Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras - View Single Post - It's time for Nationals! Good luck Dean and Debbie!!

dknv · 2004-09-21, 08:54 AM

One upside to having been in Topeka last week, is learning that ProSolo is Fun! Some of you may want to consider trying it next year. It's very fast-paced, and you get 12 tries over 2 days, 6 on each side of a mirror course, and your best time on each side is added up for a total score. Drag race start, you line up on a light beam, and wait for a countdown meter, then the light bar sequence, then launch! Very exciting.

Here is a link to a picture from the ProSolo, an example of why everybody says the surface is so crappy:

http://www.solo2.org/gallery/albums/9/183.aspx
So, this is what Dean had to deal with, to set up the car's suspension to travel this surface. Not optimal.

Lots of social activities on & off the track. On Monday we attended the SCCA SEB Town Hall meeting, basically a big gripe session for competitors to vent about proposed changes to classes and their allowances. Attended banquets on Sun., Wed. and Fri. nights. Mon. night Evolution school instruction for past students, where instructors reviewed the race line for each of the courses, then across town to a Welcome Party (barbecue). Thu. was a competitors Talent Show (with free dinner - more barbecue). Not much in the way of spare time.

Unfortunately the team photographer's mother forgot the digital camera in the car at the airport, so our pictures are limited to what Dean took, along with a few from a disposable camera. But Rachel still got to be involved, she carried the flag in the pace car or race limo on Tue, Wed & Thu morning opening ceremonies. When we went to the Forbes Field Air Combat Museum on Friday, she also got to sit in a WW1-era biplane and learned how to operate the controls.

A good week, a couple of frustrating days, and lots of fantastic cars & people.

2004-09-21, 08:54 AM	#22
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	One upside to having been in Topeka last week, is learning that ProSolo is Fun! Some of you may want to consider trying it next year. It's very fast-paced, and you get 12 tries over 2 days, 6 on each side of a mirror course, and your best time on each side is added up for a total score. Drag race start, you line up on a light beam, and wait for a countdown meter, then the light bar sequence, then launch! Very exciting. Here is a link to a picture from the ProSolo, an example of why everybody says the surface is so crappy: http://www.solo2.org/gallery/albums/9/183.aspx So, this is what Dean had to deal with, to set up the car's suspension to travel this surface. Not optimal. Lots of social activities on & off the track. On Monday we attended the SCCA SEB Town Hall meeting, basically a big gripe session for competitors to vent about proposed changes to classes and their allowances. Attended banquets on Sun., Wed. and Fri. nights. Mon. night Evolution school instruction for past students, where instructors reviewed the race line for each of the courses, then across town to a Welcome Party (barbecue). Thu. was a competitors Talent Show (with free dinner - more barbecue). Not much in the way of spare time. Unfortunately the team photographer's mother forgot the digital camera in the car at the airport, so our pictures are limited to what Dean took, along with a few from a disposable camera. But Rachel still got to be involved, she carried the flag in the pace car or race limo on Tue, Wed & Thu morning opening ceremonies. When we went to the Forbes Field Air Combat Museum on Friday, she also got to sit in a WW1-era biplane and learned how to operate the controls. A good week, a couple of frustrating days, and lots of fantastic cars & people.