STS was a mess, Major Props go to Kenny Montonishi, Kevin McCormick, Leslie Cohen and Andy Hollis, it was an all out slugfest between them. Unfortunately it will be overshadowed by the drama/DSQ of the 63/163 car.

I ran in an 01 Prelude in STX (BBK, Quaife LSD), as the second driver, and usually the fastest of the two of us I had expectations of finishing in the top 1/2. But I'll boil my performance down to 2 words: I choked. I was easily top half fast, but coned my way to 31/34. I guess not bad for a rookie in a car that could be considered a sword in a gunfight. I'll be back next year, to get killed in CS.

It was a very good year for my local organization SPOKES (www.spokes.org) as we swept SS, and CS winning both open and ladies class, and Anne Hollis jumped into Jason Wong's WRX and won STXL. I lost track of the number of trophies we brought home, I think it was near 13.

Kevin's South course was very technical, with complex sweepers, and an arhythmic serious of offset chicago boxes. It definitely favored NA cars. The rain split my mid way through first drivers, first runs. It made my day because we were on nearly fulltread Kooks. Andy's north course wasn't as technically demanding, but you had to know where the edge of your car was, the Kook's felt vague the whole time. And the long periods of WOT favored the Suby's a bit more IMO.

And of course next year everything we know about SCCA Nats goes right out the window!!

My pictures of are here: http://www.pbase.com/mtb_zack/2005_solo_2_nationals
More pics from local guys.
http://www.pbase.com/mikeroberts/2005_solo_2_nationals
http://www.pbase.com/cwilliams/2005solonats&page=all
http://www.axwaresystems.com/pics/05Nationals/

Enjoy!