Derek69SS
Veteran Member
Summer of 2021 I decided with all the uncertainty in the world, I had to do some things while I still could... I didn't want to be that old guy in 40 years saying "I wish I would have..."
I registered for my first Ultimate Street Car Association event at Road America. I put my old tires back on for Road America, so I could save the Yokes for KOTM. This hurt my times quite a bit, but being my first time on a big roadcourse, I was more concerned with being smart and keeping the car together than my finishing position. Of 21 cars in GTV class, I finished 11th overall. 6th in the Autocross, 7th on speed-stop, 13th on the road course, and dead-last on Design & Engineering judging... that was kind of a kick in the pants, but I knew having no radio, horn, or reverse-lights would hurt the score there.
My best lap at RA was a 2:56.379 (full course + the "bend" motorcycle chicane instead of running the "kink")
My last lap, I was finally comfortable enough to put down a flyer, but accelerating up the hill out of T5 the car started billowing smoke. I thought I blew it up, but oil pressure was good and no knocking sounds... I had less than a week to fix it before KOTM, but hadn't really figured out the problem yet. I thought I filled the catchcan and burped oil onto the header, but was wrong about that...
I registered for my first Ultimate Street Car Association event at Road America. I put my old tires back on for Road America, so I could save the Yokes for KOTM. This hurt my times quite a bit, but being my first time on a big roadcourse, I was more concerned with being smart and keeping the car together than my finishing position. Of 21 cars in GTV class, I finished 11th overall. 6th in the Autocross, 7th on speed-stop, 13th on the road course, and dead-last on Design & Engineering judging... that was kind of a kick in the pants, but I knew having no radio, horn, or reverse-lights would hurt the score there.
My best lap at RA was a 2:56.379 (full course + the "bend" motorcycle chicane instead of running the "kink")
My last lap, I was finally comfortable enough to put down a flyer, but accelerating up the hill out of T5 the car started billowing smoke. I thought I blew it up, but oil pressure was good and no knocking sounds... I had less than a week to fix it before KOTM, but hadn't really figured out the problem yet. I thought I filled the catchcan and burped oil onto the header, but was wrong about that...