Hey Brian, here's $500,00 oh crap, the markets in Asia just went down! Never mind. :D The Runt was pretty close. Awesome car, but it's not gonna beat Danny. Your right, it's the hot shoe, and the killer car combination, that make this so difficult. Everything that makes a SMOTY adds weight, that has to come off somewhere else. Your car came in under weight, and you got to add ballast...where you wanted it. Blu Balz is too heavy, needs more HP, more rubber, and a hot shoe. :D I think she's closer to a SMOTY than a OUSCI. If you'd put some damn windows in your car, you might pull it off. :woot: jk You want to borrow some billet /carbon cup holders?

I think Blu Balz 2 is still in the works right Karl? With Cris getting advice from the pros he is now, you might have a serious contender in that car.

Karl has a killer car in Blu Balz and Chris did a beautiful job building the car without question,,,,, Now if you want the car to run nails give the Dam thing to DSE....
With respect here guys,,,,, who the hell are these "Pro's" that know how to optimize a suspension system better that DSE who engineered it...DSE's owners are trained engineers specifically in the area of suspensions and worked for a major car manufacture in that area... Logic and history, not to mention being the designers of the product make the decision pretty simple when reviewed....

Chris has done a beautiful job and is to be commended for building such a beautiful car...

Addressing Jeff's comment,,, your opinion is based on what engineering background???? And you've worked at what major car manufacture to have such depth of knowledge about suspension engineering???? Man sometimes I really think you like to hear yourself Talk Jeff,,, God knows I'm over your all to often offered/posted opinions on things you have nominal knowledge about already.... What a F--king joke,,, Rant Over......

SMOTY has turned into a car show. Kyle Tucker won SMOTY in 2000 with Twister. That car could have won OUSCI if there was one in 2000. Today the Goodguys want a over the top "show car". I like the Goodguys events but I like the track stuff a lot better. If I won the lottery and I could build a car with my buddy Troy Trepanier. There is a shot of winning both. One is a car show one is a TV show......and a lot of politics...:_paranoid

I took Red Devil to Goodguys Columbus event and had a blast waiting in the parking lot to do 5 passes at the AutoX over 3 days....:willy:

Not my kinda deal. I did get to see all my buddies though.

See ya at the track and OUSCI this year ---- Stielow

Take a chill pill dude, your getting to be as abrasive as I am. Your grammar makes my head hurt, I know this is the internet but try to have some semblance of structure and thought especially when you're representing a company.

DSE hired the same "Pro" to get their cars sorted out that Cris did. You don't need to be an engineer to have a fundamental understanding of vehicle dynamics, this should make sense to anyone with a head on their shoulders:
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The engineering aspect of it comes into play when you start working with applied kinematics in dynamics.

There are car's in the work's right now that are being built just for an upcoming OUSCI.So it will prob. not happen for some time.SORRY.

Just the scenario I was thinking of with my post.

Stielow will get hit by lightning before he wins the lottery.

Quote: "To me SMOTY is turning into what happened at indoor ISCA shows. As soon as the masses feel like they have lost touch with the possibility of attaining a goal, they will move on to something else."Quote


Even though all of us are awed by the quality of all of the cars that are capable of winning a SMOTY, to most of us, they are not representative of the street/race trend of todays builds. Maybe there needs to be a new award that is more reflective of the direction our sport is headed. Since design is still a quarter of the points at OUSCI, and most of our cars are still street driven. It would seem that we're looking at an award that would take form and function into consideration. Something short of SMOTY, it would honor design, but the award would also recognize the race car focus and capabilities that are major goals of an increasing number of current builds.

To that end I propose the Street Car Racer Of The Year Award, the SCROTY. And IMO BLU BALZ has this one in the bag.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That's kinda funny!!