Despite the presence of ‘Pro’ in the name, you don’t have to be a professional racecar driver to compete in ProSolo events. These events incorporate the head-to-head competition utilizing a ‘Christmas Tree’ starting light of drag racing into autocross. A single-elimination bracket is used to decide winners in the Super Challenge and Ladies Challenge, with an additional Bonus Challenge for drivers who did not qualify for the other two brackets based on margin of victory.

John Li describes the course in his post to OppositeLock: “There are two mirrored courses, or as close to mirrored as possible considering the site limitations. To account for any inconsistencies between the two courses, you do both sides at a time, and your score for the event is the best left side time plus your best right side time. Each competitor gets three sets of runs consisting of four runs each: two on the left and two on the right. In each set, these runs are done essentially back-to-back-to-back-to-back, with no allowance to return back to grid to do things like setup changes or tire management.”

As Li described throughout his account of the weekend, most drivers have a preference between sides of the course. Whether it’s a preference of direction or the car is not perfectly balanced, one side will typically be better than the other. That is part of the excitement of ProSolo.

For Li’s full post, including a mouth-watering review on the food available at the Blytheville event, click here.

There are three ProSolo events remaining in the season: Packwood, WA, Wilmington, OH and the Finale in Lincoln, NE. Click here for more information on ProSolo and upcoming events.