After the well-earned but wholly unexpected results in the 2004 running of Cascade‘s enduro, there was never really any doubt that Eric and I would be back for 2005. Hal really had an itch to run his Porsche 944, though, so Bruce Beachman joined the team in his place. Bruce brought his experience in professional-level … Read More “30th Annual CSCC “8 Hours of the Cascades”” »
Author: Steve
Oh, the plans I had for 2004! I bought an enclosed trailer and a truck to tow it, I had more work done on the car to make it safer and more competitive, and I wanted to do 8-10 races and take second in the C Production championship. I also wanted to beat Mike Blaszczak … Read More “2004 racing year in review” »
Most sports car racing follows two formats: 20-30 minute sprints, common to club racing and series like SPEED World Challenge, and endurance racing like what you see at Le Mans (so famous they’ve made more than a few movies about it) and in series such as the ALMS. I’d always liked watching the longer races … Read More “29th Annual CSCC “8 Hours of the Cascades”” »
Having run just three race week-ends by the end of September, and with only two races to go, it was pretty clear there was no way I could even qualify for either the CP or RS championships. Since those last two races were only a week apart and I just didn’t feel like I had … Read More “Doernbecher Dash XX” »
I wasn’t able to attend the double race week-end in Spokane in July, so this was my first race in two months. Also, for one reason or another, it was the first chance I’d had to really run at my home track (which was turning into less of one all the time, I’ve been running … Read More “Hot August Days 3” »
After missing one of only three races at my home track (grr…), my second race week-end of the year was a whole month after the first. It was also the one-year anniversary of my first race, but I expected to do a little better than that (<ahem>). I was also looking forward to trying out … Read More “Chicane Challenge XII” »
My first race week-end of the year was actually the second Conference race: Although I had gone to Mission for the first race of the season, and even gotten my car run through its annual tech inspection, I ended up coming home Friday night. So, for me, my excitement for Portland also included an element … Read More “Rose City Opener XIII” »
The year 2003 was supposed to be the year I had a dedicated track car instead of forcing my street car to do double duty; maybe I would run my first race late in the summer, but I wasn’t in any hurry. Instead, 2003 saw me bust a gut getting my car ready ASAP for … Read More “2003 racing year in review” »
Going into the last race week-end of the season (points-scoring week-end, that is; there were two enduros still to run), I was a teensy bit nervous about my first experience with the high-horsepower “groundpounders” of Group 1, about which I’d heard so many unnerving stories. Little did I know that I’d get to see an … Read More “The Fall Classic in Seattle” »
In a break from the rest of the season’s “tradition,” I didn’t drive to the track until Saturday morning. This meant that I had to attend the mandatory meeting for novices and area drivers (at 8:30 in the morning), get my car run through tech, and get everything else ready before Group 1’s first practice … Read More “The Fall Classic in Seattle” »