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Fall 2008 It begins again

2008-10-01T03:47:03Z

So it's been a while since I've made any real progress on the 240Z, but come the end of October I hope my weekends will finally slow down enough that I can start working on the car again with the intention of getting it running before Christmas! The Corvette Read More......(read more)

I will miss her

2008-10-01T03:25:10Z

So the final days are now ticking down. I have two, maybe three days of driving the Corvette left before we leave for Amsterdam. Natalie will be flying back from Amsterdam and meeting John (the new owner) at the airport next Friday so he can take posession of the car. I was getting the mail tonight and saw the car sitting half in the garage and half out, where I had parked it, in the light, it looked Read More......(read more)

Solo Nationals results

2008-09-19T22:52:24Z

Blah to my finish at the Solo Nationals! Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More......(read more)

Solo Nationals Day 3 (Day 1 for SS/SSL)

2008-09-19T02:57:52Z

Natalie is 9th of 12 in her first Solo Nationals (6th event ever). Beth is sitting in 7th I believe. Dave is in 30th, I am in 25th. We aren't that far off on time, but the SS competition is tight!!!! Sorry, I'm going to bed! Will post more tomorrow. Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More......(read more)

Solo Nationals Tuesday (Day 1)

2008-09-17T03:34:42Z

So I am exhausted and won't be making this a long blog post. Today was Day #1 of the SCCA TireRack Solo Nationals. I spent almost all day today in the timing trailers trying, with Darrin, to make the live results functionality work. Unfortunately we were unable to get it working! After that I met up with Natalie as she arrived today shortly afternoon, I took her to where she needed to check in to her Read More......(read more)

Monday at the Solo Nationals

2008-09-16T04:37:43Z

So today I had a full day scheduled. I went to the event site around 9:30, after a swing by McDonalds to pick up a quick bite for breakfast. From there I parked the car and hopped on my bicycle to ride over to the Solo Performance garage to hang out and work on my book proposal that I need to get out. At noon I had a meeting with the other announcers for the Solo Nationals, it was an interesting meeting, Read More......(read more)

ProSolo Finale Saturday results

2008-09-14T04:20:26Z

Well I managed to fall one position today into 8th place. I was faster on the left side, but managed to redlight that run as I changed where I was launching from and got a much better launch than I expected. I picked up 3tenths or so on the right side. I would have moved up to 6th had I not redlighted that run. Oh well, maybe another year! Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit Read More......(read more)

Funny Autocross Video

2008-09-02T16:23:37Z

Here's the autocross video of Natalie's third run on Saturday at the Kansas City National Tour. The cone lodged under the car is from the codriver, it ended up causing a 2 second penalty and determining the class order for the weekend! Read more about that on the blog post from last night. For the video read the full post. Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More......(read more)

Kansas City National Tour Short Results

2008-09-01T02:57:00Z

3 of 5 drivers in the CorvetteZ06.org team finished in 3rd this weekend. Natalie finished third in SSL, Dave finished Third in ASP, and I finished third in SS. Beth finished 2nd in SSL and managed to win the only tire this weekend, Tom ended up having to deal with some family business in KC after taking his runs on Saturday so he was unable to run on Sunday. Hopefully his father-in-law is doing better. Read More......(read more)

Why KC won't see another National Tour

2008-08-30T23:59:04Z

Reason #1? Because Competitors get shot before the event. Unfortunately one of the CP competitors was involved in an attempted car jacking this morning that turned into a shooting. Lots of rumors about what happened, not quite sure what all really went down, but I do know that Amo was shot in the leg, and the suspects got away. http://www.kmbc.com/news/17347796/detail.html Share this post: Email it! Read More......(read more)

On The Road Again KC National Tour

2008-08-29T18:58:31Z

Off we are headed to Kansas City for the National Tour. This will be Natalie's first National event, heck her first out of town event! More updates tomorrow. Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More......(read more)

Last local event for 2008

2008-08-25T05:38:48Z

Today we ran the last local event of 2008 for the CorvetteZ06.org team here in St. Louis. It was another successful day today, the car taking FTD, Top Pax, 3rd on Pax and top on the Ladies Pax as well! This is the fourth time this year (out of 6) that I was able to finish on top of Pax. I'm pleased with this result, though I won't win overall Pax for the year, had the points been normal this year (6 Read More......(read more)

So what comes next?

2008-08-21T02:04:32Z

Now that the Corvette is pretty much sold, I will have it for a few more weeks, but John will get it some time after the Solo Nationals, I am trying to figure out what comes next? I was thinking something along the lines of a used BMW barge, maybe a 5 or 7 Series, but Terec reminded me that I have to stick with the Z in whatever I purchase, so if I want a bimmer that pretty much leaves me to a Z3-4 Read More......(read more)

For Sale No Longer?

2008-08-19T13:12:22Z

It looks like the Corvette Z06 has found a new home, John V will be taking it back east sometime after Nationals. John's a good friend of mine from back in the day when I used to beat him in B-Stock! :) I'm starting to get sad that the car will be going away, but I am glad it is going to a good home, someone who will autocross her just as much if not more than I have. We've still got a month or so Read More......(read more)

New Look and New Video

2008-08-17T03:57:48Z

I spent the day today cleaning up the Corvette and then setup the new look of the car for the upcoming Solo Nationals. A big thanks to Dave at www.SoloPerformance.com for getting the vinyl cut yesterday. It took me pretty much all afternoon to get this done, with washing the car, clay barring a few parts of the car, polish and wax, applying the vinyl then another wash. I think the car turned out great, Read More......(read more)