Although both Group 1 (SPO) and the one-hour enduro were options, I elected to only run ST for what was turning out to be my last sprint week-end of the season (other commitments) Looking at the entries for Group 4, with loads of GT1 and GT2 cars, plus some fast ITE cars, the cars in … Read More “The Dash XXXVIII” »
(preceded by the Northwest Mini-Enduro Series 2-hour season finale) For reasons I won’t bother going into (ugh, money, what else?), I’d only planned on doing one race in 2015, so that I could keep my car number and primarily to keep my license current. I had talked to a team about running the fall enduro … Read More “8 Hours of the Cascades” »
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 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”” »
A trouble-free week-end in Seattle a couple weeks earlier had me confident of finally having a good outing at Portland with the M3… but I’d felt that way before. A strangely-rare opportunity to race against Lou Greenberg’s 1995 M3 (essentially the same engine/intake/exhaust modifications as me, but still with the original body panels) had me … Read More “Jim Swanson Memorial XI” »
After the teething problems (and other, uh, “episodes“) that kept me from racing much last year, and especially after the enduro earlier this year, I was rarin’ to go racing with the M3. Unfortunately, and despite a decent end-of-year race in 2006 and an awesome day with the BMW Club in February, there was more … Read More “Rose City Opener XVI” »
After my one-year hiatus from the Cascade enduro, 2007 saw the return of the driving lineup for the 2005 race, as well as a crew of endurance race veterans (the sole exception being Stephen Guy, who bravely showed up in his very pretty, street-trim 968), ready to take on the P1 class. The scheduled repaving … Read More “32nd Annual CSCC “8 Hours of the Cascades”” »
Not counting three enduros in someone else’s car, I haven’t raced in two years. Obviously, this wouldn’t have done anything beneficial as far as my racing skills are concerned, but running a new car meant there was always going to be an element of “rebuilding” this season. Having said that, being forced to wait for … Read More “Jim Swanson Memorial X” »
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”” »
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”” »