Beach Cruiser Update

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Mike is fast in anything you put him in! Except his buddy Sam's boat, as he isn't behind the wheel...LOL

[Beach Cruiser]

Ok, so the results for Optima Challenge are in, I finished 10th overall in the GTV group. Now I know where my weak points are and I'll try and fix them for next year. Here is where I finished in each category in the GTV class which had 29 entries.

Speed Stop: 9th
Autocross: 15th
Hot Laps: 6th
Design: next to last
Road Rally: 1st (like everyone else)

I had a hard time with the autoX because it was just too tight for my car, plus I ran it in the afternoon when it was really hot! I was in the "odd" group along with Kyle Tucker, Chris Porter and Dan Howe. We were the only ones in the afternoon group to score in the top 25 in the autoX, meanwhile the afternoon group in the speed stop, had plenty of rubber that we left them to help stop. Zmax had stripped the track and the morning group had virgin track to accelerate on and stop.

I'm pretty stoked that I ran with the best of the best on the Road Course on tires I have no experience on, and came away with 6th place! I could run with all of them in the infield, but just didn't have the HP to keep up on the oval part.

Big thanks to Improved Racing for all the parts to keep my oil in check and my Temps in order on a really hot weekend! I'll be spoon feeding all you guys with pics and video as I get them put together.

My big takeaway, Is that a car that you design, engineer and build all by yourself doesn't have any merit in the corporate world we live in...

No more excuses, watch out next year!

[SSLance]

But did you have fun? That's the really important part...

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by SSLance

But did you have fun? That's the really important part...

Great question Lance and I agree!

[Beach Cruiser]

oh yeah, I had fun! the car took a beating though. I'll post up some of the carnage pics when I get back home. I went and ran right with the best in the hobby, and sometimes better. All I need is a bigger motor and better interior for next year!

[SSLance]

Always fun to see how you stack up, isn't it?

I'm in the same boat just on a different scale. I do okay on the autocross against them, but on the big track my lack of horsepower really shows up. Now my interior is nice but I run a G-body, not a Camaro so that dings me as well apparently.

I even finished out my trunk with paint and carpet but even that didn't help me any in the D&E portion.

Still way fun though and everyone involved in those events, the organizers and the participants...are top notch people.

[rchaskin]

Originally Posted by Beach Cruiser

.....I was in the "odd" group along with Kyle Tucker, Chris Porter and Dan Howe. We were the only ones in the afternoon group to score in the top 25 in the autoX.......

Now hold on.....I took my Granny's Nova to 13th in the Autocross.....LOL!!

The speed stop may has well been out in the wet grass somewhere. We had zero traction.

It was a fun event.

The Beach Cruiser Camaro Looks awesome on the open track!!
The front spoiler really looks good on it.

See you soon!!

[Beach Cruiser]

Randy, you are indeed right, I missed you when I was looking at the results. Nice job! I just couldn't get everything put together in the autox to make a good run. I'm starting to put some of my pictures and video together from the last two weeks, here's a teaser of the guys I was running with on the road course.

[Beach Cruiser]

some more pics from the weekend.

[Beach Cruiser]

Here is some crappy video my son took with his phone of the speed stop on ZMax lane 3. If you guys can't see it let me know and I'll try and post it up some other way. I'm also working on edits to the in car videos.