Had my first race in USGT this past Saturday night at Banana RC in Richardson, TX. Was running my TC7 (have a TC7.1 that is almost ready) and while I was not on pace with the regulars that race there, everyone was super supportive and encouraging, even a couple guys noticed that my lap times were improving through the evening, and encouraged me to just keep driving my line and putting down laps. Was very refreshing to have "racers" encourage rather than be annoyed that it was my first race in "their" class. I live 3+ hours from the track and it was nice to feel welcomed over being felt to be an outsider.

Thanks to all that were running @ the Banana this past Saturday for On-Road Saturday night !! Looking forward to being able to head back down to run with you guys some more.

Moreover, reading through the last several posts, the appeal of USGT to me is the realistic bodies that this class runs. I was running a PF Caddy, there were Corvettes and the Exotek P-Zero's. Cars looked great going around the track - even my Cadillac in last place!

And, of course I want to be more competitive and to be on pace with what the current guys are running lap time wise (I was on average ~0.5 to 1.0 sec slower per lap) but I will need to spend some time tuning and trying different setups. As it was, didn't have any things to change, ie., like springs, etc... I do know I would need to soften the suspension up some, as I was running the kit springs - which I'm guessing the fronts are just too stiff... Anyway, again, just wanted to thank everyone for the good time as that sure makes a difference and that all too often people don't have a good experience when running a new class the first time - especially at a track that isn't their home track.

Here's my setup at the track (1/12th scale is my first love)