I stopped by the first annual Hardin Valley Academy car show this morning. Since I was there I registered the NSX in the "Foreign" catch-all class and hung around.
At the end of the day I left with a 1st place trophy in that class (based on popular vote). Although the event was lightly
attended, I really appreciated the result in light of what that car has gone through.
In other local news,
3-Zero is offering a promotion for the HIN/NOPI shows of $5 off adult ticket prices. Details on/around the banner to
the left!
Having arrived back from CMP with the MR2 still suffering from thermal incontinence, it may be a little while before
I hit the track again. Probably a month or two. The NSS events have either been rescheduled or fall on a weekend
where I am unavailable due to prior commitments. I believe I will still be able to make the annual pilgrimage to Pocono,
so that should provide my mid-year fix for all things expensive and exclusive.
On a positive note from the weekend,
I've moved one step closer to a competition license with NASA. This may not be evidenced by my execution of
turn 14 in the video to the left, but I assure you I fixed that :).
Talladega Night (well, morning & early-afternoon really)
Talladega
Grand Prix Raceway is located just a bit south of Anniston and Oxford Alabama, in the middle of some farm country. It
was built with motorcycles in mind so there is very little to run into if you leave the track (a fact to which TJ can attest).
This makes it a perfect learning environment for folks on track for the first time and/or learning a new car (as in my case). The
staff is very friendly and accomodating, and the facility although small, is well kept.
We were visiting
as part of a small lapping day organized by a member of the Chattanooga Region SCCA. There were a maximum of 5
cars per run-group which resulted in plenty of elbow room on track. It was by-and-large a pretty relaxed day at the
track in spite of the typically humid deep-south weather, and a few thunder showers.
Crap, I've done it
again! A hopelessly ambitious title up to which the short paragraph to follow has no chance of living. Oh well.
Pocono this year entertained for a number of reasons not least of which were the cars present. My shutter snapped
at some of the rarest Ferraris in existance, some of the fastest Alfa Romeos in the world, the newest offerings
from Lamborghini and Aston Martin, not to meantion the dearth of slightly less rarified, but no less arresting rolling
sculptures. I operated a bit of a ramshackle blog (click here), in between showfield and track days over the weekend. Honestly, half the fun of attenting such events come from sharing
the experience.
You can find pictures here: CLICK! and here: CLICK! *If you'd like a full-res version of anything you see or if you'd like to see
if we have more of any particular car (pictures shown are a drop in the bucket), drop us an e-mail.
You
can find videos (in addition to the one below) here: CLICK!!
Now, for those of you who have wondered what an FXX sounds like at full song, and not in a video game:
CMP, slightly warmer:
Much to my relief, I
arrived on friday to something other than a blizzard this time. A semi-frustrating, but over-all fun weekend ensued.
The
history lesson continues. I probably shouldn't have said that because it sounds educational, causing many of you
to lose interest immediately. Seriously, watch them, it'll be good for you.
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