Avoid Rubber Obstructions

As the old saying goes, an image is worth 1000 words. TSSCC Event 5 of the 2014 Championship Season went down yesterday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates Illinois. Thanks to the team at APM Tuned I was able to get most of the maintenance I wanted to do on my car in preparation from this event based on the results of previous events. Basically, I was cavitating my power steering system (because I suck at racing and over input). I decided to try and help alleviate this issue I would have the fluid replaced along with some other fluids (differential, transmission, and brakes). All of this definitely helped the car feel more solid, but since I can't seem to avoid hitting a pylon on my best runs of the day I only managed to take home 5th/16. If I hadn't of cone'd I would have been 2nd; this makes 3 events in a row where a cone on my best run has cost me 2nd in class. Time for more seat time and maybe I need to find a book about "Zen and the Art of Cone Avoidance." Until then I'll just beat myself up about it a little bit and hope to get 'em next weekend in Joliet with Chicago Region SCCA.

Placeholder for the eventual upload of the aforementioned run... if I ever decide it is worth editing/uploading.

At least this time the hiatus was only 2 months...

I'm back in the cockpit, or at least I was this weekend. There was a TSSCC and Chicago Region SCCA Twin Solo at Route 66 speedway in Joliet. Though the weekend didn't go as I would have liked it to have, I only have myself and the cones I destroyed to blame. Saturday I ended up 6/16 in class when I could have been 2nd had I not hit the cone(s) I did, and Sunday I placed 3/15 in class when again I could have been 2nd due to cone blood. I just need to get some more seat time and get some more seat time, oh and did I mention getting more seat time.

On a more positive note, I did a shakedown event with the Windy City Miata Club on the 17th of August where I managed to place first in class (Rally Class) and one this sweet mug: