I am a car fanatic obsessed with all types of performance cars and auto racing. This is my *evolution* from a driving enthusiast to race car driver of a Mitsubishi Evolution IX.
Archive for July, 2010
NASA Event #3 – High Plains Raceway
Event number 3 in the 2010 schedule stopped at High Plains Raceway, the newest and arguably the most technical track in Colorado. We entered the Evo in TT-A for the weekend competition both days. Saturday shaped up to be hot and slippery with a lot of traffic and due to not bleeding the brakes before the event I was having some brake issues. The Evo still made it through 4 – 20min sessions but could only muster a 2:08.1. That’s what I get for using 2-event old fluid I guess. Ideally, I would have bled the brakes for Sunday, but didn’t have any more fluid to swap. The cooler temperatures Sunday morning presented an opportunity to best Saturdays miserable showing. Second session of the day I changed my driving a bit and threw down a 2:06.7 which was a NASA lap record for TT-A class. Not too shabby on old fluid! The tally for the weekend ended up two 1st place finishes and a lap record.
NASA Event #2 – Pueblo Motorsports Park (PMP)
The second event of the NASA Rocky Mountain region was held at a lot of drivers favorite track, PMP. I was planning on running in the HPDE4/TT group and get signed for my Time Trials license this weekend when the powers-that-be invited me to become a NASA instructor. So the TT plans were on hold for another weekend. The weekend at Pueblo consisted of the Instructor school and classroom sessions and then scenario testing to complete the certification, then Sunday I had an HPDE1 student and I ran testing laps in the HPDE4/TT group. Overall, great event and a lot of fun.
