Recently On FLICKR
  
Facts

Facts
Year: 2004
Model: Corvette Z06
Mileage (at purchase): 7853
Current Mileage: 19753 (10/02/08)
2008 Event Schedule

  
 
Blog Postings

Day 1 of the Midiv in Topeka

Last Updated 8/1/2008 10:51:00 PM


By: Chris Hammond

Today started very early, 3:52 early when Dave called me and woke me up on his way to pick me up, we were on the road by 4:30 or so. We got into the Topeka area just around 8:30am and stopped by the car wash to give the car a quick spray. From there it was off to Heartland Park to get things rolling.

We ended up working before we ran in the Test&Tune, it was hot pretty much all day, even earlier in the morning. Both Dave and I had issues today with the car. The first mistake was made on Wednesday before loading it up on the trailer, I forgot to fill the car up with gas, so we ran today starting at a quarter of a tank. I don't know if this was the cause, or the poor surface conditions here at Heartland Park but I spun the car on my first 2 runs, and then again 4 or 5 more times, I think I had 4 runs without spins and probably 7 runs that had spins.

I also managed to hit a ton of cones. Midway through the day I was ready to call it quits and drive home, it would have been more comfortable, it was a damn hot day today. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit better, but we will see. We're running first heat, so hopefully we'll get the coolest runs of the day, though that will most likely mean the surface will be nice and sandy.

I had some video today that I was going to try to get posted, but I managed to delete it from the hard drive and the compact flash, lesson learned!

Rate this:
Recent Comments
There are currently no comments. Be the first to make a comment.
  
 
Sponsors

We would like to thank the following sponsors!

SoloPerformanceSpecialties
CLear Auto Bra LLC, St. Louis

ChaseCam.com

  
Tags
  1. 1 items are tagged with "St. Louis"
  2. 1 items are tagged with 240Z
  3. 3 items are tagged with Alignment
  4. 4 items are tagged with Atlanta
  5. 23 items are tagged with Autocross
  6. 1 items are tagged with Autocross Video
  7. 1 items are tagged with Brakes
  8. 1 items are tagged with Camber
  9. 2 items are tagged with Car
  10. 2 items are tagged with Chase Cam
  11. 1 items are tagged with Clay
  12. 1 items are tagged with Clay Bar
  13. 1 items are tagged with Cone
  14. 3 items are tagged with Cones
  15. 25 items are tagged with Corvette
  16. 1 items are tagged with Data
  17. 2 items are tagged with Detailing
  18. 4 items are tagged with Divisional
  19. 3 items are tagged with Doublecross
  20. 2 items are tagged with Exhaust
  21. 4 items are tagged with For Sale
  22. 2 items are tagged with Friends
  23. 2 items are tagged with Graphics
  24. 2 items are tagged with Index
  25. 3 items are tagged with Koni
  26. 3 items are tagged with Midiv
  27. 2 items are tagged with Milwaukee
  28. 19 items are tagged with National Tour
  29. 3 items are tagged with Nationals
  30. 3 items are tagged with Paint
  31. 2 items are tagged with Photos
  32. 2 items are tagged with Problem
  33. 3 items are tagged with Problems
  34. 15 items are tagged with ProSolo
  35. 2 items are tagged with Repairs
  36. 5 items are tagged with Results
  37. 14 items are tagged with SCCA
  38. 6 items are tagged with Shocks
  39. 2 items are tagged with Sold
  40. 6 items are tagged with Solo
  41. 3 items are tagged with Solo Nationals
  42. 4 items are tagged with St. Louis
  43. 5 items are tagged with Suspension
  44. 2 items are tagged with Tires
  45. 3 items are tagged with Topeka
  46. 3 items are tagged with Trophy
  47. 11 items are tagged with Video
  48. 2 items are tagged with Wash
  49. 3 items are tagged with Wax
  50. 3 items are tagged with Wheels
  
Copyright (c) 2010 CorvetteZ06.org
website design and hosting by shift8read.com