Evolution Super Shootout at ZMAX Dragway

With some help from Moton USA/AST Suspension, I finally got the car back out and running pretty well for the Evolution Super Shootout at ZMAX Dragway.

This was my first event in the car since I got the shocks back, but at least they work now! We spent most of the day Saturday trying to get the car dialed in and then I got to run in the rain all day Sunday. Very glad I had new Dunlops on the car!

The event was absolutely awesome and I highly recommend anyone that is within 1000 miles of an Evolution Super Shootout to go and check one out. Great format, great people, great competition and a ton of fun! Check out their website for more info!

http://www.evolutionsupershootout.com/

Here is my first run of the Last Chance Qualifier on Saturday afternoon:

The Shootout portion of the event was held on Sunday and it was raining most of the day, which made the freshly sealed asphalt at ZMAX Dragway really slick. It was raining pretty hard on this run and there was some hydroplaning and some sliding going on. Setup was the same as the dry except for lower tire pressures and I took some compression out of the shocks. I made it into the final 4 in my bracket (top 16 overall) and then had a HUGE slide in the rain and took out two cones in my final run against Aaron Buckley.

I’ll try to get some more videos up soon including one of my first spin ever in the BMW.

Huge thanks to Junior Johnson, Evolution Performance Driving school and all involved with putting this event on. I would also like to thank Bimmerworld and Vorshlag for offering money to the BMW crowd!

STXBMW takes 1st and 2nd at the Blytheville National Tour!

Eric Sienkiewicz taking the win in Blytheville

We had a great showing at the Blytheville National Tour this past weekend in Arkansas. Eric cleared everyone but me by over 3 seconds and took the win in dominating fashion. He had a smoking 2nd say and ended up 5th in PAX on Sunday out of 298 drivers. Our 265/35R18 Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Spec’s performed incredibly well on the hot concrete in Blytheville. Doug Gill, of the SCCA staff, set up some amazing courses this weekend. They seemed to suit the car very well and were a ton of fun to drive!

Final Results

Sunday's PAX results

Our theme for the weekend was “Back in Black” since all of the graphics were removed from the car in preparation for new ones. We need to thank Mann Motorsports, Discount Tire, B&S Decals, McClune’s Collision Craft and The Racer’s Market for helping get the car to where it is.