2014 Rocky Mountain Match Tour

14BlackCherry

So this weekend was rough. I arrived at the match tour location around 3pm Friday evening after I woke up due to working graveyard shifts. I worked all Friday night and then drove back from Denver to Fountain. I then competed all without sleep so it was pretty rough . I didn't return on Sunday for the last chance qualifier because I got out of work at 7 and the qualifier started at 8. I wasn't going to break the law and I was super tired. Anyhow regardless of the fatigue I still finished second in CS behind Paul Brown who owns this:

National Champion 370Z

My runs started slow and eventually got some what better. I came within 1.6 sec of Paul. Here's the results from SCCA unofficial but official now:

Class standings for CS [8 Cars] (04:37:58 PM)

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T 1 97 Paul Brown 2009 Nissan 370Z Pearly Hankook
DNF 57.424 56.845 57.049 56.845

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T 2 70 Matthew Villesca 2014 Nissan 370z Black Dunlop
59.230 58.676 58.513 58.554 58.513
(1.668)
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T 3 102 Justin Metz 2006 Mazda RX-8 Silver BFGoodr
60.076 58.747 DNF 60.776(1) 58.747
(0.234)
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4 90 Chris Carreras 2013 Subaru BRZ White Hankook
59.530 61.504(1) 59.265 59.757 59.265
(0.518)
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5 2 Jeffrey Hugo 2006 Mazda RX-8 Silver BFGoodr
61.205 DNF 60.833 60.555 60.555
(1.290)
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6 89 Christopher Jone 1989 Porsche 944S2 Red Bridges
63.826 63.346 61.869 60.778 60.778
(0.223)
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7 7 John Hilb 2003 Nissan 350z Blue Bridges
61.998 61.908 61.219 60.784 60.784
(0.006)
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8 77 Steve Perea 2000 BMW Z3 2.3 White Falken
64.852 67.041 DNF 64.545 64.545
(3.761)

The only mods my car has is an Eibach front sway (stiffest Setting I believe), alignment and ZII's. This was my second event in the car.

Here's my run 3 video, my fastest time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRWCV8p7MmM

Paul and I (Korean Hat) talking afterwards very fun day besides being tired.

https://flic.kr/p/o4k4ir

nismosis

2nd at a National Event is a solid finish, especially behind the previous National Champ car (although "bought not built" is pretty lame in my book). I'm surprised the class entries were so small...CS everywhere I go is pretty well populated. What tire setup are you running?

14BlackCherry

Thanks man. I'm running stock tire sizes. However I'm thinking of running a square setup of 275's. Also thinking of getting some Penske 7500 2 way adjustable shocks. My buddy told me Jeff Stuart is running AS/BS raw times lol that's quick. So whatever I can do.

What are you running setup wise?

03threefiftyz

It's a stock car...I don't understand your bought not built. All you can do is catback, shocks and bar....

14BlackCherry

Far from stock, $5000 dollar shocks, lighter wheels, cat-back, air filters and front bar. I see what he's saying but it's all good. Makes for fun competition and I look forward to Nationals.

nismosis

Precisely.