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Old Jan 9, 2014, 08:12 PM
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2014 STU Discussion!

Woooo! 2014! Congrats again to Geoff for reprazen'in the Evo at Nationals in 2013.

Old threads:
2013 STU discussion
2012 STU discussion
2011 STU Discussion
2010 STU
2009 STU
2008 STU
Pre-2008 STU thread

National Schedule:
http://www.scca.com/news/index.cfm?cid=51705
Tire Rack ProSolo Series
March 22-23: Akansas Aeroplex (formerly Eaker AFB) in Blytheville, AR
April 12-13: El Toro ex-Marine base in Irvine, CA
April 26-27: Fed Ex Field in Largo, MD, near Washington, D.C.
May 3-4: Mineral Wells Airport in Mineral Wells, TX
May 23-24: Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE
June 7-8: Crows Landing Air Facility, near Patterson, CA
June 28-29: Toledo Express Airport in Toledo, OH
July 12-13: Former Hampton Mills Lumber Plant in Packwood, WA
July 26-27: Wilmington Airpark in Wilmington, OH
August 30-31: ProSolo Finale at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE

Tire Rack Championship Tour
March 15-16: South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil, GA
March 29-30: Texas A&M Annex near College Station, TX
April 5-6: Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA
May 3-4: MetLife Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ
May 25-26: Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE
June 14-15: Crows Landing Air Facility, near Patterson, CA
July 5-6: Former Hampton Mills Lumber Plant in Packwood, WA
August 2-3: Wilmington Airpark in Wilmington, OH
September 2-5: 42nd Tire Rack Solo National Championships at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE
September 27-28: Arkansas Aeroplex (formerly Eaker AFB) in Blytheville, AR

Tire Rack Match Tour
April 12-13: Wilmington Airpark in Wilmington, OH
May 17-18: Turner Field in Atlanta, GA
June 7-8: Devens Airfield Police Training Facility in Ayer, MA
June 14-15: Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, CO
July 5-6: Grissom Airpark near Peru, IN
August 16-17: Milwaukee, WI
October TBA: western location tbd
Whoring out my build thread again:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/mo...ld-thread.html

I don't think there are many new tires this year. AD08Rs are legal for the first year in 2014 but unclear whether they are in the mix.

It might be the last year of 100 octane.

It's the first year of the "totally competitive in STR but bumped to STU for who knows why" 350z in STU, and the first year of the "has a 5.7L V8 but somehow a worse thrust curve than a laggy 2.0L turbo car" C5 Vette in STU.

It should be a light year for me, baby and all that. Hoping to make maybe DC and the Wilmington Tour but dunno.

Go, discuss!
Old Jan 9, 2014, 10:42 PM
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Well I'm not running STU and I'm not sure how many events I'm going to hit this year but I'd like to say I'm all fired up for the new Solo season.

Since I'm in Texas I should at least go to these if I have my engine back together in time.

ProSolo
May 3-4: Mineral Wells Airport in Mineral Wells, TX

Championship tour
March 29-30: Texas A&M Annex near College Station, TX
Old Jan 10, 2014, 05:34 AM
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I'm planning on attending the March 29-30 event in Bryan (A&M Riverside). Really hoping to meet a bit of the Dallas SCCA crew there.
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So the only STU updates for 2014 are:
1) 100 octane gas “may” not be legal (not a final decision yet)

2) New cars for the class:

a. Nissan 350Z (2003 through 2008) Base model only.
b. Corvette C5 (1997 through 2004) base models only


Anything else?
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Originally Posted by an2ny
So the only STU updates for 2014 are:
1) 100 octane gas “may” not be legal (not a final decision yet)
its WAY too late to be changing the rules for 2014. the earliest they could ban 100oct is 2015.
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In for the discussion. Although I run in SM.


April 26-27: Fed Ex Field in Largo, MD, near Washington, D.C.

I will be here as well ^^^
Planning to do all the WDCR events that I can. Along with one or two Nasa events at VMP.

Currently running on the BFG rivals and loving them so far.

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Old Jan 13, 2014, 08:32 PM
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It'll be my first year being in STU, hope to see some of you at the Crows Landing NT!
Old Jan 14, 2014, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim3142
It'll be my first year being in STU, hope to see some of you at the Crows Landing NT!
We plan to attend Crow's Landing. I hear it's a nice venue.

Rick
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Ill be in Crows Landing this year with the wife co-driving, SM though. It'll be nice seeing more evo's racing.
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We plan to attend Crow's Landing. I hear it's a nice venue.

Rick

I was at the SFR SCCA event there in August, huge pad and huge course! Tons of grip too, can't wait to go back



Ill be in Crows Landing this year with the wife co-driving, SM though. It'll be nice seeing more evo's racing.
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Originally Posted by Dallas J
Ill be in Crows Landing this year with the wife co-driving, SM though. It'll be nice seeing more evo's racing.
Awesome. Josh and I will be there...barring any future complications with the car.
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I'm new to autox, and am thinking hard about demoding my fuel system and switching back to pump gas to run in STU for seat time. What's everyone running for their HFC. My car came with a Cobb HFC and I know one guy on my local car site had his throw a cell, so I don't know if the cobb is legal since my car was originally tuned on E85 and may have just had the cell turned off.
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^^^ Just get one from Rick (SS RX7 r2 above) it's what all the cool kids do. ;-)
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we're going to be at the crows landing pro also. sounds like it's going to be an outright evom meetup.
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Sounds like a good time! One thing to note... Crows Landing is literally in the middle of nowhere (read: nothing to do and no real beer...so I'd advise against staying there the week between the Pro and Tour, but there are places about an hour away that are closer to civilization) and it's probably going to be in the upper 90s.

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