Optima Challenge Is On Now...

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by ccracin

I don't think that is the right thing to do. The previous winner should be an automatic invite. The next winner can't claim to be the "Ultimate" without beating the previous winner. Everyone now knows what they have to shoot for. Coming from a racing background I am never a fan of changing the rules to eliminate competition. If it is a true street legal car then go for it. If you want to change the rules to more clearly define "Street" then that is fine, but I think you gotta run the Cobra at least one more time.

By the way, I think for 1 hour, the coverage was excellent. I want more! Great jobe to all that participated and put the show on. This was just what I needed on a 20 degree day in south west PA!

read Charley's response for more info. It's not a street driven car anymore, I think he said it had been tracked only since the 70's, no street time at all since then. The owner didn't drive the car, had a friend drive it who was a national autocross champion and I believe owns a driving school. So in essence anybody now has to compete against a pro in a race car if they want to knock him off the top. I don't know of a true street car that will do that.

I had no problem with him competing, he earned it by winning a Goodguys autocross event which automatically qualified him for the shootout. Super nice guys and a very cool car, but it'd take a race car most likely to compete with him, as his is a race car with a pro driver, and a substantial weight advantage.

As Charley mentioned, they might bring him back for the exhibition class, they had other race cars in that class running last year, cool to see.

Jody