Fontana Pro Solo - Friday - Sunday

[Reijo]

Bryan's first run on the right side, is the the fastest run on the right side and he is in the lead in STU by about 3/4 of a second ...

[Reijo]

JB's are out again .... start of 2nd runs ... about 2 pm pacific time .... rather late ... going to be along day for them out at Fontana,   There seemed to be delays due to timing I'm guessing.  The Pro Solo timing system just isn't very stable ... lots of crashes.

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[Reijo]

Anyway, Orieta will be up almost right away ... followed shortly by Wayne and Ryan.   See if Ryan can hold onto the lead into tomorrow morning when the last set of runs takes place.

[MurrayPeterson]

The Pro Solo timing system just isn't very stable ... lots of crashes.

So if Badlands lot is big enough, I need to build a Pro Solo timing system? 

[Reijo]

The Pro Solo timing system just isn't very stable ... lots of crashes.

So if Badlands lot is big enough, I need to build a Pro Solo timing system? 

You haven't started yet?   

[Reijo]

Looks like Ryan has managed to hang onto 1st place by about 3/4 sec. over Kyle Wms ... pretty good ... placing well in Pax also ... was 10th earlier ... have to check again.  Wayne is running now.

[Reijo]

Jay finally got a clean run on the right side which put him into 3rd place (only 2 trophies)....1 sec out of 2nd and 2 sec behind Scott Fraser who is leading .... only GT3's in the SS class this time around ... 6 entries.

[MurrayPeterson]

The Pro Solo timing system just isn't very stable ... lots of crashes.

So if Badlands lot is big enough, I need to build a Pro Solo timing system? 

You haven't started yet?   

It is a *huge* project.  The hardware could probably be designed and built in 3 or 4 months, but it requires special software, and that could take years.  I am not sure I want to take on something that large.

[Reijo]

Just kidding you ...

[E6Cueman]

Runs starting again already.  Excite!

[Reijo]

Runs starting again already.  Excite!

Cool!  Orieta is in the first run group in L2 ... too bad no audio ... I hope they have it at Crow's Landing and other future events ...   The announcers often convey some pertinent info.  Ryan should do well and then there is the Challenge rounds in the afternoon!

Reijo

[Reijo]

Whoops!  They are in the 2nd group already ... Orieta improved a little bit on one side.  However with not too many women, she still gets to run in the challenge rounds in the afternoon ... so good stuff!

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[Reijo]

Ryan won BS ... with Alex Muresan 0.3 sec. back of him.  Alex is from SoCal and always fast and pulled out a couple of quick runs on his very last two passes!  hahaha ... talk about leaving it to the last moment, eh?  hehe

Wayne improved a little bit on one side and then RL'd his last two passes .... and ended up in 8th place.  There were quite a few fast drivers in there ... following Alex was Kyle Williams who has come a long ways from when I lived in SoCal in 3rd place and I would say he is nationally competitive as well as Navid in the Focus RS in the final and 4th trophy spot.

So a big congrats to Ryan for bringing home a 1st place trophy!

[Reijo]

In L1, Christine Grice (nee Berry ... Tom Berry's eldest daughter and married to Marshall Grice), pretty much dominated the field.  Christine is a multi-time National Champion (there are quite a few down in SoCal and that area).

However, of note, Kencey Christopher is in 2nd place in an A-Mod ...

Kencey is driving her father's car; the same car Marshall Grice is driving (over the  last couple of years) and Marshall won A-Mod at Nats with that car in 2016.

It is also the A-Mod I drove to 3rd place at the 2008 Nats at Topeka.  However the car is completely different now than it was when I drove it ... much larger/better wings, a completely different motor (supercharged and turb'd I think, big bore, 4-cycle engine from a motorcycle (Kawasaki I think?) that was putting out about 280 hp the last I heard.  That does not sound like a lot but when you consider the car + driver have to weigh a minimum of 900 lbs, that is about 3 lbs/hp.

Kencey came up through the Junior A /Junior B ranks in autox in SoCal.  She started racing a kart when I was down there ... about 2006 or 2007.  Just last year she graduated to full-sized "cars" ... if you can call that A-Mod/Acme Special, a car!     Anyway, she seems to be doing well.  I think she may not have a full driver's licence yet .... learner's I think.

Trivia for the day.   

Reijo

[Reijo]

In CS, the top 3 spots are 2016 MX5's ... and the field is mostly made up of them.