Wilmington ProSolo This Weekend

I am doing the old arrive-and-drive this weekend showing up with helmet bag in hand. I will be co-driving with my Dad in his C-Street FR-S. The only differences between our cars are the dampers (I've got the pimp shocks....) and the color. He is locked and loaded and in Wilmington while I head to the airport.

My Dad's FR-S loaded up for Wilmington

We have 12 drivers in C-Street and is should be a good battle:

Follow along here: 

Live Timing: http://sololive.scca.com/PS/index.php

Live Audio here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/SCCASolo

We are in Group 2 and start Saturday morning at 9am.

Onboard Video from the Mineral Wells ProSolo

Here is onboard video from my quickest runs on each side of the 2016 Mineral Wells ProSolo event a few weeks ago. Cliffnotes - fun weekend with the family, finished 2nd in a 15 car C-Street field, NDs may be tough to beat at Pros or maybe I need to run Bridgestones or maybe just find some more speed.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8jqL_qCV6w&feature=youtu.be

Results:

2015: Yaw Moment Racing Year in Review

February 2015: First visit to JerryWorld, first Supercross race

February 2015: Kicked off the season with teaching an EVO School in Tucson and driving this SM beast at a local autocross the next day 

March 2015: Visited Hendrick's NASCAR Shop and Museum

March 2015: Finished basic prep on the FR-S for C-Street

March 2015: Was about to leave for Arkansas for the Blytheville when snowstorm THOR forced it's postponement

April 2015: Won our first event in the FR-S at the College Station Championship Tour

May 2015: Won C-Street at the Blytheville ProSolo 

May 2015: Finished 3rd at the Spring Nats ProSolo and 2nd at the Spring Nats Champ Tour

June 2015: Won C-Street at the Mineral Wells ProSolo

June 2015: We parted ways with the ESP Camaro

June 2015: Won C-Street at the Colorado Championship Tour and drove up Pikes Peak in the F150

August 2015: Did some engineering...

August 2015: Made a burner trip to Phoenix over one weekend to buy the T4 RX-8

September 2015: Finished 2nd at the ProSolo Finale and 2nd in C-Street class point for the year

September 2015: Won the C-Street National Championship

September 2015: Won the Solo Triad for wins in C-Street through the 2015 Season

September 2015: Another Trip to the Nürburgring and Mireval, France. I got to spectate at some cool racing on the Nordschleife and the GP-Strecke when not working in Germany.

October 2015: Got to visit the Stewart-HAAS Racing shop

Nov 2015: Started pit bike racing in the backyard

Dec 2015: Something special shows up in the mail....

Dec 2015: Received my Full SCCA Competition License

Dec 2015: Got the T4 RX-8 on track for the first time in preparation for my Runoffs campaign in 2016

SCCA TX Region Solo at Lone Star Park last weekend

I took the FR-S up to Dallas last weekend to run a local autocross with the TX Region at Lone Star Park. My friend Stefan co-drove with me and we had Ali and our buddy Taylor as our pit crew. This was my first autocross since Solo Nationals so it was good to be back between the cones with the FR-S. I ran the BFG Rival S tires that I tested before Solo Nationals mainly to save my Bridgestones for next season and to continue to get a feel for how these tires work on my car and on different surfaces/conditions.

We started off working course during Heat 1. The course was very gravelly which was made even worse by a rain shower in the middle of the Heat. C-Street ran during Heat 2 and we had a drying course (mostly dry) for the first three runs, then a brief rain shower for the 4th run, followed by decent conditions as it dried for our 5th and final runs. The weather was up and down all day as it poured during Heat 3, but luckily we were able to sneak out for lunch and avoid the majority of the wet weather. 

Taylor rode with Stefan and I for a few runs to get the feel for the sport of autocrossing. For my 3rd run, I took it solo and was able to drop in a 57.1s time. I only bettered it on a re-run at the end of the Heat after a timing error on my 5th run. This run clocked in at a 56.9 which was good enough for the C-Street class win and top PAX for the day by 1.4s. For sure the course conditions and weather shook up the PAX results, but I was still happy to have the FR-S take 1st and 2nd overall. 

Here are the results:

Class Results

Overall PAX Ranking....certainly effected by course conditions

Onboard Video:
56.9 run helmet cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jGgVYVQocM
57.1 run helmet and pedal cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOqApehfTE

SCCA Solo Triad

from SCCA.com (credit Rupert Berrington)

SCCA press release on the Solo Triad winners for this year. Very proud to win this in my first year of running the Scion FR-S in C-Street and to be in the small company of drivers who won it this year.

http://www.scca.com/articles/1998174-six-racers-take-home-solo-triad-awards

Solo Nats 2015 Onboard Video

Onboard from my fastest runs at the 2015 Solo Nats:

East: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHRhIQTIIo

West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrYrvtvoJvU

Who Will Win...part 2

The polls predict I will finish 2nd at the Solo Nats this year.....but all the real candidates were not necessarily included. Either way, it never hurts to have extra motivation to take home the win.