The Valiant had the new Wilwood Dynalite calipers and Córdoba 11.75 rotors for the first time, and they felt pretty good, not a lot of heavy braking zones this time so it's hard to give a full evaluation. I also ran the front 275/35/18 Bridgestone RE-71R on an 18x10 inch wheel instead of my 285/35 Hankook V2s this time, since the Hankooks seem to be going away. The Bridgestones felt great, but the Hankooks on the rear felt loose. A lot of my competitors said their cars felt loose as well so some of it may have been the track, lots of off-camber turns, tough for muscle cars. My co-driver did really well and finished 3rd in a tough field, and we kept the interloper Camaro in 4th so he wouldn't think we were easy targets compared to the Optima crowd. I narrowly held off the newly Hotchkissed 66 Mustang for the win...


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