Possible custom chip

I've made an appointment with BEHE Performance who specializes in tuning cars for the race track. I spoke with John the owner and it is very interesting the approach they take compared to some of the off the shelf chip makers . Johns says they will remove the DME from the car, hook it up to their computers, and dyno it is as many times as needed while making slight adjustments so they can fine tune a chip that will optomize the performance of my engine. When they feel I've got the best torque/HP number they burn a chip especially for me. I am really looking forward to seeing what they can do.

Also a big shout out to my 2 biggest fans, My wife and daughter who were there to cheer me on to victories last weekend.

NASA 04/2010 Summit point

An absolutely fabulous weekend with NASA as I collected victories both Saturday and Sunday in GTS 2. The new paving on the track is wonderful and the only question that remains is , will it last ? After qualifying on the pole Saturday I ended up with a 5 second victory when the 2nd and 3rd place cars really battled it out and allowed me to pull away slowly in the 25 minute sprint race.

On Sunday I started 4th in the 40 minute enduro and made up 2 spots in turn one as a BMW appeared to miss a shift and I was able to go outside in turn 2 and settle into second place . After following Noel Hall in his 944 for 5 or 6 laps I was finally able to pass him in turn one with and inside move and beating him to turn 3 with my inside position . It was nip and tuck for the remainder of the race but I was able to hold him off by working through traffic successfully and finally taking the chequered flag ....

Looking forward to going to Watkins Glenn next month for the National PCA race.

See you soon...

test and tune

This thursday I will be doing a test and tune for the race car courtesy of Performance auto works of Summit point. I will be running the car with a new front bumper that will save me about 70lbs on the car. Hopefully the loss of weight will help my HP to weight ratio enough to give me a little better time around the track. I am also really looking forward to testing out the new pavement on the track to see what kind of difference it makes.

Anyone interested in watching some good, hard racing locally should go out to Summit point this weekend and watch the boys from NASA duke it out. Stop by the Allstate tent and say hello.

NASA VIR 03/2010

Well the first race of the year went fairly well. I set a personal best of 2:16 but ended up finishing 4th overall in in the sprint on Saturday. Those pesky M3's seem to have a little more tourque than me ( I know it couldn't be the driver ). On Sunday the rain held off all day until MY race started. I ended up finishing 4th again in a total deluge. I learned a lot though driving in a down pour ( mostly that I desperately need Hoosier rains )



All in all a great time hanging out with new found friends like Mark Francis from OG racing and Scott Leopold from Werkstadt motors. I am looking forward to April's NASA event at Summit point and trying out my new PF01 brake pads that I purchased from OG .