Welp, track day 43 did not go as planned. Coming into the event, I was thinking I'd be getting some data on the new to me Vitour P1 tires along with in general getting used to driving them on the track. Maybe even set a nice PB since the weather was...
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The first track day of the year for PNW'ers tends to be a big deal, as folks have had all winter to wrench on their car. That's also a long time to build up some rust with. I was no exception to all of this, and so this post will be a bit longer...
Updated 1 month 1 hour ago
First race is in the books! With a lot of work and effort we pulled off a pretty amazing rookie debut with no penalties / black flags, no off track mishaps or spins, and we managed to finish 4th in B class (out of 14 cars) and 12th overall (out of...
Updated 1 month 3 weeks ago
As my C5 Corvette project ownership carries on longer, the Corvette is quickly becoming less and less of a street car and more and more of an outright track sled. At first for safety I simply trusted just them OEM roll protection....
Updated 6 months 1 day ago
The final event of 2024 (barring any unforseen last minute days at the Ridge) was an AX event at PIR with Bridge City Autosports. They do a bunch of Autocross, and for whatever reason we haven't run with them prior to this event, but now that we...
Updated 1 month 13 hours ago
After a succesfull first season with the Accord and getting our team on track the focus has now shifted to getting the car the rest of the way race worthy! There were definitely some improvements made during the first season of getting our team...
Updated 7 months 22 hours ago
The EBC SR series brake pads are a a relatively new brake pad to the "race" scene as of 2022 or so. When I first heard about these, they weren't really discussed in many articles and barely discussed even by EBC in press releases. The few shops that...
Updated 7 months 1 week ago
Coming into this track day I had a bit of a gap driving, and had actually been driving our Lemons Accord more. Fortunately, I was able to wrap up a few last minute modifications to get the car ready to go for the event.Weight Reduction with a...
Updated 6 months 3 weeks ago
So a lot happened since the last track day. Specifically, we unloaded the car and noticed that the steering pump sounded horrible, and we also needed to manage some really high trans temperatures we were seeing. While our small trans cooler was an...
Updated 7 months 2 weeks ago
Leading up To The EventComing fresh off the tail of the previous OnGrid time attack weekend, I had some work to do both to my car and my kit.On the Corvette, my brake booster had failed so that required swapping out. I had hoped for a bit it was...