East Course – 5/26/2014 Day 2 of the tour started like Day 1 did – with a downpour of rain overnight. It again looked like dry runs were going to be hard to come by. The East Course drains water much much slower than the West Course due to it being a drain for pretty…
West Course – 5/25/2014 Sunday was the first day of the National Tour portion of Spring Nats. We woke up in the morning to a completely soaked course and drizzling all morning. Rain has been the story all weekend, and Sunday was no different. However, the course completely, completely dried by 2nd heat while I…
First nationals level outing for me ever in Lincoln, Nebraska! Enjoyed a nice 8-9hr drive coming from St. Louis on Thursday morning. I have to say – this is a not a novice/noobie friendly event. Not just as far as driving obviously, but also just in terms of finding the site, figuring out what to…
After struggling the last few events, this was not a bad way to end the first third of the season! I can’t believe that was my tenth even so far, including schools and test n tunes. As usual with St. Louis events, I work registration, and then I take a solid 3-4 course walks before…
First of a double header this weekend. Not too much to say about it, other than it was an interesting course featuring a figure 8 style loop & a very straight line start. The car handled great but as usual I still need some work. I don’t think I’m driving the car as fast as…
Given that I was so late/lost to the first Chicago event, I decided to crash at a ratty motel in Joliet so I could get plenty of sleep before the event, as well as get out early to walk the course. I didn’t want to have any excuses this time, and wanted a good gauge to…
Event #2 for the St. Louis Region Solo took place at the Family Arena, where all the events were last year. With the big mulch pile gone, we had a lot more useable space for this event, though the asphalt is really starting to break up now here.. I had just come back from a…
St Louis region is where I have the most data from last year and what I’ve been most looking forward to as far as competing. Despite my best efforts last year in the old car, I ended the year 38th in PAX overall. No doubt this has a lot to do with me racing in…
A few things worth noting before I jump into the event reviews: the MINI is running great on the Pennzoil Ultra so far – oil analysis will let me know just how good it does, but feels great – smoother than OEM MINI oil for sure. I hit a solid 43mpg at one point with…
Posting up some pictures from the CCSCC’s 1st event! Like seeing the suspension move, not a lot of drama here.
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