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It’s been 2 weeks since we closed up the first event of the season. It’ll be about 5 weeks until we hit event #3 (6/19 at the Arnot Mall). And let’s hope that after those 5 weeks, we get a little bit better weather. To say that the 5th event was a wet one would be quite an understatement. It was a soggy one. It was beyond soggy actually. It was whatever that next level [...]
It’s a new season. With a new car. And…. not much else has changed. Well… one other thing has changed. We lost a great competitor and friend a couple weeks ago. And the event was not the same without him. We definitely missed you, Tom. But Tom wouldn’t want us to stop the show on account of him. So we proceeded as normally as we could. And turns out, the event was great. We had [...]
Along with the other calendars I’ve setup (F1 and WGI) for sharing/import into Google Calendar, I’ve just now created another new one. This one is for SCCA Pro Racing’s World Challenge series. And similar to my WGI calendar, this includes the event dates with just a location. There are no specific details on the daily schedules and really, nothing more than the World Challenge website offers – but this can at least be imported to [...]
It’s nearly time for the 2011 racing season to fully kick off… with that comes a few events at WGI, as usual. The schedule hasn’t changed a whole lot from last year – though the IndyCar (and SCCA World Challenge) series is noticeably absent in 2011. Everything else is present an accounted for. I did this recently for the F1 schedule and thought I’d do the same for WGI. I have a very simple event/date [...]
Going back to my previous post for a few minutes, I’ve been looking at a lot of different specs and stats on each of the cars. I’ve actually now started getting beyond manufacturer specs and looking at relevant details that might become important to me along the way. The first thing I added to my spreadsheet was the current SCCA Solo (autox) class each car would be in. Currently I’m in ST with my tC [...]
For those of you that have not been paying attention (or don’t follow me on Twitter), the Glen Region hosted their second Solo event of the 2010 season yesterday (the first that I have been able to attend). The event was held at our largest available venue, the Seneca Army Depot airstrip. We typically expect fast, fun, and tricky courses here. Yesterday did not disappoint. Jen and I both went up and both raced. The [...]
This is normally the time of year I’d be all excited that autox season has started. But I’m not. I’m too busy. The first Glen Region event was this past Sunday at The Shops at Ithaca Mall and I missed it. That was for good reason though – was coming home from Chad & Pam’s wedding. Their wedding > autox. I also have a fancy new DG-Spec rear sway bar to install at some point. [...]
When it comes to autox, I would call it one of the very few things that I truly enjoy doing anytime I get to do it. Even on a bad day I’m still having a good time. Normally every year you would try to improve in some way – whether it is the car or the driver or both. Usually you try for both. It’s common that many drivers spend their off season buying parts, [...]
I suppose I didn’t officially post anything on our most recent event. So here you go… We had a rallyx event outside of Syracuse (in Weedsport). Jen and I were up around 4-4:30am this past Sunday to drive 2 hours to the event. The course(s) was soft and rutted from the previous week’s rain. Nearly not drivable… and in hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have run at all. They did at least have some equipment available [...]
There was snow today. Yes… snow. It didn’t stick, but there was SNOW. FUCK! Jay Paterno noticed the snow today too. But he’s 150 miles south in State College. He tweeted these two pics today and as you can see, it stuck a bit down there. Should make for an interesting football game this weekend if it sticks around. I’m seriously not ready for snow. I mean, I am in some ways. But I do [...]
