Optima Invitational Pics

[MarkM66]

Originally Posted by tom_a

I noticed that also on 3-4 LS powered cars. Not sure if it was the exhaust. Even the DSE second gen sounded odd. JA, Penny and a few others sounded smooth.

I think the revised firing order as compared to sbc/bbc, may have something to do with it.

[groovyjay]

What a great event that was, I was blown away earlier in the week after touring SEMA for couple of days. Seeing those amazing cars like riddler winner, ring bros cars, C1RS etc was priceless. Making the trip to Pahrump on Saturday morning, after being out all night (what happens in Vegas...), was well worth it. Big and to all you guys who build great cars and DRIVE them hard.

That Cobra was awesome, we talked with the guys in length. It turned out that it is ORIGINAL 66 Cobra, not a kit car and the owner is also still ORIGINAL. Great people and cars, plus the super sunny weather. Hope to make it back next year.

It was a crazy week all in all, just got home!









I'll post some more pics later.

[tones2SS]

AWESOME PICS GUYS!!!
Wow, looked like a killer day with some killer rides. I wish I were there. Thanks for the great photos.
P.S. Please give us the link to the web page with all those photos when you post them up Scott. THANKS!!

[ccracin]

When will the results be released? This is like waiting for Christmas!

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by ccracin

When will the results be released? This is like waiting for Christmas!

The Cobra won every speed event but got hammered in the style catagory.

The road course went something like Cobra, DSE 69, Jackass, Penny

Not sure how it went on the autocross

The zero-60-zero went Cobra, Jackass, Penny (I think)

It was a cumaltive event so you needed both of your laps in each event to be good. At the end, and I'm still not sure why, Penny was the overall winner. In second place by 6/10-second was Jackass and third was the Cobra.

That's all I know so far. :shrug:

[ccracin]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

The Cobra won every speed event but got hammered in the style catagory.

The road course went something like Cobra, DSE 69, Jackass, Penny

Not sure how it went on the autocross

The zero-60-zero went Cobra, Jackass, Penny (I think)

It was a cumaltive event so you needed both of your laps in each event to be good. At the end, and I'm still not sure why, Penny was the overall winner. In second place by 6/10-second was Jackass and third was the Cobra.

That's all I know so far. :shrug:

Thanks for the update Steve. Congratulations? You have one Bad Penny there, but.................. I guess i'm not sure how to continue. I'm confused. Are the results based on hard numbers (racing) or subjective criteria (drifting) or both? Anyway, regardless you have done your homework and put the effort in, so I wouldn't worry. The win was still well deserved. Not to take anything away from anyone else, it is still great to see the cream of the crop get driven hard. Congrats to all!

[buickfunnycar.com]

Thanks for posting...

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by ccracin

Thanks for the update Steve. Congratulations? You have one Bad Penny there, but.................. I guess i'm not sure how to continue. I'm confused. Are the results based on hard numbers (racing) or subjective criteria (drifting) or both? Anyway, regardless you have done your homework and put the effort in, so I wouldn't worry. The win was still well deserved. Not to take anything away from anyone else, it is still great to see the cream of the crop get driven hard. Congrats to all!

It's a cumaltive event with three of the four events being timed. Two laps for road course, two for autox and two for 0-60-0. All six six of these times are added together and then any penalites are added (for hitting cones or blowing the stop box). The fourth segment a styling catagory which is judged from low (best) to high (worst). that score is converted into seconds and added to the final tally.

So it's not just about turning in a fast lap, but about being consistant in all of your laps.

Still waiting for an exact explantion and score breakdown from the event. Will post when I know more.

[BBC71Nova]

Congrats Steve and BadPenny . If the casinos there would've been taking bets on the Optima Challenge that's where my money would've been anyway. BadPenny is an awesome ride all the way around.

John

[crazycarl]

Steve, congrats on another win. I'm sure the contestants next year will be trying to bring the pain in a big way. You might as well add a big target to the back of the car for next year.

I don't know what the ranking was but I know the Cobra took first and second in Auto-X.


~Carl (The blue haired guy that doesn't work for Anvil)