2013 Solo Nationals report

[SamC]

He's talking about Mike Lane's car. On some forum he talked about what all he's done on that car. Huge amount of time and money and smarts. He won BSP at Dixie Tour in 2012 by a huge margin.

If you ever find that post again I would really like to see it.

[aufoxy]

I'd guess that the S2000 has over $25,000 invested in it on top of the cost of the car at least. SP is one of the most expensive classes to build for from what I've heard.

But I think Rod's real point is to go out to Nationals and get the experience in first, before building the $25000 car and realizing that it may not even be the car for the class, or there may be another class that it's more competitive in. VERY few people go out to their first National event and do well. It's so rare that they created a National award for Rookies that go to Nationals and actually do well. It's often awarded to the only Nationals Rookie that was able to go to Nationals and manage to trophy. I know that in my first National event I finished DFL by SECONDS. It was an eye-opening experience and showed me how much work I needed to do on both my driving and my car setup/ car choice entirely. National events are tons of fun because you really get a sense of the "community" that is this sport. You also get to run on some of the best courses in the country at some of the best sites in the country. Even if you have a nationally competitive car, the courses are so much different from most local events that it takes some time to get used to and learn to drive well. The courses at nationals are often very fast, very open, and have many different ways they can be driven.

Point being - nationals events are awesome experiences if you've never been to one. I know that no one wants to go to an event and get beaten, but if you're waiting until you're "ready" to go, you'll never get there! Plus, every event can be a great learning experience - more seat time on the nationals-style courses, more chatting with competitors to see what they've done to their cars to be competitive, etc. There's also always an "Evo Advantage" school the day before the events, where you can have National Champion drivers ride with you to offer their advice and coaching as far as how to get better. These are excellent! Bottom line... don't postpone national events because you don't think you're ready, because the only thing that can actually get you "ready" is to attend these events and see what they're about.

[Fastech]

Nationals was a blast, as always! You gotta check it out, it's a whole nuther world out there.

I did indeed drive out and back on my race rubber. They're street tires, after al! Good enough to run 2nd or 3rd fastest east course run in RTR, so didn't seem to hurt em any!

Sam, I can put you in touch with Mike if you'd like. He is very knowledgable with Z cars and is very happy to help other owners out with build advice. Remind me when you see me and I'll pull up some pics for you to see. His car is pretty badass!

Brian Flanagan

[Fastech]

Here's a pic of Mike Lane's BSP monster!

[Fastech]

Another

[Fastech]

iPhone only lets me do one at a time

[Fastech]

Last one!

Mike's on 18x11/18x12 with 315 & 335/30's if I recall correctly. Car has HUGE stick!

[engled]

All that and he would have been 7th in CSP.

[SamC]

Nationals was a blast, as always! You gotta check it out, it's a whole nuther world out there.

I did indeed drive out and back on my race rubber. They're street tires, after al! Good enough to run 2nd or 3rd fastest east course run in RTR, so didn't seem to hurt em any!

Sam, I can put you in touch with Mike if you'd like. He is very knowledgable with Z cars and is very happy to help other owners out with build advice. Remind me when you see me and I'll pull up some pics for you to see. His car is pretty badass!

Brian Flanagan

Thanks Brian, I'm always looking to get better setup advice for the car.

[JohnW8]

All that and he would have been 7th in CSP.

Agitator!!