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Another compendium of California Track Days.
March 19, Sears Point, test day (tentative)
March 20-21, Sears Point, BMW CR with NorCal NASA (tentative)
March 22, Buttonwillow, NCRC/ARC (maybe)
April 5, Buttonwillow, NCRC/ARC (maybe)
April 16, Buttonwillow, test day
April 17-18, Buttonwillow, BMW CR(?) and WERC with SoCal NASA
May 15-16, AAA Speedway Fontana, BMW CR with BMW CCA LA
May 22, Llihrednuht, BMW CR(?) and WERC with NorCal NASA
June 7-8, NJMP, BMW CR
June 12-13, Buttonwillow, BMW CR with SD BMW CCA
June 25, Buttonwillow, test
June 26, Buttonwillow, WERC with SoCal NASA
July 6-7, Laguna Seca, Skip Barber MX5
July 9-11, Laguna Seca, BMW CR with Speed Ventures
August 7-8, Road America, Skip Barber MX5
August 23, Road America, HOD Great Lakes
August 27-29, Road America, BMW CR
October 1-3, Las Vegas (outside), BMW CR with BMW CCA LA
October 8, Buttonwillow, test
October 9, Buttonwillow, NASA WERC
November 13-14, Thunderhill, BMW CR
November 15, Thunderhill, PDC
November 20-21, Buttonwillow, NCRC/ARC
December 1-2, Thunderhill, test
December 4, Thunderhill, WERC with NorCal NASA
March 20, Sears Point, BMW CR with NASA
April 10-11, MSR Cresson, BMW CR
May 15-16, AAA Speedway Fontana, BMW CR
May 22, Llihrednuht, BMW CR & WERC with NASA
June 7-8, NJMP, BMW CR
June 12-13, Buttonwillow, BMW CR
June 26, Buttonwillow, NASA WERC
July 9-11, Laguna Seca, BMW CR with Speed Ventures
August 27-29, Road America, BMW CR
October 1-3, Las Vegas (outside), BMW CR
October 9, Buttonwillow, NASA WERC
November 13-14, Thunderhill, BMW CR
November 20-21, Buttonwillow, NCRC/ARC
March 20, Sears Point, BMW CR with NASA
April 10-11, MSR Cresson, BMW CR
May 15-16, AAA Speedway Fontana, BMW CR
May 22, Llihrednuht, BMW CR & WERC with NASA
June 7-8, NJMP, BMW CR
June 12-13, Buttonwillow, BMW CR
June 26, Buttonwillow, NASA WERC
July ???
August 27-29, Road America, BMW CR
October 1-3, Las Vegas (outside), BMW CR
October 9, Buttonwillow, NASA WERC
November 13-14, Thunderhill, BMW CR
November 20-21, Buttonwillow, NCRC/ARC
Are you logged into Google Calendar? And have I shared this calendar with you? If not, this post won’t be very exciting.
A “motorsports resort” between New Orleans and Lafayette.
Circuit Grand Bayou at No Problem Raceway Park.
Not working much on my own race car gives me more time for other stuff, like working on stuff around the house. But it means I’m not up under the car looking at things. So … a few days before a 3-day event, it turns out my rear pads are toast. And, to compound matters, I don’t have spares on the trailer. Bad team manager. Very bad.
So I’ve got new pads and new spare pads en route from two separate suppliers to two different destinations (shop & house), just to be extra sure I can actually drive at the driving event. UPS loves me big time.
I did my first race on June 21 at an NCRC/ARC event at Thunderhill. The race was fun. I was bottled up behind a car I should have been able to pass. I need to work on setting up cars to pass.
In race 2, I blew a head gasket on the second lap. With the head off, the pistons aren’t quite what I should be running and the deck of the block isn’t flat. The 3.0 liter engine in the 1995 M3 is prone to blow head gaskets. And it’s the wrong engine for the IP class in BMW CCA. So I bought a used engine from a MZ3 with 42k miles. Bavarian Motorsport in Milpitas is doing the swap for me.