Sean is planning on attending Great North Woods in the end of October. He’s got a gigundo list of things to buy / fix / finish. He found out about a racing shop down in Marlboro, MA. that had Sparco suits in stock, plus they could order other
stuff he needed to finish the car.

Saturday morning Christine and I met Andrew, Sabrina, Sean, and John down off 495. The Race Depot is a cool shop. Greg helped me try on race suits - while Andrew bought an assortment of Nomex gear. Sean and Andrew had already
been fitted, and had their Sparco Sprint 5 suits ordered. Greg suggested that I sit in the suit to see if it pulled anywhere, and I asked if I could go sit in the Corbeau’s. I like the Sprint 5, but I also like the two tone Fashion 5.

Are you a race car driver or what?!

What else am I up to? Now that I have corporate sponsorship. In the next few months will start to ramp up the final pieces of the car. I took about 2 hours last week, and made a list of everything I needed to do
to the car. (I’ll be putting it on the site soon) We flushed the radiator again last weekend, and tightened some seat bolts on Saturday.

Sunday, Christine and I traveled up to Maine to see my parents, take in some sights, and rip up some pavement!
Cumberland Motor Club has an event at the Augusta Civic Center a couple times a year, and they always run a smooth event. This weekend was no exception.

Street Mod. Street Modified. I’m not sure what that term is supposed to mean. To the SCCA it means “catch all”. Say you slam a turbo charged B16 into your 1800Lb. Civic hatch. You trailer up your SAAB Viggen track car. How about a production rally car? Yes boys and girls - all in SM. I look at it this way - I can show up with gravel tires / suspension to a rallycross in the Neon (the P is for Production) and run in the “Stock 2WD” class. It’s going to be hella tough to win that class in an ordinary “Stock” car. Did I just say hella?

Video! Yes! We got some in car video of all 4 runs. I chose my fastest run (run 4) to post. I made a small mistake and slowed before the slalom, because I wasn’t listening to my navie. Christine had a great time riding
along, and I’m sure will be out there soon, tearing up the cones.
Click here to download cmc_augusta.wmv 6MB

So, how did I do? Well a 54.9 was a respectable time on the course. I fell in 4th (out of 7) in SM. Had I been able to run in GS - I would have won the class. I won’t complain about SM when I show up with coil-overs and slicks next time. Next time! muhaha. >:) Click here to see the results in PDF.