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