Back home now. Hoping to post some video this week. I had camera problems in every event on Saturday. Not sure what I captured for Sunday. Let's hope that I got the feature race. Lot's of close running and a good amount of passing. Respect all around for how closely we ran without one scratch on the paint. There was no time to relax for the full 30 minutes. It was on from the drop of the flag. Spec Miata is a bit like the BTCC at how closely we run (and sometimes the damage). I did see a red Miata come in on the hook at the end of the day - front completely crushed from a head on into the wall.
As for Mr. Desperate, I started right behind him in this morning's race. I decided to be the bigger person, not take him out, but just beat him. I passed him by turn four and just left him. He started way back in the afternoon feature race and had contact with someone else. I hope that guy protested, because Mr. Desperate could get a suspended licence or at the very least probation.
I entered the weekend with high hopes of being in the top 15 of 44, but after lots of dicing, moving from 17th to 13th then back to 18th then up again, I finished 16th. I drove all day today with hillbilly alignment - meaning that the wheel is close to aligned, but the settings are nowhere near normal to do it. The right rear upper suspension arm and the upright that holds the wheel hub had to be pried together so that I could get the upper suspension bolt in. It was binding a bit, but it's better than not running. The car handled pretty well. In left hand turns the right rear was lazy at returning to ride height so I would get a little loose way late in the corner. I just kinda go karted the thing around there by getting a good turn in, then turning back quite a bit on exit. The weird part was that I could hear the metal to metal grinding of that upper mount point in every corner. It was like a squeaky door.
Fun day anyway. The talent level in SCCA Regional racing has really increased since I last raced at Mid-Ohio. The fast guys got faster and the mid-pack guys all got fast. I was talking with one racer who said that he would absolutely nail a section then check his mirrors to see how much he pulled the guy behind him only to see that he also absolutely nailed the same section. That was my day today. I drove really, really hard in the feature. I gave it everything I had and am happy with the finish.
Pics and video to come later this week.
👍 on several points.
