Amazing story about Pobst, can't wait to hear more.
The GRM crew just spent a week in Lincoln, Nebraska, for the Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals, and we achieved our three big goals: push ourselves to new limits, see good friends and, as the SCCA hashtag goes, #havefunwithcars.
Just some of the big stories:
Rain: All of it. Heavy rains arrived Tuesday, the first day of competition. Near-zero visibility, limited traction and soaked feet defined the day. Want to know how Andy Hollis stood atop Tuesday’s Super Stock leader board? Read his wet weather tire test.
Team GRM: J.G. Pasterjak drove our Corvette Z06 project. He ran on Tuesday and Wednesday. Look for an update on that outing very soon.
Randy Pobst: Thirty-five years ago Randy Pobst started autocrossing, using the sport as a launchpad to a long, successful road racing career. After decades away from the Solo Nationals, Pobst returned, co-driving Geoff Zimmer’s Volkswagen Rabbit. Despite cones and a DNF, Pobst still took the F Street Prepared title by nearly a second and a half.
Amazing Cars: Solo Nationals are defined by three things: close competition, cool people and amazing builds. Check out an archive of our videos from the event here.
More Coming Soon: We’re filing this just as we’re rolling out of Lincoln. Look for more updates over the next few days. To see what we posted in real time, check out our Facebook page.
Amazing story about Pobst, can't wait to hear more.
I'll be honest.....if I knew 100% for sure that solo nats would be a flooded parking lot next year too I would almost certainly go (and bring my gore-tex stuff!). Because that actually looks like a blast, and puddles are way more fun than no puddles, especially when watching everyone else run :)
I was following on Facebook, many photos of cars driving through riverbeds. I wish they had included corner worker outfits, I'm betting no one brought full rain gear outfits?
CyberEric said:Amazing story about Pobst, can't wait to hear more.
We'll have more. :)
David S. Wallens said:Amazing Cars: Solo Nationals are defined by three things: close competition, cool people and amazing builds. Check out an archive of our videos from the event here.
I thoroughly enjoyed the videos uploaded this morning (my time). Especially Andy's "wet driving how-to"... that video probably deserves it's own thread?
Cool, glad that you enjoyed the videos. Yeah, once everyone's back in the office, we'll get things organized for future use.
It was great seeing both of you again. You are contributing an incredible amount to the motorsports community, thank you.
Thank you for the kind words--we have a great team. Very nice seeing you, too. The car looks awesome. It was a treat to photograph.
Make it home safe and sound?
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Yeh, trip home was uneventful. The highlight was having Chick-Fil-A for the first time ever-it was pretty good
So the Whole 'set up a practice course' thing was Kaput because no one tried it in the rain .
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