I learned on Friday that my race car will not be back from the body shop fixed this weekend. Kind of a bummer, as I finally pulled the trigger on getting all the dents out and having a brand new looking car, but Mike got super busy and the street cars got in the way of my race car. At least the new fenders are painted, so those will be on for the next 2 races. I also am going to not bother with any other stickers except the number panel, as it will be a waste to put them on the wrinkled car just to take them back off for painting.
I’ve got 2 events coming up over the next few weeks, and they should be awesome. April 25th and 26th is a Double SARRC (South Atlantic Road Racing Championship) weekend at Roebling Road in Savannah GA. Roebling is a fun and safe track and its all turns. Because of that it does not favor my FWD powerful car at all. The lighter weight Miatas with less HP just plain dominate this track, and 2 of the best ones (VanSteenburg brothers from ISC Racing) are going to be at this race. Also Chuck Baader in his 320es BWM should do real well, as just like the Miatas, the RWD layout of the car helps at this track. We’ll see if I have anything for those Miatas, I’ll give it all she’s got
The event after that is May 9th and 10th at VIR in Danville, VA. Its another Double weekend, but this time, the MARRS (Mid Atlantic) guys join us for a huge combined weekend where guys from all over the east coast come to race. Should be a huge entry field and a ton of fun. Bowie should have his ITA Miata back and ready for this event. The track at VIR is a total mix between turns and straights, and the Integras as well as Miatas love this track, so it should be a straight up battle. Bowie knows this track very very well and is very fast, but I have a feeling my car will do really well there. We’ll see!
Also I’ve got the body shop lined up for the weekend after the SARRC/MARRS, so the car will at least be looking pimptastic by the July races.