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2006 Season Recap:
Both the car and myself received a lot of improvements this year. I attended EVO school for the second time and continued to work on the
fundamentals learned there. Many sponsors also came through for me this year helping me out in many situations. I personally want to
thank Agile Automotive who really took care of making sure the car was running up to par, and man did they make it fast. I also received
help from a friend who owns xtperformance.com who was willing to front me a Sparco seat for the pilot position in the car. I also thank
Namsco Plastics for their support this season, they are a good source for all you engineer types to get your injection molding done. All my
sponsors can be found here.
Although I did not get to travel much this year I did manage to get the the Peru National Tour and take home 1st place by a hair. Mitch
Beranek in the Bimmerhaus M3 gave me a run for my money and I managed to pull off a good run and he caught a cone on his last. I also
made my first trip to Nationals this year and boy was it a learning experience. After some second day scrambling I was able to trophy and
take the 8th spot of 25 competitors in BSP. Next year should only be better with the new addition of zzyzx motorsports as a sponsor
providing me with a supension that will keep 4 tires on the ground longer and provide superior response on course. I am looking forward to
winter off to get the car ready for another season! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my website.
Both the car and myself received a lot of improvements this year. I attended EVO school for the second time and continued to work on the
fundamentals learned there. Many sponsors also came through for me this year helping me out in many situations. I personally want to
thank Agile Automotive who really took care of making sure the car was running up to par, and man did they make it fast. I also received
help from a friend who owns xtperformance.com who was willing to front me a Sparco seat for the pilot position in the car. I also thank
Namsco Plastics for their support this season, they are a good source for all you engineer types to get your injection molding done. All my
sponsors can be found here.
Although I did not get to travel much this year I did manage to get the the Peru National Tour and take home 1st place by a hair. Mitch
Beranek in the Bimmerhaus M3 gave me a run for my money and I managed to pull off a good run and he caught a cone on his last. I also
made my first trip to Nationals this year and boy was it a learning experience. After some second day scrambling I was able to trophy and
take the 8th spot of 25 competitors in BSP. Next year should only be better with the new addition of zzyzx motorsports as a sponsor
providing me with a supension that will keep 4 tires on the ground longer and provide superior response on course. I am looking forward to
winter off to get the car ready for another season! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my website.
2/15/07
The graphics scheme for the 2007 season is mostly complete. Over this winter I have upgraded my differential bushings, rear suspension
bushings, updated to a 2007 STi limited trunk and front fender stays. I also recently received the latest version of the ZZYZX coil-overs
which are patiently awaiting me to install them at the beginning of march, perhaps sooner. I should also be having the rear differential
rebuilt over the next few weeks as well.
The graphics scheme for the 2007 season is mostly complete. Over this winter I have upgraded my differential bushings, rear suspension
bushings, updated to a 2007 STi limited trunk and front fender stays. I also recently received the latest version of the ZZYZX coil-overs
which are patiently awaiting me to install them at the beginning of march, perhaps sooner. I should also be having the rear differential
rebuilt over the next few weeks as well.
3/9/07
The ZZYZX Motorsports suspension is installed on the car. The coil-overs look killer and I suspect that their performance will be the same.
The car is under 3000lbs and has been corner-balanced to under 0.5%. Graphics are complete, less tire contingency and some final sponsor
vinyl. My rear differential is out for servicing. The first time I will be able to push the car this season will be at an informal autocross practice
at BeaveRun motorsports complex on April 11th. First local event is on the 15th of April. That's all for now.
The ZZYZX Motorsports suspension is installed on the car. The coil-overs look killer and I suspect that their performance will be the same.
The car is under 3000lbs and has been corner-balanced to under 0.5%. Graphics are complete, less tire contingency and some final sponsor
vinyl. My rear differential is out for servicing. The first time I will be able to push the car this season will be at an informal autocross practice
at BeaveRun motorsports complex on April 11th. First local event is on the 15th of April. That's all for now.
4/29/07
Just got done with my first event. Overall results were that I place 3rd in the PAX behind the well known Sam Strano driving a FS shelby GT
mustang and local hotshoe Chris K in his CS Miata. I had some issues with the transitional characteristics of the car. I am making some
adjustments to the car this week and plan on racing this coming sunday to see if the changes make a positive effect. In the sweepers and
mild offsets on the course the car was very well planted and I was very please with it. I also set FTD for the event. More news to come after
this weekend.
Just got done with my first event. Overall results were that I place 3rd in the PAX behind the well known Sam Strano driving a FS shelby GT
mustang and local hotshoe Chris K in his CS Miata. I had some issues with the transitional characteristics of the car. I am making some
adjustments to the car this week and plan on racing this coming sunday to see if the changes make a positive effect. In the sweepers and
mild offsets on the course the car was very well planted and I was very please with it. I also set FTD for the event. More news to come after
this weekend.
6/1/07
The car is mostly done graphics wise. I had some suspension dialing in to do and I feel that is 90% complete. I may do some
experimentation with swaybars and damper settings but the car feels amazing. I have newly fitted Hoosier A6 tires on the car now and we'll
see how they do at the DC ProSolo at the end of the month. I am hoping not to break any axles, lol. I have also fitted the STi limited wing
to the car and all that's left for the update is to add the 3rd brake light on the rear deck of the car.
The car is mostly done graphics wise. I had some suspension dialing in to do and I feel that is 90% complete. I may do some
experimentation with swaybars and damper settings but the car feels amazing. I have newly fitted Hoosier A6 tires on the car now and we'll
see how they do at the DC ProSolo at the end of the month. I am hoping not to break any axles, lol. I have also fitted the STi limited wing
to the car and all that's left for the update is to add the 3rd brake light on the rear deck of the car.
8/18/07
Well, it's about time for an update. Made it through some national events for the summer. Needless to say I have experimented a lot with
the car and it's had it's ups and downs. Locally I haven't been as competitive due to some issues with the rear differential and some
alignment snafoos. I attended the Washington DC ProSolo and ended up X in a field of X cars. The top cars were EVO's with similar setups
the current nationally dominating EVO's in BSP. I was just plain happy that I didn't break an axle at my first ProSolo. Next on the list was
the Peru National Tour. In Peru I won my class by putting some day 2 pressure on the competition and some cones were nice enough to get
in his way. My only pitfall in Peru was that I broke an axle during practice runs doing some test launches on concrete. I then headed to the
Toledo ProSolo to hop into a Miata in CS and I was proud to not be DFL, just didn't feel like spending more loot on another axle.
Recently I attended an OHIO/PA challenge event at Northfield Park in Ohio. I was happy to take home the PAX win for the Steel Cities Team
and 4th overall at the event with great competition. I felt I left some time on course but I was able to work out some issues with some big
Hoosier Tires I was wearing.
I will be spending the next few weeks and a test and tune with some Data Acquisition to fine tune the car. I will be as ready for nationals as
I can be and I think my dad is coming along to warm my tires for me, now all I have to do is teach him how to autocross!
Well, it's about time for an update. Made it through some national events for the summer. Needless to say I have experimented a lot with
the car and it's had it's ups and downs. Locally I haven't been as competitive due to some issues with the rear differential and some
alignment snafoos. I attended the Washington DC ProSolo and ended up X in a field of X cars. The top cars were EVO's with similar setups
the current nationally dominating EVO's in BSP. I was just plain happy that I didn't break an axle at my first ProSolo. Next on the list was
the Peru National Tour. In Peru I won my class by putting some day 2 pressure on the competition and some cones were nice enough to get
in his way. My only pitfall in Peru was that I broke an axle during practice runs doing some test launches on concrete. I then headed to the
Toledo ProSolo to hop into a Miata in CS and I was proud to not be DFL, just didn't feel like spending more loot on another axle.
Recently I attended an OHIO/PA challenge event at Northfield Park in Ohio. I was happy to take home the PAX win for the Steel Cities Team
and 4th overall at the event with great competition. I felt I left some time on course but I was able to work out some issues with some big
Hoosier Tires I was wearing.
I will be spending the next few weeks and a test and tune with some Data Acquisition to fine tune the car. I will be as ready for nationals as
I can be and I think my dad is coming along to warm my tires for me, now all I have to do is teach him how to autocross!