April
20th - South Bend Region SCCA - Solo Event at the Tire Rack In my class (GStock)
I finished 3rd out of 5. Overall Pax Index I finished 25th out of 86 cars.
South Bend Region (SBR) SCCA Events are mostly held at the Tire Rack.
Tire Rack Testing grounds in South Bend, IN
I was in awe of all the rims and tires there...
Tons of fully prepped cars and national drivers were at the event.
This VW was do there to test their car before "One Lap of America"
the famous around the country race.
Lots of all wheel drive Subarus.
The coursewalk before racing started.
The SpecV ready to run.
I finished 3rd out of 5 in a very tight class...this class has a national
competition driver I have to race against.
May
10th - Furrin Group - Solo Event at the Michigan Auto Auction (Moline, MI) In my class (GStock)
I finished 2nd out of 6. Overall Pax Index I finished 19th out of 83 cars.
First Furrin Group race of the year brought tons of cool cars. 1966 Datsun
Roadster... man I want one.
The West
Michigan Porsche Club had a few members there. In overall PAX ranking I
beat them both...
It was
a long fast course. This is the end of the long slalom.
Smile!
Going
through the slalom... yep I am on three wheels.
At the finish line... I placed 2nd out of 6 in my class, and overall with
PAX index I was 19th out of 83.
May
18th - South Bend Region SCCA - Solo Event at the Tire Rack In my class (GStock)
I finished 3rd out of 4. Overall Pax Index I finished 13th out of 57 cars.
I was in a fight fo 2nd place in my class, finishing 2nd
would of given me a
top ten ranking. The second place car ran his fastest time of 40.465 seconds
and I ran 40.513 seconds... that means I was only 0.048 away!
Race car at the Tire Rack building.
Team PLP was rolling solo again this weekend.
Me next to my competition. The Celica runs in my class, he ended up first
in our class, and first overall for the day.
This guy was fast... I love his car but it broke during the second heat.
My new club has tons of cool cars.
I had a good day despite finishing 3rd in my class, I finished 13th overall
out of 57 cars at the event.