It's been a wild ride the last couple of weeks. Optima NJMP is now over and the car is tucked away back in the Beach Cave. I couldn't have been happier about how well the car ran, It ran away from the GTV field on the Road Course by a margin of 4 secs per lap to the Challenger that Leap Frogged me for a second place overall. I barely missed a first place finish in the Speed Stop and AutoX portions to take 2nd in both of those segments. The car ran flawlessly on the Rally to the Shore and back in a very dreary nasty rain. I even set up my on board tablet to Navigate me on the way. Pretty cool, every time I needed to turn, it would mute out my Pandora Radio feed and pipe out the directions through the Speakers! Where I failed miserably was the "being a street car" portion. I only took away 63 points in the Design and Engineering judging compared to the Challenger's 98 points. That's a lot to make up on the track, but I got within 2 points but it wasn't enough. I ended up 6 points short of taking the overall win for the event. I boils down to a failed Reverse light Circuit (it was pouring rain all weekend and something shorted) and the fact that the car has no carpet in it. If not for those two, I would have won the event pretty easily. Oh well, It is what it is, that's the rules. What I did take away from the event was a lot of Respect, and that is more important to me than the trophy.

Also, on the way to NJ I was fortunate enough to have the car on display in the QA1 booth at Cruisn' Ocean City. My car rides on all QA1 suspension and it was fun talking with customers about suspensions when they came through the booth. I even met several people that recognized the car and said they have read the whole build thread! wow, that's a lot! Thanks to Eric and the QA1 team for hosting me Thursday and Friday! Look for me in the QA1 booth in the fall at LSFest!



My Dad and I having a post race chat, I'm so glad he was able to come down and be my crew chief for the weekend!


AutoX


Speed Stop


Rally Cruise


Road Course Action


I love these shots!

 

That helmet airbrushed? It's bad ***.

 

Yeah, I had a local guy here in Va Beach do it for me. I love it! the front has a bow tie and some streaming tattered checkered flags on it, It's also badass! Carbon Fibre from Black Armor, set up with coms for Chumpcar communication!

 

where in VB are you? im in smithfield, moved here 2yrs ago. i remember seeing your name here back when i was on this site more. do you do any local VA autoxs? are there any?

 

He does more track events, and the occasional ODR event. I am more active in the TSCC autocross events. I run CAM-C and have a blast. I will be running at my first OPTIMA event in Charlotte at the end of July. Beach Cruiser is an awesome guy to know and get advice from.

 

i havent been on track in 4yrs now, and havent autoxed in probably 5-6. if i ever finish working on the 87 camaro race car, and finish work on a tow rig, im going to try to get back into it. one of the main reasons i picked VA when i moved was VIR is 3hrs from smithfield.

 

that is a badass helmet

 

Hey guys, I haven't checked over here in a little while. Thanks for the compliments on the helmet! It turned out better than I expected, it is Bad ***! EchoMirage, I live at the Oceanfront in VB, I grew up in Windsor, and spent a lot of time in Smithfield (girlfriend there) where in Smithfield are you? for Local AutoX info, go to this site. http://www.autocross.us/forums/

 

im just outside of town, on the way to windsor. take waterworks, off courthouse highway, and im off that.

do you still have your ram air TA?

 

Yep, Still have the TA, I even Ran it at the new Dominion Raceway two weekends ago! She's still fast! I love passing Vettes!

 

i take it dominion opened then? the few things ive heard about it, was it was late in opening. how is it there? it should be just a 2hr drive or so for me, so it may become my new local track.