The final event for Bumblestook in STR trim was the Dover National Tour in Delaware. Jon and Tory's car was having wheel bearing issues so I offered to have Jon codrive with me in STR and Tory to run it in STR Ladies class. After running the Test 'n Tune course on Friday, we felt that we needed to stiffen up the shocks a bit. On day one of the event we found that the first half the course was a lot bumpier than we expected and with the stiff 1000lb springs all around, we simply couldn't get on the throttle.
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| Dover National Tour - June 4-5, 2011 |
This screwed us up big time and I was ahead of Jon by a full second on day 1. On day 2, we dialed it back down and Jon "pulled a Caserta" (Definition: "Pulling a Caserta" is when you put down a smoking fast time on your last run). He put down the fastest time on day 2 but wasn't enough to overcome the day 1 deficit and we ended up mid-pack at 5th and 6th respectively out of 10 drivers with Jon only 0.2 seconds out of trophies (
http://scca.cdn.racersites.com/prod/assets/06-Delaware-Tour.pdf).
Dover National Tour - June 4-5,2011
Dover, Delaware
Dover National Tour - June 4-5,2011
Steguis vs Caserta
Lessons Learned:
- Never use the TnT course at Dover to adjust your car setup for race day.
- If on your first run, the car feels like crap, make a change right away. Don't wait for day 2.
