Think Racing

So now that I know where I am heading in the short term – PDX style, I located an event close to home. There are many options through both the SCCA and NASA.

And here at home, there are two representative SCCA regions within North Carolina - The North Carolina Region (NCR) which serves the eastern part of the state and the Central Carolina Region (CCR) which covers the western part – that you can participate in.

It was late August and I located a September PDE event put on by the CCR at Carolina Motorsports Park (www.carolinamotorsportspark.com)

It is next week – Friday, September 15 – Sunday, September 17). Tech Friday night, classroom instruction followed by two 20 minute session on Saturday with the same schedule on Sunday.

My dad is flying down from Virginia to crew for me. Meanwhile, I have been scurrying about in preparation ensuring that my car was ready and able to pass tech.

I only work on my car during the weekends and normally for only half the day at best then. I value my time with family and do not want my hobby to interrupt my time with them. Given the public nature of this community, I don’t discuss them much, but my time with them is more important than anything else that I do.

However, my wife is a giving person and takes on the burden of caring for the kids while I bury myself in grease and parts J

Projects of late have included replacing the brake rotors (I went from standard to the cross drilled version which dissipate heat and water better) and pads to cure the shimmy that came from a warped right front rotor. I also have bled the braking system, reconnected the windshield wipers (a tech requirement), have changed the fluids and prepped my newly acquired trailer.

Progress continues and now, in the remaining days, I will knock a few smaller items, prepare items for packing and clean the car. I read somewhere that a clean race car is a happy one. If anything, it fits with my desire to be as professional and buttoned up as possible.