Okay, we’re back, and sorry for the break in the updates. It’s not that we haven’t been running the car, but our on-track performance hasn’t exactly been up to par lately. We had two back-of-the-pack finishes and figured we needed to regroup.
So, we did. Tire pressures were set back at 37 psi all around—we had been trying some different settings—and the car responded favorably, as the throttle could be used for mid-corner corrections. It was nice.
We also switched classes. We have been running in the Martin Sports Car Club’s B Stock class, which has some pretty restrictive rules: no R-compound tires, no performance exhausts and no adjustable shock absorbers. We like the keep-it-simple approach, but that doesn’t give us much to write about.
We moved ourselves to their Street Modified Street Tire class for this past weekend’s event. The rules are simple, in that true street tires must be used, and the interior must remain in place. Other than that, things are pretty wide-open. For the most part, the class has been populated by hybrid Honda Civics and the MINI Cooper S.
This past weekend’s Martin Sports Car Club Mini-Prix event took place at Gainesville Raceway’s road course, home of the $2003 and $2004 Challenges. The course was run without cones, allowing some higher speeds to be reached—we ran out of third gear on the back straight.
At the end of four runs, we were second in the seven-car class. Not bad for a totally stock vehicle. We plan on running the car this coming weekend with the SCCA, as the S2000 has been serving as a baseline against our Volvo 142 project. After this coming weekend’s event, then the modifications can begin.
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