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Wheel Lust

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:35:17 +0000

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CA Track Days

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:15:05 +0000

Another compendium of California Track Days.

2010 Tentative Race/Practice Schedule

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:48:20 +0000

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

Revised (Very) Tentative Schedule

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:20:52 +0000

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

2010 (Very) Tentative Race Schedule

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:17:28 +0000

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

Adding Lightness to an E30 M3

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:29:49 +0000

Some vendors …

Motorsports Calendar

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:40:23 +0000

Are you logged into Google Calendar? And have I shared this calendar with you? If not, this post won’t be very exciting.

No Problem Raceway

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:52:56 +0000

A “motorsports resort” between New Orleans and Lafayette.

Circuit Grand Bayou at No Problem Raceway Park.

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It’s always something …

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:23:07 +0000

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 wanted a 3.2 anyway

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:39:35 +0000

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.