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Old Oct 16, 2015, 06:11 AM
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2017 / 2018 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
UPDATE, NEW VIDEOS from the 2015 EVENT:

Here is an overall look at the entire event:

Here are Andy's Highlights.

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If you follow Optima's search for the ultimate street car, you probably know that EVO is looking stronger than ever to win this year. There are 8 evo's qualified that will be competing this year and they all have a real shot to win in my opinion.

This is the 8th year of the OUSCI and in years past it has always been won by a Corvette or a Camaro. Ronnie at RS motors is putting toghter an awesome crew that looks to have one of the White "RS" evo9's to take home the crown. My personal bet is on Andy Smedegard or Brandon Ranvek, but all evo drivers are damn good.

I can't wait to see what happens this year!

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Brandon Ranvek's evo would have won last year had he not had an engine failure on the road course. Even with this issue he managed to finish second overall in the 90+ car field.


They even converted a Camaro driver to head over to the winning side!

<div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/optimabatteries/videos/10156194558680078/" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/optimabatteries/videos/10156194558680078/"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/optimabatteries/videos/10156194558680078/">RS Motor builds Ken Thwaits an Evo</a><p>RS Motor builds Ken Thwaits an Evo</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/facebook">OPTIMA Batteries</a> Wednesday, 14 October 2015</blockquote></div></div>
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hell ya an evo is going to win it.

we also have one fast Subi guy in the group. he could have a shot as well.
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Originally Posted by EVOizmm
hell ya an evo is going to win it.

we also have one fast Subi guy in the group. he could have a shot as well.
agreed.

Good news, if I sell the Brembo's off my subi I can go to Vegas and attend the event!

So I should be there
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agreed.

Good news, if i sell the brembo's off my subi i can go to vegas and attend the event!

So i should be there
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Good luck out there!

Any clarification on why they changed the aero rules this year?
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... and nowhere near the east coast as usual.

Good luck guys!
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Good luck out there!

Any clarification on why they changed the aero rules this year?
A lot of what they do does not make sense. My guess is they didn't want cars to show up looking like WTAC cars.

Originally Posted by Butt Dyno
... and nowhere near the east coast as usual.

Good luck guys!
They ran a few events in the east.
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Originally Posted by EVOizmm
A lot of what they do does not make sense. My guess is they didn't want cars to show up looking like WTAC cars.



They ran a few events in the east.
I assumed they were trying to give a little more to the non-aero muscle cars. Not sure why a car can't be a "street" car with a huge wing.
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Best of luck to the RS Motors team. Pulling for all you
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They ran a few events in the east.
North Carolina and Kentucky

Either way I am rooting for yall. Cracks me up that they split AWD into its own class. I shudder to think about the pricetags of some of the muscle cars.
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Proud 8 year owner of the RS EVO & super proud of Brandons result. GL to all EVO owners in this years comp (Joe on FB)
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Originally Posted by nollij
Good luck out there!

Any clarification on why they changed the aero rules this year?

I was bummed at the wing rule change. 3 of the cars at last year's event were running our wings, including Brandon's Evo.

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Originally Posted by SS RX7 r2
I was bummed at the wing rule change. 3 of the cars at last year's event were running our wings, including Brandon's Evo.

Rick
it seems like a silly rule when the rest of the rulebook is nearly wide open.

anyone see their latest episode, "Evo Domination." haha.
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Originally Posted by EVOizmm
it seems like a silly rule when the rest of the rulebook is nearly wide open.

anyone see their latest episode, "Evo Domination." haha.
Agreed on the rule. And no, got a link?
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