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Team PLP back in business!
This weekend was an Autocross in Kalamazoo. It was sponsored by the West Michigan Region of the Sports Car Club of America. Luckily the day before the race I finalized the deal to put me behind the wheel of a 2002 Nissan SE-R SpecV which is a great AutoX car. It will be my first real dedicated race project and I am excited at all the future options this opens up for me not having to worry about driving my race car to work everyday (plus saves the miles on it). Maybe the future will mean sponsorships, big motor swaps, and some full car to car race track opportunities... who knows what the future holds for the little car and Team Parking Lot Performance (PLP).
Well the past held a great opening event for the car. I was able to take Novali and it was an exciting feeling with my new car. In my heat was only four cars, but some fast machines. I had two Subaru Impreza 2.5RSs, and a Mini Cooper Sport. The cars all had well seasoned drivers so I went into the event with no pressure... just to get the feel of my new car (plus I was on cheap dealership tires). Well we all kept the race tight and all four of us were within 1 second from 1st to 4th... and to my surprise I took second! I was only behind by two tenths of a second from first! Wow... I was surprised that I took the Mini, he must of been having a bad day.
I am hoping once I get some solid performance tires on her she will do even better. The plan is to save money and save for some big mods in the future for the car. In my perfect world I would do a VQ Swap, build a rollcage, and take this baby to real tracks... but that is several years down the road. The future looks bright for Team PLP.
Novali had fun... didn't barely watch the race but made tons of friends with the other kids of racers at the course. She got dirty, collected some rocks, and ran all over. Good times.
I posted some photos of the SpecV. Check her out: SE-R SpecV
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