SCCA Solo Nationals

[Reijo]

I guess Jeff and co. blew a rear shock and hopped into other cars for their 2nd and 3rd runs ...

Also STR, Nicolas Chu of Vancouver in an S2000CR is leading after the 1st runs.  Yom ran 1/10 quicker but hit 2 cones.

Would like to know what Thorne has done to that former BSP S2000 to be leading SSM!    hmmmm.

[Reijo]

3rd heat just ended on the east course.  Julie is up in ESL in the 4th heat ... worker change-over under way.  She should be running in about 10 minutes or less I'm guessing.

[Reijo]

Pink Miata (no. 3) on the line ... must be ESL!   

[Reijo]

James Yom pulls one out on his last run .. .only one into the 53's ... and pulls ahead of Nicolas Chu ... who stands on his first run in 2nd place.  Dean Chen coned all his runs unfortunately ... seems to be a lot of that happening this Nationals ...

[Reijo]

Dina in BSl was 3rd after 1st runs .... 2nd runs underway ... still in 4th ... last trophy position!

Julie DNF'd the first run and then picked up the pace but a couple of seconds out of the last trophy position.  Some fast gals in ESL.

[Reijo]

Dennis Healy picked up a seat in a STP (Street Pony car ... Mustangs etc. ... first time to run this class but not an official class this year).

[Reijo]

As a sidenote, Sam Strano just coned all his runs in SSR ... would've been in 2nd ... don't remember Strano ever doing that before!

[Reijo]

Dina did not improve from her 1st run and is now in 5th 0.065 out of the last trophy position (4th).

[Reijo]

Missed Barry Greenaway in STR ... from TO ... He is in 22nd ... out of the last 17th trophy place by 0.2 seconds ... 72 drivers I think ... 2nd largest class.

[Reijo]

So I think heard that Ron Bauer broke two axles ... in 6 launches ... good for 2 launches and then it blows on the 3rd one was the announcer's comment.  Gee....that's worse than S2000's ... I am a little surprised ... especially when you think of how tough and "over-built' the Miatas have been earlier on....  This is more power but not more than a boosted Miata ... about which I have not heard horror stories of blown half-shafts ... 

Also for Dennis, apparently the oil pressure dropped in his '15 Mustang and then after that there was a "knock" ... so obviously he did not drive that car today and hopped into another Mustang in the STP class (think he was in ESP originally).

[Reijo]

Here's some video recaps of the east course by the announcers:

http://www.scca.com/articles/2002576-video-2016-tire-rack-solo-nationals-east-course-recaps

[Reijo]

For the CSP video recap, you can see Neal Tovsen and Katey Lacey in the middle blue Miata with one side jacked up working on the car ...

[Reijo]

Here's a "list" of all the video interviews of champions from Tues/Wed and the current heats etc. ...   Great idea these short videos/summaries.

http://www.scca.com/users/5343826/videos

[Reijo]

This is another video link that can be used ... might be more stable?

http://www.conechaser.com/sololive_watcher/

[Reijo]

How about an in-car video from E-Mod 2nd place (Jason Minehart from Texas) ... v8 Stalker west course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8ye6p_NKTk