After struggling the last few events, this was not a bad way to end the first third of the season! I can’t believe that was my tenth even so far, including schools and test n tunes. As usual with St. Louis events, I work registration, and then I take a solid 3-4 course walks before things get kicked off. This course drove so much better than it walked. It was the first time in a while I felt like I was having fun while driving, most likely because I had it in the bag early on.

50.162 was the time to beat heading into the event, and I hit a 49.112 + cones to start off, so I knew I’d have it down. I think I’m happy where I’m setting my tire pressures for now, 38f/40r. For the tenth time, I pulled out the shift knob completely while shifting into second. Unfortunately I don’t think anything can be done about it at this point. I was able to work my way down to a 49.101, which barely beat my first run with a cone. In that sense, I suppose there is a lot of work to do, but I was happy to have a decent clean run for once.

I’ll put up the official results once they’re finalized, but it looks like I was 1st in class, and 15th in PAX – a new record for me! Happy with the results there, and hopefully SOME indication that I am improving…

It is really worth mentioning how happy I am with the suspension setup. Eventually, I may want the car to be a touch looser, but for now I’m extremely happy with it. These shocks are amazing, and they are really handling the bumps etc. very well. The setup feels perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKxV7BYHEg

Stl Solo PAX: 15th (-6, record!)

Final results here.
Class Championship results here.
Index Championship results here.

Things to work on for next event:

• Same stuff, plus be smoother:
• Slow down in advance for certain elements, power out
• A lot of my line issues actually come from taking the corner too quickly
• Need more seat time to figure out where I can go faster and where I need to slow down, how fast I can take certain elements
• Brake harder/more aggressively

Run Count: 78