Advice for Solo Nationals Rookies

A two-time SCCA Solo National Champion and Evolution School instructor has some words of wisdom for those heading to Lincoln for the first time.

Robert Carpenter is a two-time SCCA Solo National Champion. He's an instructor for the Evolution Performance Driving School, and will be competing this year with the help of a Mazda scholarship. He finished second last year in E Street, and has a number of ProSolo titles as well – so he knows how to get it done. We asked him what advice he might have for a first-time competitor at the Solo Nationals, or any big Solo event.

"The first time it's just trying to get over the first-time jitters. It's just learning to relax, because you've got to put two good days in. You could have a fabulous first day and overlook minor things on the second day or vice versa," he says.