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OK, wet and sandy in day 1...I woke up early on day 2 and decided to work on the car a little. I was feeling bad that there were people up all night working on their winged cars and corvettes... so I decided to make them feel less bad and do some stuff to my own car.So I re-attached my sway bars, swapped the tires and checked the timing. My timing was at...
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This past weekend was my first race weekend. I was hesitant to register, and didn't until maybe Monday or Tuesday the week of the race, because the weather forecast was less than optimal. The weather stations were calling for 80% chance of rain on Saturday, and although I have worked out a deal where I get tires from Hoosier extremely cheap, I still d...
My First Race Weekend Ever (is approaching... tomorrow)
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I signed up for MARRS 1. The forecast is 80% chance of rain tomorrow, and 10% chance Sunday. So not only is my first race tomorrow, my first rain race is tomorrow. I'll be glad to knock both firsts out in one shot! I have already hit a tire wall, years ago, so that first won't happen this weekend! http://mazdaracers.c.../style_emoti...
Looking for a car fix! (as in seat time and wrenching time)
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Yup, I am feeling like I need some car love, so I went to the kart track on Sunday at Summit Point Kart . I am a firm believer that seat time is seat time. I learned a lot about racecraft by doing a full season of karting about a year ago. By racecraft, I mean passing, being passed, managing road rage, managing cheaters, and having fun.I used to do A...
WDCR 2011 Spring Comp School: Day 3 Final starts and 5 Lap Race
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http://a4.sphotos.ak...4_3806216_n.jpg So, this time, I decided to stage as early as possible. I wanted to see where they would place me, and I wanted to see where they were placing everyone else, this way I could get a plan in my head for what to do when the flag dropped!It took quite a while...
After lunch, it was back to the classroom, only this time, they changed instructors, we were starting school #2.I was assigned to Jeff Werth. Turns out he is an 8 time national champ, currently drives an AS Camaro. He is a nice guy and VERY knowledgable. He asked what I wanted to learn. I told him I need to work on braking less in turn 3 and 10, and I nee...
Day 2 was interesting... My friend Brent showed up Day1 in the evening (Fri at about 5:30) and brought his toterhome for us to sleep in. That was a HUGE help not having to drive back and forth every day. But there was a trade-off, he wanted to hang out all night and drink beers. Assumably what you all would be doing on a normal track weekend. But this was...
So I took my double comp school this weekend, Thurs-Sun 3/17-3/20. Here's my story. http://mazdaracers.c...efault/cool.gif FYI. If anyone wants to know how to crew, John Hall is the best. I never had to wonder what was done on my car. Whenever I was back from class, John gave me the rundown. "Tires are good, fuel is good, b...
By this time next week, I should be driving in the first of 3 days of competition licensing school for SCCA.I just got my doctors note filled out for my medical exam:http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/198137_10150150961069120_684504119_8011927_4531098_n.jpg That's pretty cool!While I was in the Dr.'s office, we talked a little abou...
OK, I am down to 10 days now. I feel pretty good about the car at this point. It fires right up, little to no lifter ticking as it warms up. I think I am going to go with the "add" method for the oil for the school. I will do the oil adding and bleed the brakes this upcoming weekend.Bleed brakes (Saturday)Change or add oil and maybe change filter...
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