From talking to Carter the DA's made all the difference in the world. The 275's are also a must. I had a chance to drive Pat Salareno's 350z at the D.C. tour and I can tell you on the Stock Shocks it just doesn't have the handling the S does. Carter Got me in Atlanta, and I got him back in Nashville, But it goes without saying, he's one helluva driver.

Now IMHO the 275's give a nice advantage to the Z. Since no one makes a 275 for a 16 inch wheel we are stuck on little tires. But the rumors of the 2004 S2000 coming with wider 17 inch wheels brings us right back to square one.

 

We welded a 1/2 extension to the front sway bar and it helped allot don't know if it would be enough for auto x but sure is enough for hi speed corners made the car neutral in and a little over steer out. thats if yall can modify the ft bar.

 

Is it legal to run a shock that lowers the spring seat?
This could lower your center of gravity and keep it legal. If so I might have a line on such an animal.

 

I believe that the perch, even if adjustable, must be located in the stock position.

 

Hey Chris, I've got some Kumho Victoracer 275/40/17's if you want to give them a run on your Z for Nationals. I'm running Tuesday/Wed so you can pull them off my rims to use for your 8 runs Thurs/Fri if you'd like. I'd love to see you whip some BS ****, not sure if these would help or not but I've heard this would help tremendously. I live right off I-70 on your way home so even if I'm not there when you finish, you could just drop them off on the way back. Let me know, I'm more than happy to let you use them if so.

Later

 

interesting proposition craig, I think I would love to do that! I will be there Saturday afternoon, we will have our business setup in Vendors row, Solo Performance Specialties, you'll see the car, come find me! That would be great if we could work this out.

 

Craig, did you get another set of wheels? Just wondering how you'd get home if I had your tires? Or would we swap for a few days?

 

Yes, I got another set of wheels for street driving.

I also have a brand spankin new pair of Kumho Victoracer 275/40/17's to replace the rear tires since the were worn down past the tread on the inside indicators, they just came in late this evening. I'm going to put the new pair of tires in the front and the older, still good set, in the rear. I don't have the new tires mounted yet so when I get there tomorrow, I'll have to do some scrambling to get them swapped out. One other concern is that I'm not for sure that I can fit the brand new third set of tires in my friends car on the way down since he'll already be carrying my race wheels/tires. I'm driving back after the warmups tomorrow so either way, I'll get the wheels/tires there by Monday afternoon.

Oh, I took the Stoptech's off so I'm back to BSP.

I'll see you tomorrow.

 

I'll be there sometime late morning tomorrow. slow tow out with the box truck!

 

I placed 4th out of 5 on BSP in the first day warmups, about 1.6 seconds behind the leader. Not sure what happened, I was running about 1.5 second slower than usual compared to 6 or 7 of my division buddies. I did place the new kumho's on the front, maybe that made a bit of difference. Who knows, maybe I just had a real bad day, hopefully!

 

Early BS results:


Daily Results for BS

Pos Nbr Driver's name, Town Car, Sponsor Tire Mfg Rgn,Div Course 1 Score
B Stock
T 1 193 Jason Saini 01 Honda S2000 Spa Hoosier Chicago 63.651 62.964 64.691 62.964
T 2 181 Ian Stewart 01 Honda S2000 Yellow Hoosier Cfr 64.086 62.993 66.235 62.993
T 3 42 Josh Sirota 00 Porsche Boxster Silver Hoosier Sanfran 64.192 63.221 82.000(7) 63.221
T 4 93 Bradley Lamont 01 Honda S2000 Spa Hoosier Chicago 67.046(1) 63.430 67.516(1) 63.430
T 5 141 Andrew Mckee Honda S2000 Black Hoosier Sfr 66.927(1) 63.551 67.847 63.551
T 6 123 Carter Thompson 03 Nissan 350z Blue Hoosier Tenn 65.656 63.791 69.732 63.791
T 7 130 Dean Rindler 02 Honda S2000 Blue Hoosier Wor 66.074 63.836 67.676 63.836
T 8 89 Peter Berta 00 Porsche Boxster Silver Hoosier Chicago 65.601 63.949 69.499 63.949
T 9 139 David Hedderick 01 Porsche Boxster Silver Hoosier Houston 64.118 64.897 69.542(1) 64.118
T 10 189 Shawn Folkes 00 Porsche Boxster Silver Hoosier Chi 64.313 64.221 67.436 64.221
T 11 191 Steve Wynveen 01 Honda S2000 Yellow Hoosier Milwaukee 64.381 64.330 67.155 64.330
T 12 70 John Hyon 00 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier 19 Cscc 69.258(2) 64.450 75.246 64.450
T 13 199 Mark Sipe 03 Bmw Z4 3.0 Silver Hoosier Wiregrass 64.681 65.144 DNF 64.681
T 14 96 Eric Wong 00 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier Wdc 68.080 64.783 71.660 64.783
T 15 91 Bill Knighton 01 Honda S2000 Yellow Hoosier Milwaukee 67.752 64.847 67.828 64.847
T 16 182 Ken Neely 00 Honda S2000 Black Hoosier Wichita 65.615 64.968 69.650 64.968
17 82 Joe Silva 00 Honda S2000 Black Hoosier Salina 67.843 65.105 DNF 65.105
18 21 Angel Morales 00 Honda S2000 Silverston Kumho Kansas 67.770 65.147 84.504 65.147
19 99 Peter Mottaz 03 BMW Z4 Silver Hoosier Sfr 66.046 65.206 70.769 65.206
20 196 Vic Madrid 00 Honda S2000 Silverston Hoosier Wdcr 70.490 65.397 DNF 65.397
21 46 Lawrence Edwards 01 Honda S2000 Spa Yellow Hoosier 8 DNF 65.544 71.413 65.544
22 16 Gord Zacharias 01 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier 7 68.489(1) 65.582 65.578 65.578
23 30 Matthew Pettus 02 Honda S2000 Blue Hoosier Wor 70.886(1) 65.618 67.014 65.618
24 83 Gregg Lee 00 Honda s2000 Slverstone Texas 67.537 65.637 73.006 65.637
25 118 Perry Aidelbaum 01 Honda S2000 Silv Hoosier Nnjr 65.647 68.505(2) 73.439(1) 65.647
26 18 Brian Conners 01 Honda S2000 Slv Hoosier 69.279 65.680 67.630 65.680
27 33 Mike Mulhall 01 Porsche Boxster White Hoosier Reno DNF 65.723 76.176(1) 65.723
28 81 Jim Reyenga 01 Honda S2000 Yello Hoosier Gulf (12) 65.801 67.227(1) 67.961 65.801
29 20 Ralph Elder 00 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier Sf 70.261 65.855 66.117 65.855
30 73 Aruch Poonsapaya 01 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier Chicago 65.869 65.971 68.658 65.869
31 92 Tuan Nguyen 00 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier Lone Star 66.875 65.930(1) 72.913 65.930
32 120 Mitch ***undes 00 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier San Fran 67.700(1) 65.935(1) 66.500 65.935
33 90 Randy Pearson 00 Honda S2000 Red Steel Citi 66.039 65.981 74.592(1) 65.981
34 168 Stephen Hui 01 Honda S2000 Black Hoosier Northwest DNF 65.998 77.902 65.998
35 39 Jim Hedderick 01 Porsche Boxster Silver Hoosier Houston 67.655 66.030 DNF 66.030
36 80 Clay Turner 98 Bmw M Roadster Black Hoosier R Mtn 66.853 66.369 DNF 66.369
37 195 Jeff Jackson 03 Porsche Boxster White Hoosier S. Indiana 66.505 67.964(1) 74.382(1) 66.505
38 31 Robert Jennings 01 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier Stl 70.082(1) 66.589 96.049 66.589
39 47 Roger Johnson 00 Honda S2000 Red Kumho Houston 68.645(1) 66.726 83.876(3) 66.726
40 35 Christopher Hammond 03 Nissan 350Z Daytonablu Hoosier 21 Stl 66.914 68.816(1) 71.080 66.914
41 13 Dennis Angelisanti Jr. 02 Porsche Boxter Silver Hoosier Susquehann 67.547 67.117 69.733 67.117
42 147 Jack Smyth 00 Honda S2000 Red Hoosier 69.666 67.361 87.178 67.361
43 164 Martin Brown 01 Honda S2000 Spa Yellow Hoosier Detroit 72.176 67.374 68.084 67.374
44 23 Jim Thompson 03 Nissan 350z Blue Hoosier Atlanta 68.673 67.434 70.034 67.434
45 64 Kris Bjerkaas 01 Honda S2000 Yellow Hoosier Wor 70.718(1) 67.446 69.048 67.446
46 60 Gustavo Hammerly 01 Honda S2000 White Hoosier Indy 69.832 67.956 DNF 67.956
47 49 John Butler 03 Nissan 350z Blue Hoosier 50 68.761 68.076 76.091 68.076
48 41 Sean O'Boyle 00 Honda S2000 Black Hoosier Sfr 74.652(1) 68.341(1) 69.661 68.341
49 134 Jerry Lee 99 Porsche boxster Blue Hoosier Nw 68.774 68.386 72.855 68.386
50 95 Terry Davis 03 Porsche Boxster White Hoosier S. Indiana 74.958 68.602 75.522 68.602
51 86 Sacha Tauber 01 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier 70.938 68.757 70.784 68.757
52 68 Keith Albarelli 01 Honda S2000 Black Hoosier KCR 71.446 68.828(1) DNF 68.828
53 97 Rich Kline 03 Nissan 350Z Black Kumho Stl 72.316 69.446 78.745(1) 69.446
54 24 Arnie Coleman 03 Bmw Z4 Grey Hoosier Cdr #109 DNF 69.452 76.643 69.452
55 113 Dennis Angelisanti 02 Porsche Boxster Silver Hoosier Philadelph DNF 69.821 DNF 69.821
56 14 John Wiseman 02 Honda S2000 Yellow Kumho Neohio 72.311(2) 73.708(3) 70.499 70.499
57 34 John Lee 99 Porsche boxster Blue Hoosier Nw 80.527 72.316 78.000 72.316
58 190 Manfred Woodall 00 Honda S2000 Silver Hoosier DNF 79.525 74.329 74.329
59 59 Mack Fraser 01 Honda S2000 Yellow Kumho 68 Etr DNS DNS DNS No Time
60 38 Jon Etkins 04 Mazda RX-8 Blue Hoosier Lonestar DNS DNS DNS No Time
61 43 jerry lee 99 Porsche boxster Blue Hoosier Nw DNS DNS DNS No Time

 

Carter ran well, I had a decent first run, was 22 or something after first runs, it was still wet. most people got a dry 2nd run, I slipped up on my second, lost the backend, woulda had a 65 clean had I not hosed that. by third runs it was pooring rain again and I don't believe anyone improved.

 

Damn,
that sucks Chris, 65 would have put you right around a trophy position. I was hoping you guys would get three dry runs. Maybe tomorrow will prove to be a bit better as far as weather. Good luck on the 2nd day.

 

I hope to try to make a move for the top half tomorrow, which is my goal for this year!

 

Good luck Jim, Chris & Carter!

 

so how did everything work out today? The SCCA site is soooo slow, I've been sitting here for 15 minutes trying to get results. Hopefully all went well!

 

I believe Carter took 6th in BS. Congrats!

 

thats great! great job Carter!!!

 

Carter Drove very well, He's got an unbelieveable amount of talent. I can't believe I talked him into Spray Bombing his Kodiac wheels. $10 paint on $2100 wheels and they look awesome. He's now part of Team BReW hehe of which every member Trophied at nationals. With the Prospect of the S2000 going to A stock with the S2200, My money is on Carter For national Champion next year. I might try to dig up a MR2 Turbo to give him a run, HEHE. Maybe I could even Talk matt into letting me Co-drive carter's old car

Ian

 

Nice driving ian! I think your name is ian right?

was that shelving paper?