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.
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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.
As discretion oft proves the better part of valor, brevity
oft proves the better part of writing. Due to some mild retardation I have no video from my HPDE outing and
thus, on this occasion, I must hang my hat on mere words and pictures.
I will admit to some trepidation as
I unloaded my car in a driving snow storm on Friday the 12th. Camden, SC where I lodged received, in fact, 5 inches
of accumulation in about 12 hours Friday night. Fortunately, all was not lost.
UPDATE: So, as I posted in the blog section to the left, all went well. I ran somewhat
of a mini-blog on Tennspeed, and I am way too lazy to transcribe the entire thing, so in lieu of actual work, here is a link:
So, we are at it again. We loaded the GT2 onto the trailer yesterday
(Wednesday 11/11) and headed south. We pulled in today and with a favorable weather forecast, it looks like some pretty
slick stuff is going to come out of the woodwork. I snapped a few teaser pics in the garage earlier this evening, but
will post more. The link below will take you to all pictures:
Better
late to the headlines than never. TJ finally managed to get the 240 up and completely running a month or so ago.
Now it is just an issue of a little polish and fine-tuning. In honor of this momentous occasion, 3-Zero productions
presents....a ridiculous video montage
It snowed
here in Knoxville recently, and I was reminded how very incompetent most people are at driving in the white stuff. To
wit, I present to you, "how it's done":
