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I'd like to give a HUGE thanks to John Dearing and SoCal for helping out all week. Also, as SoCal pointed out, Joe went WAYYYY out of his way to help us out. They did an unbelievable job to pull off 3rd place in what was easily the most competitive class in a field of over 130 drivers. Viper Days drivers better watch out for these two in the future. Hopefully Zorro's (John) ABS will get fixed soon so there won't be a massive run on front tires.

Those of you that don't have Stop-Tech brakes are crazy! We put 2400 miles (almost half of that on the track) on a 3400+ pound ACR and only had to change the front pads once! Unfortunately, the Schleys weren't there to do it, so I attempted it on my own. I promptly stripped out the bridge bolt with what I'd like to assume is my Herculean strength. I left a message from Thunderhill at 4:00PM asking them to FedEx a new bolt to Buttonwillow. At 9:00AM Matt Weiss showed up with new bolts, new rotors, tools and spent the rest of the day helping both of us out and getting ready for the next event. I can't say enough about those brakes and the company behind it.

John Purner from Complete Custom Wheel was also amazing. Having never really run street tires and having 12" front rims (no Michelins) I thought we'd run Pirellis. After the second session of the first day, the P Zero Asymetrico rears were throwing chunks of tire at everyone behind me. Purner Fedexed a ton of tires to us to experiment with to find a decent setup and just told us to return what we didn't need for a full refund. I can honestly say that we know the best setup to run for true street tires--bar none. CCS rims are great too. I bent an inner shell whilst bouncing over a huge curb at Streets of Willow. When I hit it, I was amazed that the rim didn't break in half. He sent me just an inner shell and we put it back together in no time. The best wheels by far.

Finally, I'd like to thank Erik Messley at EMI racing for setting up the suspension on the ACR and Dave Jenkins at Neighborhood Service for doing all of the last minute preparations. I can guarantee that there isn't a street Viper that handles even remotely as well as my car. Erik didn't just bolt on a set of expensive shocks and call it a day. We've been through virtually every combination of spring rates/shock settings known to man to find the perfect balance.

Everybody who does track events needs to plan on doing OTC next year. This event is going to be huge in the upcoming years. A few One Lap participants entered OTC and all of them liked OTC much better. This was easily the best event I've ever done, but wouldn't have been nearly as enjoyable without the help of the aforementioned people. Thanks guys.