OFFICIAL RESULTS of the 2009 Optima Invitational
 

Here's the complete breakdown on the OUSCI results, including times for all competitors in all events.


www.optimainvitational.com/media/results.html


www.optimainvitational.com/media/results.pdf


Final 2009 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Results:
2009 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car
1st Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra
2nd Place: Ryan Matthews, ’69 Camaro
3rd Place: Mark Stielow, ’69 Camaro

Baer Brakes Speed Stop Challenge
1st Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra
2nd Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra

Ridetech Street Challenge Autocross
1st Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra
2nd Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra

BF Goodrich Hot Lap Challenge
1st Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra
2nd Place: Ryan Matthews, ’69 Camaro

Speed by Spectre Design/Build Challenge
1st Place: Barry Blomquist, ’62 Corvette
2nd Place: Josh Henning, ’67 Chevelle

Damn.. you beat me! lol

Congratulations to everyone that attended!

Great job and great event by Optima, FM3, Ridetech, and K&N!!!

I was working on updating the OptimaInvitational.com website with the results when you called. :cheers:

Looks like Bad Penny did not win he got 4th place not 1st place I wonder how the Optima guys messed that up. I am sure alot of guys are not going to be happy with the outcome.

excellent, I'm glad they made changes that needed to be done. Props to Optima and crew, fantastic event.

Jody

Isn't the final results more what you thought they would be after seeing everyone compete? I think this is a very fair result.

Jody

Again, I want to thank the volunteers, FM3 Marketing, and Optima for putting on a fantastic event. Can't wait for next year!

Why would be unhappy? Optima made a mistake and had the class to correct it.

Most of the guys in the "winners circle" asked Optima to recheck the numbers. Winning isn't everyting, integrity is. :)

I for one am thrilled with how we did.. next year we will do better! :thumbsup:

That is awesome that they set the record straight. Congrats to all the put on a show for us. Can't wait till next year.

Nice, so they made a mistake and did award the Cobra the win. Well congrats to all that competed. Looked like and awesome event. :thumbsup:

A lot of guys were complaining about the cobra at the event and that car kicked huge A&& at the runs and should have won. He was fast super fast. We all were scratching our heads wondering how he didn’t win but now we all know why. Good call to the guys for making it fun and fixing everything.

I think we proved that you can have fun with a mostly stock car as we got 4th overall for time. We might have been exhibition but we still have kick A&& numbers over most of the guys. All and all it was a fun day thanks to all for making it possible.

One thing that I learned is tires make a huge deal, I was not aware of just how big it is till now. Awesome event. :hail:

Congrats to all the winners.:cheers:
Looked like a great time.:thumbsup:

Man, Ryan drove the wheels off the Test Car!!

Glad they got it right. This is a great event :thumbsup:

STEVE --- That is a classy response.

I have classy moments.. not many so don't blink often ;)

How about that 0-60-0 for 2Tons-O-Fun??????? 8.5, no wonder I broke parts...:rofl:

13th out of 51 cars, not bad for a sled and handicap driver. Stuart you are right, tires make a huge difference. Even my 888s were like a knife at a gun fight with the R-1s etc. In my mind though 888s are streetable, not sure I can call R-1s street tires at least wet streets.

Bill ---

Must have been those lousy Interstates that fatigued the A arm! LOL

Hey! It looked like you were having fun! And that's what counts - you were in it to win it... driving like you stole it... and thank you for that!!

Greg

You don't really think we're going to fall for that do you?


:unibrow:

All the guys the competed are winner the effort put out just to be there. congrats to the guys that help put on a great show.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: For next year don't bring a gun to a lazer fight.That what it will be very fast car that go left and right and stop on a dime and give you back 9 cent change.:lateral: :lateral:

I hope the focus stays on it being a fun event and all about bringing out our cars to show what they can do. I'm glad they got the scores corrected, we all knew there was something wrong. The temptation in all this is to build your car into a race car. I hope we don't get carried away. Steve, how are we coming with that carbon fiber Cobra??? :)
David

Charley, great job on posting a 1:52 on the track. Pretty fast.

Maybe next year BFG will let Kyle run the race tires also, it would be cool to see what the second gen can post.

I'll bet most keep tweaking their cars which will make for an even better event next year.:thumbsup:

I thought I was told that Kyles KDW's were special compound ?

I'm glad they recounted everything. That must mean the Cobra driver was the guy that built the car for track use for the owner..

I think in interviews I was worried about how we would do against the Nissan GTR but even I ran the road course faster than the GTR.:thumbsup:

From what Kyle said BFG wanted to see the difference in times since both cars are usually pretty equal. He said when they were testing it was about 5-6 sec faster per lap on their cars.

Pretty impressed with what Carroll Shelby did back in the day. The cobra has some updates and is lighter, etc,., but 43 years ago that car must have been unbelievable compared to what else was out there. I had no idea they were that fast.

The carbon is arriving tomorrow, but the 16" carbon ceramic brakes are stuck in Germany. The delay is ok since it will give us time to finish up the titanium frame and all aluminum 454 LS engine.

We should be set for next year.. Schumacher is helping with the assembley and I think Michael will be a good addition to the team... :rofl:

I don't think so.. My understanding is that Jim is just a very long time friend.. I'm sure he helped wrench on it (what friends don't).. but that's not really in the spirit of being a "builder".

Nice to know the Cobra would slaughter the GT-R.. that warms my heart :)

Our tweaking has already began... three months before next years event Penny will be in training.. like in a Rocky movie.. lol

9th for 1970 Fairlane/ss boat....lol Way to go Tom!! I pesonally want to thank Tom McBride and Bowler Transmissions. Tom worked his *ss off on the Fairlane to put a 4-link in the rear, coilovers in the front, new rack and pinion and custom made monte carlo/stut tower bars. Of course nothing fit but Tom custom made alot pieces along with the help from Air Ride/Ride Tech guys. Thanks Guys!!! I love the new Tiger Cage from Ride Tech it is Sweeet! Thanks Bret!!! I still can't figure out how Tom drives in construction/work boots and pulls off a 45+ sec autocross time in the Fairlane.....lol It's a true testimate of driving skill and his car set up. Thanks again Tom and everyone who helped on the Fairlane!!!!
I also want to thank Nick for driving the coolest 2010 Camaro in the field!!!! I think....lol Great job driving Nick, 11th place!! Great job Steve on the Stance and the look!!! It looks Bad *ss guys!:hail:
I want thank everyone for a great event and all the supporting vendors!!!!:thumbsup:

Hey, where's my thank you for the car.. or at least for building an engine that didn't scatter across the track! lol

Good deal on the Fairlane, if PHR didn't have their heads in the sand about this event it would have been perfect for them to cover the car at the race.

I'm also glad that the day went so well with as many cars competing as there were. There was some concern that we'd never get it done before dark, but it went well considering the carnage.

Even though I ran exhibition I think had 5th fastest lap time on the road course.:woot:

Next time just drive with your thumb - you'll be much faster! Less frictional losses...


:wow: :rofl:

What a great event. It shows how far we are coming and pro-touring is here to stay baby:thumbsup:

Next year you will be in the big dance. See if you can break the 1:50 barrier :unibrow: :unibrow:

optima
 

Good morning everyone, We are featuring the Optima event in our next issue. If you were there with your car please contact us. I want to make sure we get cars/names etc correct.

Sunder Slacker issue 2 comes out in February.

Thanks

gabe
www.sundayslacker.com

Ironic that I posted this as pure sarcasm, yet now I'm actually building an all aluminum 454 LS engine for Penny.

Can the titanium frame be far off???

:unibrow:

Thanks Gabe!