So documenting each and every single track day, while writing about my Corvette is going to become a bit too much for me... so I'm just going to document the chunks of time inbetween major lemons races!TNIA - Mid May-ish?Early in the summer (or late...
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Updated 21 hours 28 min ago
Leading Up to The EventThis track day was an exciting one! Not in the sense anything at the event regarding the Corvette itself was exciting... but in the sense that just 24 days prior I had blown up the torque tube on the Corvette at my 43rd track...
Updated 2 weeks 2 days ago
Welp, track day 43 did not go as planned. Coming into the event, I was thinking I'd be getting some data on the new to me Vitour P1 tires along with in general getting used to driving them on the track. Maybe even set a nice PB since the weather was...
Updated 1 month 3 days ago
The first track day of the year for PNW'ers tends to be a big deal, as folks have had all winter to wrench on their car. That's also a long time to build up some rust with. I was no exception to all of this, and so this post will be a bit longer...
Updated 1 month 3 weeks ago
First race is in the books! With a lot of work and effort we pulled off a pretty amazing rookie debut with no penalties / black flags, no off track mishaps or spins, and we managed to finish 4th in B class (out of 14 cars) and 12th overall (out of...
Updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
As my C5 Corvette project ownership carries on longer, the Corvette is quickly becoming less and less of a street car and more and more of an outright track sled. At first for safety I simply trusted just them OEM roll protection....
Updated 6 months 3 weeks ago
The final event of 2024 (barring any unforseen last minute days at the Ridge) was an AX event at PIR with Bridge City Autosports. They do a bunch of Autocross, and for whatever reason we haven't run with them prior to this event, but now that we...
Updated 1 month 3 weeks ago
After a succesfull first season with the Accord and getting our team on track the focus has now shifted to getting the car the rest of the way race worthy! There were definitely some improvements made during the first season of getting our team...
Updated 7 months 3 weeks ago
The EBC SR series brake pads are a a relatively new brake pad to the "race" scene as of 2022 or so. When I first heard about these, they weren't really discussed in many articles and barely discussed even by EBC in press releases. The few shops that...
Updated 8 months 1 day ago
Coming into this track day I had a bit of a gap driving, and had actually been driving our Lemons Accord more. Fortunately, I was able to wrap up a few last minute modifications to get the car ready to go for the event.Weight Reduction with a...