First Autocross of the Year
Sunday, March 29th, 2009 Posted in Mini Blog | No Comments »The autocross season got off to a soggy start on the Triple Skid Pad at Summit Point. The NCC had their first points event of the season on Saturday. I'm running a street-tire class in the BMW this ...
March 2009 NCC BMW CCA Driver’s School
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Track | No Comments »No, that's not a vintage photo from 20 years ago. That's from this past weekend at Summit Point. It was time for the annual Spring HPDE on the main circuit. It was a weekend of a number ...
Ready for Shakedown
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »With more than 24 hours to spare, I finally finished the F-22 for the first track outing of the year. Since I was running out of time, I had Dan Martin's shop finish the front suspension and fix the ...
Springs for Spring
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »Thanks to the break in weather, I was able to start the suspension work this past weekend. The photo above shows the difference in size between the stock rear spring and the Bavauto spring. Shorter springs require shorter shocks. ...
Entering the Home Stretch
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »I had some time on my hands the other night, went out to the garage, and much to my surprise, there's nothing left on my punch-list to do on the BMW. Sure there's plenty left to do -- just not ...
Weather Control Successful
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Mini Blog | No Comments »Well the February car washing weather control experiment was successful. Today school was canceled and E got her snow day. I decided to take the day off and go sledding as well.
