Just wanted to post an update. The white epoxy is in its second full season and has held up really well. My son wipes the car down with lacquer thinner because it makes short work of the marks caused by rubber flying off of nearby cars. There are rock traps at various tracks were lots of rock gets thrown up as a result of cars going off; windshields are routinely broken. The white epoxy still looks good even though it gets pelted lap after lap. We also painted the interior with white epoxy and it isn't wearing where his feet do their magic. I look at alot of cars and most are worn to the bare metal in those areas. My son wipes the black epoxy underneath with WD40 to clean the dirt and it looks as good as the day we painted it. Make no mistake, the racecar has been beatened, banged, slammed, jammed, pushed and pulled. We've had the left front fender off beating it into shape so we could make the next outing. People are always asking me what the hell we painted it with because it is so durable. I point to the SPI banner on the quarter panel. I don't know if that helps Barry's sales but it is better than what I'm seeing on the other cars.
As for my son, he raced a limited schedule the first year but manged a 7th place finish in regional points. He raced the national championships at VIR and cruised in 5th for most of the race. He made it to 4th and then the leader got punted going into the last set of turns on the last lap. The leader came back on track right in front of my son - killed his momentum going into the last turn. He drag raced two other cars to the finish but ended up 6th. Was still a very proud moment for me to see him finish in the top 10 with the best in the country. This year, he's running a full schedule. 4 poles, 3 wins and a bunch of top 5 finishes. He's dominating the points so, knock-on-wood, he should win the regional points championship. We're headed to Watkins Glen for the national championships in September.
Thanks to SPI for such a great product!
