Final Prep Before Toledo ProSolo 2014

After the successful testing we had two weeks ago despite the ITB failure, I dropped Bumblestook off at Evans Tuning to have the ITB issue sorted out before the Toledo ProSolo. While it was at the shop, Karcepts released new spherical upper shock mounts. I've been wanting to replace the modified Tein top hats on my Motons for some time now so this was perfect timing. I assumed that my Moton Triples were the same dimensions as the Moton Club Sports so Brian Karwan at Karcepts sent me spacers for those shocks but when Jeff DeVos (JDV) at Evans Tuning tried to install it, we found they wouldn't fit. It turns out the triples were slightly different but thankfully after getting the new dimensions to Brian, he quickly fabricated a new part and shipped it to the shop overnight for perfect fitment and we were back in business. The new top hats a bit narrower and lighter than my previous ones so replacing them actually dropped the car all around for a super hellaflush look (temporary). The ITBs were fixed and reset and TPS recalibrated.

Measuring Shocks - Evans Tuning - 6/17/2014

Shocks back together after new spacers arrived
Evans Tuning - 6/19/2014

New Karcepts upper shock mounts installed
Evans Tuning -  6/21/2014

Super hellaflush - Evans Tuning - 6/21/2014

After picking her up from the shop, I dropped her off at SJF Performance for suspension tuning. First Steve took care of the brake bolts that I lost at DC. Robert Thorne sent me new spacers and bolts so he put those in for me..the clearances are super tight on this kit!

Brake bolts replacement - SJF Performance - 6/21/2014

Being paranoid about ProSolos, I had Steve change the diff fluid again to handle the abuse I'm about to put her through next weekend.  We also put on the competition set of tires I'll be using for the weekend.

Fresh diff fluid - SJF Performance -  6/22/2014

Then it was on to some serious business. First up, with all the weight reduction the car underwent after the NJ Championship Tour and the new top hats, we had to reset the ride height and corner balance. Dave Corsaro is the man for this job and we got the car up to near stock height where I like the car to be (raising all corners around 0.5") and got the corner balance spot on for absolutely perfect cross weights in race trim. With the help of some static weight reduction and running a lot less fuel, Bumblestook dropped a solid 66lbs in race trim from when we won at the DC ProSolo two months ago. On top of that, I dropped 9lbs so in total Bumblestook is now a significant 75lbs lighter than in DC.

Pre-corner balancing, no driver weight - 2556lbs
SJF Performance - 6/22/2014

Absolutely spot on cross weights - SJF Performance - 6/22/2014

Dave Corsaro setting up the scales - SJF Performance - 6/22/2014

Corner balancing in progress - SJF Performance - 6/22/2014

Once corner balancing was completed, it was back on the alignment rack for the third alignment of the season. With the ride height slightly altered (rear is a tad lower than before) and the rake set to about 1/4", we got some more caster back in the car (maxed out at around 5 degrees) and a tiny bit more front camber. I asked Steve to compensate by adding another 0.1 degrees of negative camber in the rear and resetting the rear toe back to 1/16" total toe in. Unfortunately, there's some wear in the toe adjustment bolt so it didn't want to set at 0.3 per side, so we kept it at 0.4 which is a tiny bit more than 1/16" toe in. I have to make sure to order new bolts before we realign for Wilmington next month. As always, Steve painstakingly got all the alignment perfectly to spec...and damn, she really needs another wash :(

Alignment #3 - SJF Performance - 6/22/2014

Finally to help manage tire pressure build up in between ProSolo runs, all the tires had the air vacuumed out and replaced with Nitrogen.

Nitrogen fill in tires - 6/22/2014

It was a long weekend but I'm glad that the car is as perfect as she can be for Toledo. Everything was checked and re-checked for 100% performance so it's all up to me to not screw it up. There are no excuses! The concrete and a fairly stacked SPA class will be a true test of how fast Bumblestook and I really are nationally so we can make adjustments if needed before Nationals in 2 months.

ITB Failure, Testing and Winning

After a month off from racing I was excited to get back out there and test the changes we made last month. Softer rear springs, re-alignment and weight reduction. The weekend didn't start off too well though. On my very first run, I got to the first set of corners when suddenly I had no power even at full throttle. I was able to limp her back to grid to inspect what had happened. The throttle linkage for the ITBs had somehow worked its way loose. I thought it was game over. I pulled the return spring out behind it since I was afraid it would fall down and get lost but after closer inspection and with the help of Steve Farkas (SJF Performance), we managed to get the linkage reconnected, leaving the return spring out (not easy to reinstall on the spot). The other return springs were stiff enough that the throttle body performance seemed ok so I took her back out again for a test run and all seemed well. Not wanting to lose a day of testing, I just kept monitoring it after each run and it seemed to be work fine so I continued with testing as planned.

Linkage back in - NNJR SCCA Autox - 6/7/2014

Aside from adjusting the suspension for balance with the new rear springs, I wanted to see how low she could go on fuel without fuel starve to save more weight. We started the event at 6 bars and ended on 3 bars, well under quarter tank and did not get any fuel starve. Surprisingly I didn't need to make too many changes from my previous setup. As expected, the 10% softer rear spring helped add some mechanical grip back there to make her more stable and easier to drive under throttle. I only had to pull some rear rebound and the balance was back to what I wanted and she could be driven hard under throttle in every corner for rotation without much drama. Despite the early mishap, I was able to get 5th in PAX out of 148 drivers and 6th fastest time overall. The new exhaust is definitely louder than before and sounds more "bee"-like but should be within the sound limits for the SCCA.

Low fuel testing - NNJR SCCA Autox - 6/7/2014

NNJR SCCA Autox

Meadowlands, NJ - 6/7/2014

Day 2 testing continued with MSNE in Lot J at the Meadowlands. It's a wavier lot with a bit less grip but there were a lot of good elements to do more testing with including some very fast high-G sweepers to continue my low fuel testing. Ran a quarter tank the entire time with no fuel starve. No changes were made to her settings from the previous day and she was absolutely a blast to drive once I figured out the bad parts of the lot to avoid which unfortunately forced me to take a less than ideal line. At the end of the day, I managed to put down Fastest Time of Day (FTD) overall out of 124 drivers resulting in me getting this ridiculously oversized trophy that I have no place for but more than anything I'm just super stoked that Bumblestook is feeling in prime shape before Toledo.

Bumblestook and I take FTD at MSNE Autox - 6/8/2014
Photo Credit: Jose Lozano

MSNE Autox - FTD

Meadowlands, NJ - 6/8/2014

She now has to go back to Evans Tuning this weekend to sort out the ITB issue, new top hats for the Motons I got from Karcepts have to get installed and new corner balance and alignment with the new reduced weight. She'll be ready for the Toledo ProSolo where I'll try to keep the momentum going and hopefully put up a solid fight against the 14 other drivers in SPA - Street Prepared Index A. It'll be our first event on concrete with the current setup and I hope we can keep it together and do well.

Weight Reduction and Rear Suspension Changes

It's been three weeks off from racing so far and I'm starting to get the itch again (that's a good thing). I've been taking advantage of the down time to get some adjustments made to her before Toledo. While she was at the shop the past few weeks, we also finally got a chance to show off all the incredible amount of work put into the car during the Evans Tuning 2014 S2000 Meet. There were 70 S2000s and over 100 people in attendance.We put her on the dyno without an exhaust (since that hadn't been completed yet) for show just because she sounds so mean.

Evans Tuning 2014 S2000 Meet - Mt Bethel, PA

Video By: Steguis (Me) for Evans Tuning

While she was at the shop, she underwent some weight reduction. They found we still left over a gallon of washer fluid in the car (argh) so that got drained. They pulled out the head unit and speakers and lastly, the last half of the exhaust was removed and replaced with a simple Vibrant resonator and downturn terminating behind the driver to the maximum specifications of the rules. She's definitely louder now but I think still within the sound limits of the SCCA. In total, I'd approximate about 22-25lbs of unsprung weight was removed. Lastly, I also asked to add a simple battery kill switch just to prevent parasitic drain on the battery when I'm towing her long distances or leaving her in paddock overnight.

Previous exhaust section - 5/24/2014

New shorter exhaust section - 5/24/2014

Battery kill switch - 5/24/2014

I also asked Jeff to retune her just to make sure everything was still perfect with the shorter exhaust as well as with the higher ambient temps this time of year. Nothing really major changed with the power. It's still the very awesome, wide, smooth, usable power band it was before with incredible throttle response.

Retune for new exhaust - 5/23/2014
Sooooo many farting unicorns!

On the suspension side of things. The rear springs were replaced with the Hypercoil 900lb springs I brought with the car when I dropped her off. The bumpy trailer ride from the shop to SJF performance would be a good way to get he springs to settle (they had already been on the car for well over a week at this point) for alignment #2 for the season. 

Hypercoil 900lb rear springs installed - 5/24/2014

We hadn't touched the caster during the first alignment since Steve wasn't really trusting the caster numbers from the new machine but now he does so he made sure they were both nice and even. Unclear why I can't get as much caster as I want but the left side is basically maxed out and the right side was brought down to match. Steve thinks its due to the forward rake of the car. Either way, the alignment is dead on perfect again thanks to Steve's meticulous work. Steve never settles for "good enough", those numbers are precise.

Alignment #2 - 5/24/2014 - SJF Performance

The final alignment settings are:

Front:
-3.3 Camber
4.6 Caster
0 Toe

Rear:
-2.4 Camber
1/16" (0.06) total toe in

Another two more weeks of downtime and it'll be back to back testing days again at the meadowlands with NNJR SCCA and MSNE to make adjustments for the new suspension setup. I expect to have more rear grip due to the softer rear springs and I'll be able to increase the rear sway bar stiffness and shock settings up from full soft to have some room for adjustment again. I'll also be doing some low fuel testing. Fuel in her is now below half a tank and I'm going to probably run it until she hits E or until I hit fuel starve. I'm hoping to be able to run with a quarter tank of fuel shaving off another 6 gallons of E85 weight off the car from when she was last corner balanced. Now I just have to convince Perry to put in a giant slalom with a long left hand sweeper at the next event's course to be able to test for the worst case fuel starve scenario.

Prepping for Toledo

With the first two big events of the season out of the way, it's a whole 2 months before we head out to the ProSolo in Toledo, OH. I'm taking a month off from racing to recover but that doesn't mean prep work for the next race can't start now. First on the list is to take care of a one minor annoyance. The tiny 3lb Shorai battery simply can't crank her up when it's cold and on Ethanol. It was fine last year but I supposed the ITBs have something to do with this. Not a big deal, she starts up just fine on a regular battery or when the small battery is fully charged but if she drops in charge a bit (like leaving it overnight or towing long distances), she often requires a jump to get her going. Best way to fix this is a battery with higher CCA so I went to the slighly heavier 5lb battery which is exactly the same size but has 540CCAs instead of 406CCAs. She fires up a lot easier now.

Switched to the Shorai LFX36A3-B12 - 5/8/2014

Next on the list was to make some suspension changes. While I was generally happy with the balance of the car at the past events, the rear is cranked down as soft as it can and I have no more room for adjustment on both the sway bars and shocks. I don't really like that so I'm dropping the rear rates down from 1000lbs to 900lbs. Went with Hypercoil springs 6" x 2.5" ID springs for this for their known consistency. A bit pricier than Eibach but well worth it.

Hypercoil 6" x 2.5" ID 900lb springs for the rear - 5/8/2014

Since Bumblestook is going to be displayed at the big Evans Tuning S2000 meet next week anyway so they can showcase some of the excellent work put into the car, I figured I'd drop her off a week early so they can do some work on her. Mostly just nut and bolting everything now that everything's settled, install the new rear springs, and see if we can shave even more weight off the car from wherever we didn't last time like simplifying the exhaust and removing the radio and speakers and other miscellaneous little items that we left in. At the next event I'm going to be doing some fuel level testing as I haven't had my car fuel starve yet even under half a tank with some crazy left hand sweepers and I'm wondering if I can get away with as low as a quarter tank of fuel in race trim. Between that and any other weight savings we can find, I think we can get her to around 2550lbs without driver. Once I settle on the final weight, she'll get corner balanced again for sure.

Dropped her off at Evans Tuning - 5/10/2014

It was then off to SJF Performance to sort out tires. I picked up Robert Thorne's 6 run Hoosiers which I'm going to use as my race tires for Toledo. It came free with lots of Lincoln OPR so I may run these at an event in early June to scrub it off at the Meadowlands the lazy way (doing a bunch of runs with them on). It'll add some heat cycles but they're still better than my other set which were used for both the DC ProSolo and the NJ Champ Tour (which are now relegated to my practice / local event set). Steve Farkas made quick work of mounting these bad boys using his excellent touchless tire mounting machine.

Tire Mounting - SJF Performance - 5/10/2014

Thorne's 6-run Hoosiers with Lincoln OPR - 5/10/2014

Steve also picked up a Nitrogen machine recently. Nitrogen has a more consistent rate of expansion than regular air so this should help keep the tires pressures more manageable during ProSolos. I'd definitely recommend this if you get a chance to do so.

SJF Performance Nitrogen machine - 5/10/2014

Lastly, I had the two tires I won from Hoosier from winning SPA at the DC ProSolo shipped there so I took them home today since these won't go on until Nationals.

Nothing like winning race tires! - 315 Hoosiers FTW - 5/10/2014

2nd Place BSP - SCCA Championship Tour - NJ

Not even a week after the DC Pro, we were back at home turf for the SCCA Championship Tour at the Meadowlands in NJ. While she performed superbly at the DC Pro, the conditions at DC were very unique so it would be very interesting to see how she'd perform on long course on high grip asphalt like the Meadowlands. It would also be the first time this year where I could go up against Mike Lane's BSP 350Z. Mike's consistently fast and would be a very good benchmark on how Bumblestook and I would stand this year. Before all this though, I had to address the temporary caliper bolt so it was off to SJF Performance to have my brakes sorted out.

Early morning getting the brakes fixed before practice
SJF Performance - 5/2/2014

Then it was off to the Meadowlands for Friday practice. With the settings from DC she was undrivable and incredible loose everywhere. Took some drastic shock changes but proper balance was achieved so she could be driven hard under throttle and stay perfectly neutral. It would also be a good time for my codriver for this event, Jeremy Prati, to get some seat time so he could get used to the car. Unfortunately he was only able to get 3 runs in before the session completed but it was valuable nonetheless since nothing can really prepare you for her turn in speed.

Practice runs complete - SCCA Champ Tour
Meadowlands, NJ - 5/2/2014

Day 1 of competition and Mike put down a solid fast time on his first run, I was well over a second slower but I was just getting used to her at full speed on grippy surface. On run 2, Mike dropped another full second and it was time to push her to the limit. I put in a flyer and was only 0.008 seconds off Mike's time. On the last run, Mike found some additional time but I lost enough time with a bobble coming into the slalom that I ended up going slower and we ended day 1 just 0.15 seconds apart. On such a long fast course, I was expecting not to be able to keep up to Mike's car. Surprisingly not only was I able to put up a fight but we had RAW timed SSR, something I had never been able to do before.

Sun setting on the Meadowlands after day 1 - 5/3/2014

Day 2 the temps were at least 15 degrees cooler than the day before. Overcast, extremely cold winds and a slight drizzle made for uncertain conditions. Mike put down a solid time on cold tires yet again and I followed suit just 0.1 seconds off his time, I was now trailing by 0.2 seconds. On second run, Mike put down another flyer. I pushed a lot harder but made some significant mistakes but went faster. Now we were separated by 0.4 seconds. On his last run, I watched Mike put down an incredible run and extended his lead to 0.8 seconds. It was now or never. I knew Bumblestook had the pace but I had to make a flawless yet aggressive run. I gambled in the early half of the course and got greedy with some of the corners, losing much needed time. I picked up the pace in the second half to try and make up for the early mistakes but it was too little too late and I couldn't improve on my time. Mike took the win and I ended up second with a comfortable margin to Lee in third. Unfortunately for Jeremy, he coned all his runs on day 1 and wasn't able to make it up on day 2 so he ended up 4th but overall I think he had a good time. Congratulations to Mike for the win. It was well deserved and I was simple outdriven.

2nd place BSP - SCCA Championship Tour

Meadowlands, NJ - 5/3-4/2014

(Video caption is wrong, I'm #129 BSP for this event)

Overall, while we couldn't get the win, I'm still extremely happy. This is only the fourth event for Bumblestook in her current trim and she's already showing excellent pace. Now all that's left for me to do is to figure out how to consistently drive her quickly. I'm still awe struck at how quickly she corners and changes direction. In fact the adrenaline rush is so high from driving her that I am physically shaking after each run. I need to get used to that speed so the adrenaline doesn't hamper my ability to drive smoothly and accurately.

2nd Place BSP - SCCA Championship Tour
Meadowlands, NJ - 5/4/2014

It'll be another two months before our next big race at the ProSolo in Toledo, Ohio. I'm going to get some much needed rest after two weeks of intense action and get some minor tweaks and maintenance done so she's ready to do battle again. Hopefully we'll have her ready to do some local events for practice before then.

Street Prepared Index A Class Win - DC ProSolo 2014

After only two days of testing this year it was time to head off to FedEx Field in Maryland for the first big race of the season, the SCCA DC ProSolo.  With such limited testing and only getting the car mostly driving the way I wanted last week, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. My goal this year was to win a big event but the DC Pro was not likely to be it because I’ve always done poorly down there. I could never figure out how to deal with the huge grip discrepancy on the surface and the severe off camber turns the lot naturally created due to its sloped location. At best this would be a time to take her through the paces and see what we needed to improve on for the SCCA NJ National Tour next week.

Arrived at DC ProSolo - FedEx Field, MD - 4/25/2014

In ProSolo, Bumblestook competes in Street Prepared Index A (SPA) that is a combined class of Super Street Prepared (SSP), A Street Prepared (ASP) and B Street Prepared (BSP) competing on PAX index. Although the index was favorable for BSP, it would still prove to be a very difficult task to go up against the much high powered cars of SSP and ASP. Mike “Junior” Johnson was favored to win this event in his SSP Corvette that does super mean burnouts. Lee Piccione, the course designer and DC region member was also highly favored. Bumblestook makes the least torque of all the cars in the class but it also a fair amount lighter with a lot of tire under so what I’d lose in straight line speed I was hoping to make up for in sheer cornering ability. 

1.25" ID Aluminum sway bar collars installed - 4/25/2014

We got there just after 3pm on Friday with adequate time for me to add the split collars for the front sway bar so it wouldn’t shift under load, get through tech and do some practice starts. I got through the first two but after tech, and driving around paddock I noticed my brake was feeling a bit strange so I did a relatively abrupt stop from about 7mph and the front driver wheel locked up. We looked at the wheel and notice the caliper was hitting the inside. Upon further inspection, we discovered that the bolt holding the caliper to the bracket was completely missing. Somehow between the last event and getting to DC, it must’ve backed off and fallen off the car.  I thought my weekend was over but within minutes the word had spread that I was having a problem and without me even asking PJ Corrales was already there seeing if he could help. He looked through his box of bolts and lucked out that we found a bolt that would work (7/8”-20 Grade 8). It wasn’t as long as we wanted but it would work for now. Unfortunately this meant that I missed practice starts which ended up being fine because we got with torrential downpour that late afternoon so the practice starts wouldn’t be useful anyway. I slapped on the fresh tires and tried to get some sleep. Lots of tree pollen in the area, woke up at 2am and couldn’t sleep anymore. Saturday wasn’t going to go well I thought.

Bottom bolt holding caliper to the bracket was missing.
Temporary bolt just barely clears rotor - 4/25/2014

Day 1 competition started and after getting the first 2 runs and jitters out of the way, my confidence in her grew as everything just felt perfect. I wasn’t driving a good line but she was doing everything I wanted and the brakes were holding just fine. I wasn’t even looking at the times but after morning session I found myself in 2^nd place, half a second behind Lee in his BSP E36 M3. That was surprising! This was only morning session of day 1 and anything can happen so it was too early to tell. It was supposed to warm up in the afternoon so I knew times would start to drop. There was also a chance of rain that luckily didn’t happen until after the event was done. In the afternoon runs, I pushed a bit harder and was surprised to see that I was still holding 2^nd place and now only 0.1 seconds behind Lee. I didn’t think he had much more pace in him but after reviewing my own video, I knew I easily had time on both courses in Bumblestook. I got some sleep early and focused. I had to at least find 0.1 seconds the next day and I knew she had it in her.

Day 1 morning SPA grid - FedEx Field, MD - 4/26/2014

Day 1 results - Just 0.1 seconds off first - 4/26/2014

ProSolo Action - FedEx Field - 4/26/2014
Photo Cred: Perry Bennett

Day 2 started and the temps had dropped significantly. We were now just in the mid-50s versus the mid 70-s the afternoon before. It was going to be very hard for me to get the tires up to temp with so little power. My first two runs showed no improvement and luckily neither did Lee’s. Final runs came up and I was on the right side, reved her up, launched on the light and got some wheel hop but at this point I just nailed the throttle and let the diff do what it had to do. Shift to second and hear a slight crunch. I thought I missed second hear and let off for a second thinking I wasn’t in gear. I roll back on the throttle and feel acceleration. I almost aborted the run because I felt a lost too much time worrying about the gear shift but instead decided to go for it. Go big or go home! Focused on car placement and spotting the key corners and got to the finish. Somehow despite the botched launch and bad shift I found over 0.2 seconds on the right course and I was sitting in 1^stplace by a little of a tenth of a second with Lee not finding any more time on his run.  I figure I couldn’t rest. Lee could find time on the right side on his last run so I’d have to up my game on the left side too.  She launched well at the light, took her straight to red line then a quick shift to 2^ndthen hard on the throttle up the hill. Get nice turn it at the top and start setting up for the fast cross over. Got on the brakes a hair late and slightly overshot my target turn in point but managed to stay in it. Finish line was in sight and it was now or never. Commit to that corner and gun for the lights. The run felt ok but I wasn’t sure. I turned the corner to go back to impound and saw my friends jumping up and down. I couldn’t hear the announcement but it was clear what had happened. We took the win, finding more than 0.2 seconds on the left side course and finishing with a 0.4 second win. First big event of the year and the first national level win for Bumblestook. It was really the most amazing feeling ever. We won a trophy of course. Hoosier is giving me two tires and Honda $100 for the win.  All that is good and icing on the cake but none of that really matters to how it felt at that moment. The underdog took the win and I finally ended the streak of bad performances at DC the past few years. The best part is that I know she has much more pace once I figure her out some more.

Street Prepared Index A Class Winner - DC ProSolo 2014 - 4/27/2014

DC ProSolo SPA Class Winning Runs - Fedex Field, MD

4/27/2014

Street Prepared is as much a car/builder race as it is a driver’s race and I wanted to thank all those that have contributed to putting into reality, the vision of a BSP car made of the best pieces of every generation S2000 at its core. Jeff DeVos (formerly JDV Motorsports, now at Evans Tuning) for countless hours spent working on her over the years, Jeff Evans (Evans Tuning) for all the custom fabrication and tuning and making this crazy ITB setup work, Steve Farkas (SJF Performance) for never settling on “good enough” and making sure my alignments and suspension pieces are all in order, Dave Corsaro for the meticulous job corner balancing her last week, JoeFis racing for the terrific aero work with the spoiler, Brian Karwan (Karcepts) for putting my diff together, ANZE Engineering for the great job rebuilding and revalving my Moton tripples over the winter, Hoosier for making the most incredible R-comp tire (never gonna give you up!), Honda for producing one of the most incredible roadsters ever made. PJ for saving my weekend. Lastly, I’m thanking all my friends of the NorthEast STR group for their support and being the most fun group of people I’ve had the privilege of knowing. You guys push me harder than anyone else.  Farting unicorns unite!

Final testing before the DC Pro

Today I finally got to run her for the first time properly set up...or so I hoped. Well at least this time, things actually did turn out exactly as I had hoped for. The updated tune took care of the hesitation / VTEC switching at part throttle mid-slalom and the power delivery was strong and smooth everywhere in the power band. It was also night and day with the corner balancing and fixed alignment. I did have to make some big changes to the shocks from last week but that was expected since I was trying to get the car to work with the unknown alignment and the shocks settings from two weeks ago were all over the place as a result.

She was very loose and hard to control at first but after I had figured out the right shock settings and tire pressures, I was able to really attack the corners hard. We ran at Lot J at the Meadowlands which is very bumpy so I was able to fully test shock travel and clearance and while the rear does hit the overfender on really large dips, it's so minor it doesn't even leave a mark on the tire. I'll probably remove another millimeter or two to make sure she fully clears but I think we're safe now.

This is one of the better runs. Hit a few cones but you get the idea. It's still slightly twitchy and I made some more adjustments afterwards to fix it but ran out of battery. After I was done setting the car up, I handed the keys over to Dave Corsaro so he could take a few runs and validate if what I was feeling was right. Not sure I've ever seem him smile that much. I don't think he wanted to give me the keys back. I think I got it mostly right. I'll have to do some minor tweaking in DC once I get my morning runs in and put on the fresh rubber but I don't think I'll have to do anything drastic.

MSNE Autocross - Meadowlands, NJ

4/20/2014

Can't wait to see how she does at "mount FedEx"!