A young man brought a 2009 Piper to the St. Louis Region Solo yesterday. He ran the club race at Gateway last week and the car is still set up for racing. He run the entire course in first gear. He lugged the engine off the line and in a couple of slow parts of the course. Most street cars were on the rev limiter in second gear near the finish, but he was still well under his redline. He finished with a low 52 second time. Dave Whitworth set fast time of 48.3 in his EM Mustang.

I thought the 52 was pretty good for a car still prepped for Gateway. He is a really nice guy and the Piper is beautiful. My fat butt sure as hell won't fit in it, though.