It was finally time for first big event of the year. No major changes to speak of other than slapping on the tires I ran at Nationals last year with only 6 runs on them and adding fuel to avoid the fuel starvation Hez and I ran into the week before. I arrived on site on Friday morning since I had to work the gate that afternoon. Perfect warm sunny day to start the weekend off.
NJ ProSolo - 5/8/2015
NJ ProSolo - 5/8/2015
I decided earlier in the year that I'd invite Dave Roberts from the Kentucky region to come out and codrive Bumblestook with me for this event. He's developing his own BSP S2000 (Blackie) and I thought it would be good for him to get a reference ride in a S2000 that's been in development for 2 years now. He arrived that afternoon and we were able to get our practice starts out of the way. Nothing too surprising here but we wanted to dial in our launch RPM. We both agreed that a hair under 7000rpm would give us the best launch performance while getting enough wheel spin to protect the diff.
NJ ProSolo - 5/9/2015 Driver: Dave Roberts
Since Dave and I were the only two driver in BSP we got bumped into B2 bump class along with DSP, HS, DS and FSP on day 1. The DSP cars would be tough to compete against. Not only are they fast but PAX favored them. Dave and I put down respectable runs on day 1 and ended that day with me in 3rd and Dave in 5th. It was clear looking at our video that we weren't tackling the tight stuff of the course properly and the key to dropping times would be to minimize distance and set up properly to get behind those cones.
B2 Grid - NJ ProSolo - 5/10/2015
Day 2 came rolling in and we had a pretty good strategy to try and keep the fight going. The shocker though was that CAM class was also added to our B2 bump class and we only found out at that day. Steve Farkas of SJF performance had put down some very nice runs on day 1 in his CAM Mustang and ended up slotting into 2nd place in B2 so we all got shifted down. That didn't change our general plan for tackling the course. Unfortunately, I was having trouble executing on the plan and kept overshooting the entry to beginning of the tight section and found no additional time. Dave on the other hand was able find the right line and find time on both the left and right courses. Dave was able snag a trophy spot in 4th and I stumbled down to 7th.
BSP S2000 vs DSP RX8 NJ ProSolo - 5/10/2015
Overall it was still a fun event. Bumblestook handled great, we just couldn't capitalize on her speed. This is going to be her last event on the AP2 tranny. The AP1 tranny arrived and we'll be swapping that in later this month so we can hit 70mph in 2nd gear. Can't wait!
