Well: Even with pretty modest goals for racing in 2013, I raced a lot less than I’d planned. I guess, if the way I’m wired continues to cause me to put racing after all my other obligations, I shouldn’t let this surprise me every season…
Not quite the first time out with the new car, having done a Test ‘n’ Tune the prior September, but the first where I’d really be pushing myself. Of course, it’d also be my first chance at competition in almost two years and, just to add another dimension, my first time racing at Portland without … Read More “Rose City Opener XXII” »
Having made the surprise decision in late 2011 to sell my car and get out of racing, you wouldn’t think there would be much in the way of racing to talk about… and you’d be right. Pretty much.
A year that saw a major and very positive change to the car… but one not without consequences.
Having missed my “usual” team’s run to an overall win at the Portland enduro in 2010, but interested to get back onboard for this year’s return to an 8-hour, I found myself without a ride as they were bringing back the 2010 line-up. I talked to a couple other possible teams, but my heart wasn’t … Read More “36th Annual CSCC “8 Hours of the Cascades”” »
Kind of an odd, not to mention abbreviated, season, but with one very strong positive.
Back in 2009, the 5 or 6 guys in the “Ground Pounder Drivers Association” (they all drive big ol’ tube-framed stock cars) decided to organize a kart enduro that would raise money for the ICSCC race workers’ fund. It was, by all accounts, a big success, with everyone having a great time and a fair … Read More “2nd Annual GPDA “6 Heuers of Kartrrera Panolympia”” »
My sixth season of racing started well enough, quite well, but ended prematurely for reasons that had nothing to do with racing, or even me personally. Next year, unfortunately, looks worse.
If you’ve read my report for the previous running of this race, back in the fall of 2007, you’d know that I’d intended to run my car in an enduro for the first time, but the costs associated with giving it full-fledged enduro capability were looking to be a fair bit more than I’d expected. … Read More “Four Hours of Pacific Raceways” »
Oh dear… another season where what I thought was going to happen and what actually did happen took one look at each other and ran in opposite directions. Still, and based on why the season went the way it did as much as how it went, I’m feeling pretty good about next year. (Yes, I … Read More “2007 racing year in review” »