{"id":2413,"date":"2015-06-21T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T22:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2015-06-21T15:10:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T22:10:28","slug":"spring-nationals-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/?p=2413","title":{"rendered":"Spring Nationals 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well that was a lot of meh.<\/em><\/p>\n

Couldn’t make the Crows Landing events in CA this year so I hauled the Z out to Nebraska for 4 days of racing – ProSolo followed by a National Tour – they call Spring Nationals.\"20150520_224059949_iOS\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lincoln is a long way from San Diego.\u00a0 Reset the Trip B odometer in the driveway on my way out one morning.\u00a0 And here it is stopped in my paddock spot the next afternoon:<\/p>\n

\"1597.4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Towing an open trailer is a lot more serene an experience than the enclosed, with the Tundra.\u00a0 Power and brakes are fine and stability is good in most cases, but the range is sooo much better with the open trailer.\u00a0 Mileage is about 10 (+\/- 2 depending on geography) where it averaged about 13.5 pulling the open trailer.\u00a0 That means it was easy to go 250 miles between stops with the open, where you’re looking for gas between 150-180 with the enclosed.\u00a0 Next truck will have a much bigger tank!<\/p>\n

The weekend started with the ProSolo.\u00a0 First pair of runs Saturday morning were decent, but I failed to improve basically at all the whole event- whereas the rest of the class had no trouble doing so.\u00a0 Was a little unnerved in that upon coming in from my third run smoke was billowing out from the front of the car.\u00a0 Given all the work I’d just done with the headers, was worried something might be getting cooked underhood.\u00a0 Turns out it was just the brakes bedding to the new front rotors but uggg, what a distraction.<\/p>\n

\"z_prosolo_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"z_prosolo_2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"z_prosolo_3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After reviewing some of the photos, am surprised how much steering input the car has into it in spots.\u00a0\u00a0 Have since upped the rear spring rate from 700 to 800 – but that wasn’t until I got back.<\/p>\n

An in-car from a left-side run Sunday morning.<\/p>\n