2013 SCCA Solo Spring Nationals, Lincoln, NE

[trippinbillies40]

<--- Hooked on STX. Strano's car is AMAZING. His setup is mind-blowingly easy to drive. And I can prove it. I'm a hack driver sitting in third And Mr. Pallotta is a second clear of me. Must be the E85... surely there's not a talent gap or anything like that

[xwd]

Great job in a new car. Did you drive it at the Pro as well?

I am running CS now and was planning on running C-Street next year but STX is very tempting. I actually made a couple impulse purchases like some 17x9 RPF1s to use on the street which may start a slippery road.

Looks like RTR ended up with Lance Keeley in 2nd in a FR-S and Trevor in 3rd. it looks like weather may be playing a part in things but not sure if it affected RTR or not.

[neurokinetik]

Somebody needs to tell Andrew to sandbag a little. With that kind of performance, we'll get kicked up to STR!

[TRev]

Originally Posted by dwx

Looks like RTR ended up with Lance Keeley in 2nd in a FR-S and Trevor in 3rd. it looks like weather may be playing a part in things but not sure if it affected RTR or not.

First heat was affected most by the rain. I was running the Rivals vs Jeff and Lance on the Z2's. Not a fan of the Rivals in the wet especially with standing water.

In comparison, I ran Z1's at the first Milwaukee event of the year and we had wet/drying conditions. Lance was running the Z2's and we ended up a couple hundredths apart. Yesterday he raw timed me by .75.

Congratulations to Slater for the win in his MSR and to Lance for his second place finish. The Milwaukee region swept the podium spots in RTR!

[celica73]

Originally Posted by neurokinetik

Somebody needs to tell Andrew to sandbag a little. With that kind of performance, we'll get kicked up to STR!

Looking at STR times, I don't think it's a problem. The BRZ is down 0.3 seconds at 60 feet, and continues to lose ground after that.

[xwd]

Originally Posted by celica73

Looking at STR times, I don't think it's a problem. The BRZ is down 0.3 seconds at 60 feet, and continues to lose ground after that.

In the Pro maybe but in the tour Andrew would have been second over last years STR national champ. He also would have had the fastest time in STR on Monday. I still think the car stays in STX since E85 goes away next year and he was running E85.

[Scooby South]

Just some observations:
-Andrews car was the only one on E85..
-for the Pro , Andrew was on launch control, launching about 4k
-Hankooks vs.the rest.
-loading up the class with known high-profile drivers trying to prove something isnt healthy for our cars cause in STX. and could backfire sending us to STR.
-correct setup is crutial for the twins to do well, as they respond very well to those changes for the most part.
-passing 250 runs now on developement, and starting to get some things figured out.
-congrats to Andrew and the whole Stranoparts gang for a sweep. Iinteresting strategy.

[Kido1986]

What are the feelings on tires right now? I was dead set on switching to Rivals for a while but I'm thinking more and more about staying with RS3s

[Scooby South]

Look at the results..Hankooks are working...

[Scooby South]

And they pay contingency.

[Kido1986]

I can see that, I was just asking for any anecdotal information. I don't take the contingency into consideration, performance is what I'm looking for

Wondering why RT* is dominated by Dunlop and BFG though

[Scooby South]

^^^ Well Lance is on Dunlaps....and Trever is on BFG's

Personal opinion here.. I think Each of them have their strengths and weakness's.. and any of them can win given the right circumstances, Driver and conditions. ..is there a clear favorite at this point??? nope..
STU- 1st-BFG's, 2nd-Dunlap, 3rd-BFG
STX- 1st-Hankook, 2nd-Hankook, 3rd-BFG
STXL- 1st-Hankook, 2nd-BFG, 3rd-Dunlap
RTR- 1st-Dunlap, 2nd-Dunlap, 3rd-BFG
STR- 1st-Dunlap, 2nd-Dunlap, 3rd-BFG

Again...I think it depends on the driver... me personally, I am going to run the RS3's at Peru, to see what I think...unless it rains...then I am sticking with the Z2's

Bill

[Scooby South]

oh on a side note.. Neal Tovsen put down a raw time that was within 2/10's of Andrews best time on Sun. but coned it.. and he was on BFG's.

Bill

[Kido1986]

Originally Posted by Scooby South

oh on a side note.. Neal Tovsen put down a raw time that was within 2/10's of Andrews best time on Sun. but coned it.. and he was on BFG's.

Bill

This was done in the rain, correct?