After the final once over and re-alignment at SJF Performance last week, it was important that we do one final test before making the long trek to Nationals. This was her first event this year on Ethanol so I wanted to make sure the tune was still good. We also had to scrub in the fresh Hoosier A7s.
NNJR SCCA - 8-23-2015
The first runs were expectedly horrible as we made our attempts to scrub in the fresh tires as quickly as possible. Balance was all over the place but they started to come alive after about 6 runs (3 runs each). We ended up settling on a 4psi difference front to rear and the balance was perfect. The tune was also still very good and we were able to effectively put power to the ground...well almost. The course today favored more softly sprung cars. There were just too many spots where we were trying to go flat out through some very bumpy areas of the lot and after going airborne once we had to dial it down quite a bit effectively killing our times. Hez was still able to put down 5th fastest raw time out of 139 drivers and 10th in PAX. I struggled with cones and ended up 8th in raw and 20th in PAX.
Putting the times in context of the course today I was still very happy. The new alignment is working out beautifully. Bumblestook is on point, changing directions at the mere thought of it and is perfectly balanced through sweepers. I think she's going to be perfect on the concrete flat surface of Lincoln. It's on like donkey kong. For now she's going to just hang tight until we do and we'll be taking out Lupa next week instead to have a bit of fun seat time before the big show.
