After having about full month off from our local Autocross events I was ready to get the Project SI back on the track and chasing some cones.   July 24th marked this season’s third Snake River SCCA NocternoX event, start at 4pm and race until midnight.  These events are starting to become very popular in Boise and pulling a bigger and bigger crowd of spectators each time.   Something about the track layout when the sun goes down, the track changes that adds a new challenge to the racing.  This would be the Project SI’s first event since the addition of the vehicle wrap and the Go-Power MotorSports exhaust, so needless to say I was really excited to be at this event.

After walking the course I quickly realized this would be a tough event for the Project SI due to the long back stretch would be a handicap for me, but hopefully the front twists would be the equalizer.   Getting out on the track it ended up being a bit tighter of a track then it looked like when walking it, however that didn’t stop the SI from getting into 3rd gear on the back stretch.   During the first sessions of runs I set the pace for the class having about a .3 second lead on 2nd place, time to work on that.  At night the I just couldn’t seem to better the first sessions top time and dropped from first to third place by the end of the day.   Trying to not hold my head down I  have remind myself the caliber of cars I am running against in the Project SI and having people walk up and say that they are amazed at how fast the SI is helps finish the day on a positive note.   When final results were posted I finished in 3rd place (out of 12) for my local class and 32nd (out of 88) in RAW time.

Here are some photos take by Greg Myers

Also, here are a couple videos from the event:

1st Video is me racing at night:

2nd Video I made as a compilation of the event: