Jul. 11, 2007 - This and That
I've realized that I haven't made a new entry in a while. Well a lot has happened , which is a big reason why you haven't heard from me.
In late may I competed in INR's event #2, and since it was my first event of the season, I was rusty. I was placed in the "extra" class since I was the only one in DSP. Needless to say I got trounced on. But it was fun as always and it helped me get the cobwebs out. Next thing was an upgrade, a pair of factory replica foglights. They work well and look stock. Intallation was a breeze, the hardest part was cutting the holes in the bumber for the lights. The only thing left to do is to get them properly adjusted. Then in June I arrived to another wet autocross at Portage High School for INR event #3. It was a blast in the wet. Because of some higher speed sweeping turns and a fairly fast slalom I spun out twice in quite a spectacular fashion taking dozens of cones with me. When I was not watching the landscape spin through my windows I was actually in great control, and I had forgotten just how satisfying throttle steering could be. And thanks to the rain letting up just before my last heat, I got some much dryer runs wich lead to a victory for me in the extra class, which is quite a long shot. But one of the best parts of the day was a friend of mine who showed up, rode along with many of the drivers, and ended up getting about triple the seat time that I did. She was grinning from ear to ear the whole time she was there. Fast forward to this past weekend. Saturday was the usual fun time, I raced well (much better than I had earlier this year), but still got destroyed in the extra class placing eigth out of ten. I was plagued by the two chicago boxes on the course all day, and I almost ran over a cornerworker who, for some reason, decided to run and get a cone just as I was coming around the corner. But the real joy was on Sunday. Since the events were back to back, we ran saturday's course backwards. And for some reason I figured out how to take the chicago boxes. Add that to the fact that I actually had some company in DSP, and I had a good battle on my hands. Most of the day he was about a few hundredths faster than me, but somehow I was able to drop more and more time to take the win by about four tenths. I was really excited, I raced well, I had good competition, and it was my birthday. On a side note, after the race I went and played in a softball game where I was three for three with an in-the-park home run, and we won by slaughter rule. It was a great day, happy birthday to me!
Here is a little picture I snapped after the Sunday event, you can see the new foglights I installed
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