins an hour earlier tomorrow morning - 8 am (central) or 7 am Mountain Time.
Ryan and Wayne run on the west course in the 1st heat so we'll see right away how they do.
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there is a quick mention of Ryan here in this article:
https://www.scca.com/articles/2007830-tuesday-afternoon-tire-rack-solo-nats
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BS is running now.
Foley took over the lead on the 1st run ... Ryan took it back on his 1st run (2nd driver).
Foley just took his 2nd run and moved into the lead again by 0.1 sec.
Ryan's 2nd run coming in a bit (2nd driver).
Wayne is 0.9 sec out of a trophy (20th ... trophies to 15th)......finished his 2nd run ... will have to pick up his socks on the last run.
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Ryan/Wayne are running Roger's west course. Live audio is here:
http://sololive.scca.com/liveaudioWest.html
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Ryan back into the lead by 0.141 sec. in his 2nd run ... all clean runs.
Brian Johns is running a full second behind this morning with one run left ... so not sure what is happening there. This is a tighter course so maybe the size/width of the Corvette is posing a problem since the car suites the 1M and Cayman more?
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The pressure is firmly on Jeremy Foley since he needs drop almost 0.2 sec ... if he can. :)
Ryan is in good shape going into the 3rd runs.
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Junior B karts are running now ... BS coming soon.
BTW, Jill Snell from Seattle let me know about this web site which is better to check ALL the results:
http://www.conechaser.com/sololive_watcher/
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Last JB.
Interesting announcement - top 6 drivers have to sign the final results when they are the produced otherwise they will not be eligible for contingency. This might be something new this year ... I never had to sign results before.
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Wayne went slower on his last run so he stays where he is ... people are starting to push.
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Johns did a 62.0 ... a second too slow ... so he is out of it ... in 3rd.
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Foley does a 61.8 .... he needed a high 60 ... Ryan stays in 1st!
I think Ryan may have just won himself a SCCA National Championship! I don't think there is anyone who can catch him.
Ryan still has his last run to put some hurt on ... get the fastest time on both courses would be nice! :)
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Just looking at the results ... no one can catch Ryan!
We have another SCCA National Champion amongst us! Congratulations Ryan!!!! :)
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Ryan's victory lap is coming in - 3rd run .... if he gets another 1/10, then he can claim to have run the fastest time on both courses! :)
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Way to go Ryan!! And he laid down an amazing time on his victory lap, but had a cone thrown in.
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Yeaa! He would have dropped about 0.8 seconds if he had not hit that cone! I guess he just let it all hang out and threw it out there to see if it would stick! LOL
Everyone has completed their runs and Ryan is on top!
http://sololive.scca.com/BS.php
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Way to go Ryan!
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Awesome job Ryan!
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Katey Lacey just won CSPL. Katey is Neal Tovsen's wife driving the blue CSP Miata ... Congrats to her!
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Good job Ryan!!! Super excited for you!!!
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Congratulations Ryan!
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Fantastic, WTG Ryan!
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Ron Bauer ran a smoking 1st run and went into the lead in STR ... be interesting to see what happens there.
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The regular ticker (live runs) is not working on the east course ... and no audio on the west .... east just started working.
However the results are updating properly here:
http://www.conechaser.com/sololive_watcher/
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Congratulations Ryan Amazing job and thanks Reijo for the play by play. P.
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IN CM Corey Dyck (of Winnipeg and who was here for the regional), gets a re-run on a downed cone on his 3rd run and gets it done to claim the 7th and final trophy in his Citation Formula Ford!
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In CSP after 1st runs, Neal is into the lead (after changing the transmission yesterday ... and the head gasket earlier in the week ... and not sure what else .. .think he has almost rebuilt the car - at Nats! LOL)
Billy Davis would have the lead save for the cone ... so he has 2 runs left to correct the situation ... so a bit more pressure now.
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In-car video from Corey Dyck in his FF from yesterday on the east course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCOC84wWUI
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Way to go Ryan!
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4231/35696954396_80f96e7be4_b.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/locotoy_ian-g/albums/72157683021657024/page4/)
^ File Photo, not from SCCA Nats.
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Great photo Ian!
Ryan will be at the Lancaster Center for the Awards banquet as we speak picking up his trophy. If you are running Thurs./Fri., you can still go to the Tues/Wed. banquet btw ... did that last time I went a couple of years ago ...
Tomorrow Ambrose, Jay and Alan will be at it.
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Just noticed this video from (I think?) Kevin Gu - 51/2003 Z06 in SSR ... That east course reminds me of the Fort Macleod courses I have designed! LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8cH9IYBCUk
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Ambrose and Jay are running right now on the west course (1st heat). Ambrose is in the 4th (corrected from 6th) trophy place to begin and Jay hit a cone.
Fred Zust went off-course on the west course ... a challenge visually with the course/cone layout by Roger.
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Jess is running also on the west course in ASL ... hit a cone on the first run.
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FP is running now as well ...
Jay fixes the cone and around mid-pack, Jess fixes the cone and into 3rd (2 trophies/6), and Ambrose is slower on the 2nd run but still in the 4th trophy place (6 trophies).
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Scott Fraser is leading the way in SS in Bruce's 2014 GT3 (used to run Bruce's original '66 Cobra in the CAMS class before - note that Bruce is also the ORIGINAL owner of that Cobra!). Scott of course was running CSP many moons ago with Tom Kubo out of San Francisco and won CSP 3 or 4 times ... and in fact was in CSP when I was there also.
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Erik Strelnicks of Texas spun his FP Boxster in a strange place ... maybe lost a wheel and the course is shut down right now. He is in 3rd sitting behind his co-driver, Troy Acosta and Dave Montgomery (72 914 Porsche). Dave ran a ringer time on his first run so he has everyone where he wants them right now after that 1st run.
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Alan Rae in his Caterham in D-Mod will be in the other grid (there are two grids per course - A and B) also on the same course but in the 2nd heat ... so coming up shortly.
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Strelnicks apparently just lost a wheel air valve stem and the tire deflated. Strange one. haha So he'll be back.
Apparently an early cone jumped up and grabbed the valve stem! Killer cones!
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Ugh ... Ambrose went slower on his 3rd run! So slower on each run. Again showing the importance of getting a good 1st run! But he is in 4th - correction 5th. I saw some of that yesterday/day before ... maybe tires were getting too hot? Or maybe that west course is easy to overdrive? Dunno ... something strange going on there.
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Jess is just listed as a 3 sec. time ... but she is still on the course! hahaha Might be a re-run?
Stephen and Cam will be coming up in the 4th heat I believe ...
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Jess gets a 64.4 ... and stays in 3rd for the day ... Kandy Johnson (Mike Johnson's wife - owner of the Evo Schools) wins the class by a bit.
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Jay coned his last run ... stays in 20th out of 26 runners in SS. Looks like Ambrose is solidly in the 5th (correction 6th) trophy spot on his 1st run.
CP is in the next heat ... cones are going to fly! hahaha
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Mark Scroggs is killing them over on the east course in DS in his turbo 4cyl. Camaro! Amazing! :)
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Interesting fact: Charlie Clark in his '66 Corvair in CP has been at every Nationals since the 1st one (in 1972)! There are few around who have been at every one of the Nationals.
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https://www.scca.com/articles/2007860-thursday-morning-tire-rack-solo-nats
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Did not realize but Orieta Zelazo is also running in SSL ... just caught here last run ... into 3rd but then bumped down to 4th by a couple tenths in the GT3.
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AS is running now ... Stephen and Cam are in this group.
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Cam is in 11th trophy place after first runs .... Mark Daddio (the alien) is leading on his first run about 1.1 sec. faster than Cam.
Stephen just did his 2nd run and is not far out of the trophies in 18th ...
Competition is stiff in this class! Hernandez out of Seattle a past national champion is directly behind Cam.
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A gal spun a Corvette in front of Daddio so he stopped for a missing pointer cone and has a re-run coming. Not a guy you want to give a re-run to. He is the only one in the 60's.
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Daddio just ran a 60.6 ... fastest raw or coned run so far. There have been a couple of other 60 sec. runs but they have been coned.
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Mark and Briget Sawatsky of Winnipeg are running their MG in EM on the east course ... 2nd runs ... Mark is in 8th.
Jeff Kiesel of San Diego area is leading by a wide margin in his rotary Sprite.
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Late cone call on Stephen so he is back to 32nd and standing on his 1st run ... in a field of 57!
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Jeeeeeez!
Cam just ran within a tenth of Daddio!!!!!!~ But a damned cone~!
That would have been 2nd place!
Wow! He's got the pace .... just gotta clean up the 3rd run!
Go, Cam go!
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yeah my heat stopped that run...
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3rd runs coming. There are a number of other high 60 sec. times just behind Cam's but they are also coned runs.
Who's going to put it together on the 3rd runs to run close to Daddio?
Tough course on the west ... cones and off-courses.
60.5 Jason Frank just beat Daddio's time on his 2nd run (he coned his 1st and 2nd runs ) .... whoops! Just a late cone call ... Frank has coned ALL his runs so far!
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Stephen coned his last run (and 2nd) so he is sitting back there on his first run.
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Daddio is changing his front tires due to the OPR (other people's rubber) ... he stopped for a downed cone so has to wait 5 min. to run ...
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Daddio dropped to 60.5 (from 609.6 and 60.8) ... and he is the only one with a clean 60 sec. run. 2nd place is at 61.0.
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Jason Frank just ran a 60.7 ... 0.219 behind Daddio! Nice run!
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2nd drivers ... Cam will be coming up shortly. Giv'er!
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60.9!~~~~~ for Cam! And it is clean!
3rd place! Good run!
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Mike Johnson, the owner of the Evo Schools is in AS in 6th place. So Cam is ahead of Mike, a multi-time national champion. :) Well done!
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Just noticed Mark over on the other course in EM has jumped into the 4th trophy place with a run to go!
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The heat is over and Cam is confirmed in 3rd. :)
Too bad that 2nd run that was 0.2 faster was a coned run ... I'm sure some time was left out there. Of course, there always is.
Thought for the day: It's not a case of having a perfect run but rather having smaller errors than the next guy.
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Mark in EM went slower on his 3rd run and lost his 4th place trophy. He is in 5th 0.088 out of the last trophy place (4th).
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The heat is over and Cam is confirmed in 3rd. :)
Too bad that 2nd run that was 0.2 faster was a coned run ... I'm sure some time was left out there. Of course, there always is.
Thought for the day: It's not a case of having a perfect run but rather having smaller errors than the next guy.
Email from Cam: "My third run today could of been much better, had a pretty big slide coming in to the slalom at the finish, lost me a few tenths I'm thinking."
Yep, easily 0.5-0.75 seconds there.
In other words he could have been right there with Daddio!
It also tells me that Daddio had a near-perfect run. Consider this: Daddio's runs are as follows: 60.807 60.683 60.524
Notice something special? Anything?
All 3 runs are within 0.3 seconds.
Think about that for a moment ... and consider no 2nd driver and cold tires. He did get a re-run due to a downed/missing cone (that's another topic).
He (Daddio) pretty much nailed it, didn't he? Every run. But, you know what? They were not perfect runs!
Tomorrow is a new day and anyone can make a mistake ... even Daddio.
Go Cam! Do your best!
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Friday morning they start an hour earlier (typical) at 8 am Central Time (7 am our time.....and ASL and SS both run in the first heat).
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Huge congratulations Cam -- that is already some awesome driving, and definitely jacket winning calibre.
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Soon everyone will be on the east course this morning (1/2 hour).
Here's a quick look at it from KJ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwOwo88k0Po
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Can a 4cyl. Camaro beat the mighty M3 of Jeff Cashmore (won FS) and the Camaro SS's?
http://sololive.scca.com/DS.php
http://sololive.scca.com/FS.php
Weather is not a factor and DS is running in the 1st heat in fact (right now).
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SS is running now on the east course and Ambrose is in 2nd place with a good first run but the 2nd (and typically fastest) drivers are to come yet.
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Live broadcast is working on the west course but not on the east course where SS is running. However the live results are coming through.
http://sololive.scca.com/SS.php
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Actually the results can be seen better here:
http://www.conechaser.com/sololive_watcher/
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Jess coned her first run ... 2 more attempts!
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Jay is mowing down cones ... 4 in the first run. Maybe he went through a wall?
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Ambrose in 4th (8 trophies) after 1st runs. Notably Scott Fraser (day 1 leader) ran almost an identical time to Ambrose ... but the current leader ran a second faster on his first run.
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Jess cleans up her run ... but could be faster ... in 4th 0.3 behind 3rd. She can pick up the pace some more on the last run.
Only 1 cone for Jay this time but still slowish ... Ambrose lost one place (but 0.3 faster on the 2nd run) so still solidly in the trophies - 5th. Scott Fraser took over the lead again on his 2nd run.
And Scroggs in DS in his 4cyl Camaro has beat FS on both courses! Maybe they will re-class it with all the other Camaro SS's and Mustang GT's in FS? ;)
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Nice trophies for Jess and Ambrose. Can't wait to see what Cam, Stephen and Orieta do later.
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Maybe they will re-class it with all the other Camaro SS's and Mustang GT's in FS? ;)
This would be ideal...for me :P
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Yes, for sure! Jess got the other gal by 0.080 to 3rd ... nice come-back. The one gal (?) JF (Jodie?) did not show or do any runs so I don't know if Jess will get a trophy or not? Not sure how that works.
And, for Ambrose, I think this is his 2nd trophy at Nats ... got a 6th (I think?) in SS back in 2009 when he got lucky with rain. All the 2nd drivers drove in a deluge and were completely out of it. Ambrose had rain drops on the windshield but then again he had to get a clean run that time and he did that so it was deserved in my opinion. Notably, Ambrose beat Monty Pack for the first time this year (by 0.020!). Sports Car mentioned Monty as being one of the people who could win.
So, congrats to Ambrose and Jess!
More good stuff coming as you mentioned, Stuart! :)
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Alan should be running right now on the same/east course in DM.
then a 1/2 hr. to walk the course (typical after the 2nd heats every day) followed by the 3rd heat when Orieta will be running in SSL.
Cam and Stephen will be running in the 4th heat in AS.
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Congrats to Jess and Ambrose! Nice driving.
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Oooooo..... finally east course is broadcasting ....
Walk, then Orieta and Cam/Stephen in the heat following that:
http://sololive.scca.com/liveaudioEast.html
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3rd runs on the east ... Orieta has coned her first two runs so need to clean up the act a bit.
Cam/Stephen coming up soon in the next heat.
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Orieta cleaned up her last run and is in 4th for the event.
Cam and Stepeh are running.
Daddio coned his first run and so did Stephen.
Even aliens cone! ;0
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Jason Frank just ran a 55.5 which looks like it might be a good time and jumps into the lead on 1st runs ... faster than others by a bit thus far. Cam coming up.
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Cam''s first run puts him in 2nd for now .... 56.7 ... but 1.2 slower than Jason so he needs to pick it up for the next runs.
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2nd runs ... obviously Frank did something no one else did ... figured that course out on the first run. Some conspicuous cones on the 1st run too ... by some fast guys ...
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Daddio with a 56.7 on his 2nd run ... but not good enough for the top spot. Frank's time is starting to look incredibly good!
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This makes me think Daddio has left the door open. Hmmm..
If Cam gets a good run in, I think he can take the lead. Frank showed the car can do it!
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Landon Thompson ran a 55.9 scratch time (plus a cone); there is a second or more out there somewhere
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Yeah...seems like people haven't figured out the course or something?
Stephen cleaned up his 2nd run but he is in 29th ...
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Over on the west course, it looks like Kiesel has won something like his 10th National Championship in EM ... Mark is 0.06 out of the trophies in EM.
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Matt Jones into the 55.9's ... moves to 2nd .... so, yes, 55's are definitely out there like you mentioned, Julie.
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I know Cam started out slow yesterday as well so I expect he will pick up the pace!
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Jason just coned his 2nd run ... 55.8 + 1 ... Mike Johnson ran a few tenth quicker than Cam and pushes Cam down another spot (5th) .... Cam coming up soon!
Over in CS Ron Bauer is calling the action and just called it a "blood bath". Apparently there are a couple of past national champions out of the trophies!!!
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Cam goes 0.3 faster but not enough to move up and sits in 5th behind Mike Johnson by 0.068 .... 1 run to go to pick up the socks!
He is sure to have a trophy ... question is which one?
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Jason just coned his 2nd run ... 55.8 + 1 ... Mike Johnson ran a few tenth quicker than Cam and pushes Cam down another spot (5th) .... Cam coming up soon!
Over in CS Ron Bauer is calling the action and just called it a "blood bath". Apparently there are a couple of past national champions out of the trophies!!!
But Daniel McCelvey repeats as champion, by 1.2 seconds. I don't know Daddio, but I know Daniel is an alien:)
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McCelvey, last year's CS champion just put a second on everyone on his last run! Just shocking! So he takes it obviously since he was leading BEFORE that run!
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3rd runs coming up ... seems to be a stop in the action for some reason. Audit car does not take this long ... so might be a re-run or something and they have to wait for 5 minutes for that.
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Wow! Daddio with a 56.1 ... .so he does NOT catch Frank ... just wow! The door is open. Cam was in 3rd at the end of the day and he ran a faster time than Frank so he has a legitimate shot at this championship - in my opinion! :)
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Stephen with a cone and 71.9 ... must've spun it. :(
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http://sololive.scca.com/liveaudioEast.html
Broadcast up again ... Cam at the line!
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Frank just went 0.020 faster ... all kinds of action.
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GAD! 56.0 ... good run but Jason ran a couple of 55.5's ... so Cam is in 5th ... thousandths behind Mike Johnson ... not bad company actually.
For sure a trophy.
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Landon did not catch Cam so Cam has a 5th place trophy.
Congrats, Cam! About 1/10 out of 3rd ... very tight!
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Jason's 4th championship I believe ... others in STS Civics and such ... so he is no stranger to the winner's circle. But he really put the hurt on everyone including a number of national champions in this class ... some multi-champions. Impressive.
Heitkotter coming up in STU on his Nexen tires.
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Congrats Cam, exciting race!
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Way to go Cam! Lots of hardware coming north this year.
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Awesome to see multiple trophy finishes! Congrats Ambrose, Jess, and Cam!
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Congrats Cam and Jess and Ambrose!
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Ugh ... Ambrose went slower on his 3rd run! So slower on each run. Again showing the importance of getting a good 1st run! But he is in 4th - correction 5th. I saw some of that yesterday/day before ... maybe tires were getting too hot? Or maybe that west course is easy to overdrive? Dunno ... something strange going on there.
The car had exit oversteer after our subsequent run.(car was perfect on my first run.) couldn't get power down as earlier as I wanted as a result, therefore was going backward on day one.unfortunately.
My 2nd day was better but made 1 big mistake on my fast run at the showcase corner and lost about .3-.4. Drove harder on the last run but ended up making more mistakes.than worthed it.
Didn't expect much out of this event, but ended up with a.trophy. A good way to wrap up the season. :)
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Wow, great job guys (and girl!)
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The difference:
https://www.scca.com/articles/2007922-not-just-close-autocross-close
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GotCone.com has some photos (apparently 13,000 plus) from the SCCA Nationals. I think some of our people may be in them:)
http://www.gotcone.com/photos/2017-scca-solo-national-championships/