Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
This Seasons Schedule.
I guess I should post up our schedule for anyone that is following along and interested:
Homestead-Miami Speedway (Double-Header)
March 14, 2009 - March 15, 2009
Barber Motorsports Park (Double-Header)
April 18, 2009 - April 19, 2009
New Jersey Motorsports Park
May 02, 2009 - May 03, 2009
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
May 17, 2009 - May 17, 2009
Mosport International Raceway
Jun 13, 2009 - Jun 14, 2009
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Jun 20, 2009 - Jun 20, 2009
Autobahn Country Club
Jul 25, 2009 - Jul 26, 2009
Miller Motorsports Park
Sep 19, 2009 - Sep 19, 2009
Homestead-Miami Speedway (Double-Header)
March 14, 2009 - March 15, 2009
Barber Motorsports Park (Double-Header)
April 18, 2009 - April 19, 2009
New Jersey Motorsports Park
May 02, 2009 - May 03, 2009
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
May 17, 2009 - May 17, 2009
Mosport International Raceway
Jun 13, 2009 - Jun 14, 2009
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Jun 20, 2009 - Jun 20, 2009
Autobahn Country Club
Jul 25, 2009 - Jul 26, 2009
Miller Motorsports Park
Sep 19, 2009 - Sep 19, 2009
Getting ready for Road Atlanta testing
Well, the car is in the trailer. The trailer is hooked to the truck. And I'm sitting here at the computer waiting to go testing tomorrow. We'll be up at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga at an SCCA test day trying to get some more hours withe me in the car on a track i'm familiar with. It'll be nice to have some times to compare to... If I can match last years times I'll be very very happy.
Here we are getting ready to go:
Here we are getting ready to go:
Friday, February 13, 2009
On Track Pictures from CMP
Here we go! Some great pictures by Travis Rhoads from CMP this past weekend.
Photo Copyright Travis Rhoads:TR PhotoStudio
Photo Copyright Travis Rhoads:TR PhotoStudio
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Picture of the car before going to CMP
This was before we put the contingency stickers on, I'll post some new pictures with all the stickers on when i get 'round to it.
Testing at CMP
Well... After a little over a month of staring and drooling over the car sitting in the shop we finally got to take it out for some testing at the NASA Winter Meltdown at Carolina Motorsports Park. We finished up getting the stickers put on the car Friday morning just before we packed up the car and started heading up to Kershaw, South Carolina. Friday was rather uneventful, I drove the truck and trailer up while Dad slept in the passenger seat, David O'Dell followed us up with his truck and trailer which held Dad's Panoz. Friday afternoon we arrived at the track, went through registration/tech and got all settled in. Friday night consisted of quizno's subs, heading back to to the hotel and hitting the sack early.
Saturday morning rolls around and of course I wake up at 4:00 AM 'cause I'm so anxious to get out on the track. I toss and turn a few hours until it's time for breakfast at the Colony Inn. We get to the track, attend the all hands meeting, pull the cars out and check them over one last time. Then finally... it's time to drive the car. The moment of truth. First time out on track is Thunder Practice. Cold morning, cold tires, cold brain... but AMAZING. The Ford Racing Mustang is quite the performer. We get a good 6-7 laps and I'm just starting to get a feel for the car before they throw the checkered flag. I come to the garages and get a debriefing from David, my crew chief, and then it's back to the waiting game. Next couple sessions out is Time Trials, no pressure, just getting some more seat time. Car felt great again, David made a few adjustments and loosened it up for me. Thunder qualifying comes up and I qualify first in the Miller Cup class, 3rd overall. Lunch time rolls around. Again... I have to wait to drive. GREAT.
Saturdays Thunder Race went great. Set some times that we're happy about and ended up 5th on track behind some pretty quick cars. Over Time Trials went well too, final results put me at 4th fastest of the day behind some porsches and vettes.
Sunday brought the same events as Saturday, Time Trials and Thunder qualifying/races. Time Trial session one was just getting the car warmed up and myself warmed up for the day. Thunder qualifying came around and I was determined to get some quicker times out of it so we tweaked the set up a little and went out to see what we could do. All went well and we knocked about 1/2 second off of our lap times from Saturday. This put us on the pole of the AI/AIX/CMC/Miller Cup starting pack. Thunder Race rolls around and all goes extremely well. Ended up 11th on track but second in the pack I started with.
Overall, we had a great weekend. I was super stoked about getting to drive the car so much at a track I was familiar with. I can't wait to get out there and run with some other FRMC cars at Homestead-Miami coming up in March.
I've got videos and pictures of the whole weekend I'll get posted as soon as I can.
Saturday morning rolls around and of course I wake up at 4:00 AM 'cause I'm so anxious to get out on the track. I toss and turn a few hours until it's time for breakfast at the Colony Inn. We get to the track, attend the all hands meeting, pull the cars out and check them over one last time. Then finally... it's time to drive the car. The moment of truth. First time out on track is Thunder Practice. Cold morning, cold tires, cold brain... but AMAZING. The Ford Racing Mustang is quite the performer. We get a good 6-7 laps and I'm just starting to get a feel for the car before they throw the checkered flag. I come to the garages and get a debriefing from David, my crew chief, and then it's back to the waiting game. Next couple sessions out is Time Trials, no pressure, just getting some more seat time. Car felt great again, David made a few adjustments and loosened it up for me. Thunder qualifying comes up and I qualify first in the Miller Cup class, 3rd overall. Lunch time rolls around. Again... I have to wait to drive. GREAT.
Saturdays Thunder Race went great. Set some times that we're happy about and ended up 5th on track behind some pretty quick cars. Over Time Trials went well too, final results put me at 4th fastest of the day behind some porsches and vettes.
Sunday brought the same events as Saturday, Time Trials and Thunder qualifying/races. Time Trial session one was just getting the car warmed up and myself warmed up for the day. Thunder qualifying came around and I was determined to get some quicker times out of it so we tweaked the set up a little and went out to see what we could do. All went well and we knocked about 1/2 second off of our lap times from Saturday. This put us on the pole of the AI/AIX/CMC/Miller Cup starting pack. Thunder Race rolls around and all goes extremely well. Ended up 11th on track but second in the pack I started with.
Overall, we had a great weekend. I was super stoked about getting to drive the car so much at a track I was familiar with. I can't wait to get out there and run with some other FRMC cars at Homestead-Miami coming up in March.
I've got videos and pictures of the whole weekend I'll get posted as soon as I can.
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