-Clean underside of engine & trans to check for leaks:  Check

-Install Axxis Ultimate brake pads and replace broken pad retainer springs:  Check

-Flush calipers with new Motul RBF600 fluid:  check

-Book Hotel:  Check

-Tech form: Check

Less than a week to go to the first track day of 2010.  I will change the oil in the next day or so, maybe give the car a bath if it gets warm enough and I will be rolling out Friday morning.  As usual I'll have some camera stuff with me to see how it goes.  I'm flying solo again, so I may have a little fun with it this time.  We'll have to see.

After a long and fairly boring winter, I can finally see the light.  Autocross schedules are starting to pop up, NASA has opened registration for the first few events, and the days are finally getting noticeably longer.

I'll be headed to Carolina Motorsports Park on February 14th for my first of hopefully many HPDEs this year.  The MR2 got some Axxis "Ultimate" brake pads (thanks NOPI!) to go along with the stickier R888s.  I still need to bleed the brakes and change the oil.  Otherwise, it seems to be in pretty good order.  It'd be nice if I could find a nearby autocross for a bit of a shake-down, but I think the first one of those is on the 28th in Chattanooga.

As a side note, I will be borrowing a trailer this year so I don't have a repeat of my VIR experience.  Lessons learned.

-Wheelman out.

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After a long, and somewhat droll winter off-season, I can see the light.  The first test&tunes and HDPEs start up next month and I honestly can't wait.  So the good news is the first events are only a month away.  The bad news is that the first events are only a month away.  Scant time in which to assess any issues that may have cropped up during cold-weather commuting, secure a few necessities, and knock the rust of of the driving skills. 

At least we'll see some sun and 50+ temperatures for a week or so.  That should be warm enough to see if anything is going to leak.

To the hoards of loyal reader that I like to imagine check this site daily in their quest to continue procrastinating, I bid thee happy holidays.

To the right you will find the last Daytona update in the form of some videos which I cobbled together and hastily uploaded to youtube a couple of weeks ago.  Heading into the thick of the off-season, I can promise at least one or two minor projects with which I can ably clutter this web-space, so do check back from time to time.

regards,
-Richard