Well forgive my forgetting to update....my how things have come full circle. . 2015 was national e class champion 2016...rough year. Will update soon

Summit Point 2014 PCA Club Race

Sprint 1- 1st in class, 1st overall Sprint 2 – 1st in Class, 1st overall Sprint 3- 1st Enduro- 1st overall and 1st in class What a great event as always, had a HUGE showing from Intersport, Karen Close and the Century 21 team brought out several visitors who got to enjoy the track experience and root me on. Behe Performance was there making sure all went well, as well as Ken Hills Photography taking some GREAT pictures. OG Racing had Mark Francis there for all the parts needs as well as him trying to race himself (unfortunately mechanicals prevented him from getting many laps in). PCA Potomac had a great event and great dinner as well, always one of the best club races of the year. Sprint races all went well, was able to take the overall wins in each sprint and keep a good lead on the field. Clarke Simpson had some hilarious laps behind me trying to catch me going 4 wheels off MANY MANY times. Was fun to watch in the mirror (hopefully it stays that way in the future). Had only one real issue, early on in sprint 2 I think it was I had my gas pedal start sticking….if I went full throttle it stuck to the floor until I tapped it enough to release….if I went partial throttle it went to probably ¾ throttle right away….had enough of a lead I figured lets see if I can limp it home for the win…Sure enough I was able to take the win, had to coast in cause on the cool down lap it got stock on full throttle so I had to shut if off…Charlie popped open the tail and right away noticed the throttle return springs had broken…easy fix luckily..new springs and was ready to go. The Enduro was a good bit of fun as it added higher class cars to the mix. Clarke actually got around me on the 3rd lap into turn 1 but I was able to do an over under and take it back on the exit. Rest of the race I spent keeping the gap to Clarke and ran some nice consistent laps…..pit stop went well no issues or drama….came out and ended up seeing the checkered flag drop …for me….somehow had passed 3 or 4 cars in the pit stops and took the overall win as well as class win.

New Jersey Motorsports Park PCA Club Race 2014

Sprint 1- 3rd in class, Sprint 2- 1st in class, Sprint 3- 1st in class, Enduro- 2nd Overall and 1st in class Got off to a slow start on some very old tires and then ran into the CV boot and axel issues again. Big thanks to Intersport for keeping me on track all weekend, Art and Jimmy busted their butt on all of the cars in our camp….Clarke Simpson had his E stock 911 out for the fun and was driving the wheels off the thing…actually he technically drove the exhaust off the thing with his collector falling off on the main straight and making it all the way to turn 3 by the end of the race. 1st Sprint - was interesting, came from way back and worked my way up into 1st place, then got caught out in traffic back to 2nd place, then was run off the track twice which left me back in third place …which I was happy with because I laid down a good race lap that was fastest in class by about .7sec which would put me on pole for the next race. 2nd Sprint – had a pretty good start and kept the lead in E class, sat up front the hole race, put down another good lap to secure pole for the 3rd sprint. Clarke put up a good fight sticking with me for the entire race, I thought I had a plenty good time and then found out that Clarke was only a tenth behind…..and I had set a new track record ….so had to step it up next race. 3rd Sprint – Had another decent start and then got bogged down the second lap, but then was able to put in a few good laps and make my way through some traffic. Unfortunately was a fairly uneventful race just maintaining a lead on Clarke. Ran another good race lap just slightly slower than the record and secured Pole in class for the Enduro. Enduro – qualified on the front row in second place overall and had a fair start with only 1 faster class car getting in front of me, was able to nock out some consistent good laps and took 2nd overall after the pit stop and first in class, Not much drama in the race just had a good run overall. Again great end to the weekend, big thanks to Intersport and Karen Close C21 New Millennium for the consistent support

VIR 2014 PCA Club Race

Sprint 1- 2nd in class, Sprint 2 – 2nd in Class, Enduro- 1st in class Very good weekend, had a bunch of mechanicals this weekend from stuck gas pedal (screw behind the pedal) to my rear hub breaking. Luckily we were able to locate a spare and borrow the correct bearing from my friend Jack Strifling (also a competitor) and save the weekend. Also had some of the same CV boot issues (think we got a bad batch cause they seemed to be breaking far too often) In Practice I came up on Jim Buckley and was able to pass him, this does not usually happen….and I think it woke him up case the next few laps he reeled me back in and ended up qualifying just ahead of me. 1st Race I ended up second behind Jim Buckley who as usual was out there flying around the track. I set a new track record this session but unfortunately was not able to stay close enough to Buckley in the race itself to make it fun for him. Got to see his line a few times and I think that helped me gain some time at the oak tree. His car is sweet to watch with so little body roll, he really has his suspension dialed in. 2nd Race Jim took the lead early after missing a gear in turn 4….did not get the greatest start and just kept a consistent gap with him out front for pretty much the entire race. Enduro….had a good start and kept in contact with Buckley this time, tried to run hard but consistent and keep the pressure on Jim. He had a good gap on me the whole time but I would real him in then he would step up the pace…so it was fairly entertaining chasing his white rabbit (white beautifully built 911). At some point he went into the pit, ended up throwing a fan belt, so when I came in to the pits a lap or two later he came over and let me know he was out of the race…..a few laps later he was back out on track hunting me down….unfortunately after my pit stop the gas cap had not been put on correctly…I was DUMPING fuel out of the filler….watching my gas gauge go down the last 5-6 laps the car was hiccupping in certain corners and my lead went from a little over a minute down to just under 20 seconds at the end I think….But was able to limp in for a first place finish…Jim set a new track record during the race and I set my new personal best just .2 off his time. >Great end to the weekend.

Watkins Glen 2014 PCA Club Race

Watkins Glen…..lots of things going on Sprint 1- 1st in Class, Sprint 2- 1st in Class, Enduro 4th in class Had a new sponsor come on board with Century 21 New Millennium, brought out some very nice new scheme and are very happy to have them on Board, as always www.karenclose.com for all your real estate needs in the Northern Virginia area. You don’t have to trust me, check out the website or just search her name and you will see she is one of the best in the area. Here are some pics of the new stickers going on.

Would like to thank Van Svenson for the new stickers and all the work that went into them. He did a great job helping with the concept and the stickers quality and timing were great…not to mention the pricing was great. Probably the best race ive had in a long time. Fred Constantino (a great driver) came back to E stock in a new to him 911 and we got to run nose to tail for some time as can be seen from inside his car here. Big thanks to Dave Scott (VeloceRaptor on Rennlist) who I hired for some coaching on Friday, he walked me through the basics of looking at the data my Racepak collects and how to apply it to my driving. Also gave me some track pointers that helped the overall attitude of the car. He was very easy to work with and clearly communicated what he was trying to get me to do. Wish I had some more time to work with him as im sure I could have found more time (just look at how fred catches me in the toe of the boot) but only so much in the budget. Just want to again say thank you for the help and recommend him to all looking for a coach. Had a clean sweep of 1st in all the sprint races, set a new personal best time as well Intersport and Dan Jacobs Hairy Dog Garage really came through, had several issues with CV boots and axels. Ended up getting a spare axel from Dan Jacobs (my main competitors mechanic) and cannot thank him enough, without this I would not have been able to run the enduro. Art, Jimmy, and Charlie helped get the axel and CV boots all sorted out and I was able to run…these guys are amazing in what they do. Also the fact that Dan Jacobs is more than happy to help anyone he can out really says a lot for this community. Big thanks to you all. Then came the enduro. Had a very comfortable lead going into the pit stop….had some snafu with the watch and left the pit less than a second early…less than a second….UGH…black flag came out and had a stop and go…literally as soon as I stopped I was told GO GO GO by the scruit…NOW IM MAD AT MYSELF…..came back out in 5th palce in class…..So I start to push…..next thing I know im smelling gas in the corners….start seeing it seeping out of the filler…gas cap not on right…oh boy…start seeing the gas gauge going down faster than the time left and start thinking im either going to make it or not but I need to push….got myself back into 4th and was reeling in 2nd and 3rd….with 2 laps left I catch them and I notice first place is just in front of them as well…at the rate I was catching them I really could still win this…so im pushing haaard….am able to pass 3rd after the bust stop, then get 2nd in the laces….i can see first and am seriously catching him fast…get through the toe and im probably 4-5 car lengths behind….Car hiccups for gas…almost shuts down….so I pull right and have to give up 2nd and then 3rd…get gas flowing again and finish the race just behind 3rd place now in 4th….SOOO mad with myself for the short pit stop….but what can ya do…that’s racing…and am still happy to be in the top 5 with my car in one piece

2014 Sebring PCA Club Race

Sprint 1 – 1st in class, Sprint 2 – 2nd in class, Enduro – 1st in class 1st Sprint - Had a great start to the year. Qualified fair for the first race and got a great start, eventually clawed my way up to first place 2nd Sprint – Had another good start and ended up in first, was passed by Mark Hupfer after a bobble in a turn….unfortunately he ran into engine issues and I inherited the lead (I guess last year was my mechanical year). Had a good lead over my competition and was able to just run a pace to stay out front….late in the race had a higher class car holding me up in sever corner to then accelerate away down the straight letting my competitor draw me in….Then last lap turn 1 same higher class car makes a mistake and I take action to avoid rear ending him, loose 1st place….attempted to regain the lead and well…the video speaks for itself… not sure if he saw me make the move to the inside or not but im glad to have come out of it without incident…though I was not happy and came in second with fastest lap in class so gridded well for the enduro Enduro was great, kept a lead the entire time….then at the end after a double yellow got caught…and I mean CAUGHT in traffic…ended up a drag race out of turn 17 to the finish…I believe there was less than a half second between 1st 2nd and 3rd …I ended up taking First and was very happy. Car ran great all weekend which was great and then we loaded them all up for the trip back home

TIME TO UPDATE

Its about time to start updating this blog again, has an issue with a computer and lost the updated version so I am back to using this one. 2013 … Had a great end to the year with a 5th place nationally and first place for our zone (actually think it ended up being 4th place because of someone being ineligible because of a 13/13. 2014 was a good year, Came in 2nd place nationally and 1st for our zone. Set 2 track records (Summit and NJMP) for my class and some personal bests at others. A BIG thanks to Intersport, Karen Close and Century 21, Behe Performance, OG Racing, and of course the continued support of my family. Will get a summary of each event to post up with some videos hopefully as well.

2012 has begun....Sebring 48 hrs

Made my first trip down to Sebring and had a great time. 13 driver and 12 cars went down from Intersport...
first time to the track and wont be the last...difficult to learn and probably alot worse to master...i dont think i took turn 17 (final turn) the same way once...

Ended up with the following results
First Sprint 1st in class
Second Spring 3rd in class
Enduro 2nd in class

the two cars ahead of me where about 2 seconds faster than i was but i was happy to be about 2 seconds in front of the rest of the class. Just wish i coulda been closer to the front runners but no one to blame but myself.

Car ran great, had some slight tranny issues with a coupling in the shifter being a little loose but that is being fixed now. Otherwise car ran great.

My camera had an issue (i think becuase of a charger i used that was the wrong output) and did not get anything from the 2 spring races...but borrowed a Camera for the Enduro - Thanks Mark Francis and OG racing..
Big thanks to the guys from Intersport and all the work they did throughout the weekend. we had alot of cars from our camp with issues but anything fixable was fixed....

Technically im Second in the E-Class championship right now (haha that wont last much past the second club race next month) but i need to get a screen shot of Rennpoints so i have proof.

Summit Point Club Race 2011 20th Anniversary

Well been a while since ive updated here but might as well get to it...
Had a GREAT weekend at the Summit Club race despite the weather (friday great, sat RAIN, sun cool and damn with rain at the end)

Ended up with a very productive weekend and did very well (3 first in clases, 2 overall wins, and one 2nd in class)

my first time driving this car in the rain (well first time racing in the rain as well)

qualifying start...first time on hoosier wets


First sprint


third sprint


Enduro Start still dont know what the H-E-double hockey sticks i was doing in 14th???? if it had been based on the second sprint i woulda been 3rd with a 1:40 in tha rain haha...


And here is video from one of the guys i was racing with all weekend (his is the black 944) and its a view i dont often get of my car (yes thats my car thats making all the noise in the video...he is in a differnt class car but as you can see fairly evenly matched.


Big thanks go out to the Crew at Intersport and Convenience auto care for all the support and getting the car ready.
Also big thanks to OG racing

VIR Club Race 2011

Had a great weekend and did some of the best driving i think ive done yet.
had a few glitches over the weekend, racepak went dead and i had no tach or data. Mark Francis and OG racing did all they could to try and get it working again but no dice...get to deal with that this week.
Cut the wire to my cool suit 15-20 min into the enduro and got to run it old school...but was it hot.

Car ran flawlessly thanks to Charlie and the Intersport Crew. Did my personal best lap times (last years 2:20) this year was 2:15.2...
3rd first sprint (in E class)
2nd second sprint (in E class)
1st in the enduro (in E class)
Also got Workers Choice award, seems if your really bad at race starts and work your way through traffic workers like you. Big thanks to all of the Corner workers who make this all possible and get to sit out in the sun and keep us safe.

Here is a link to the video also on my youtube page
http://youtu.be/Y-nO-19oF-0

My daughter also made OG Racings website, so please check out their facebook page, not to mention their website for your racing needs (good plug eh?)

Congrats to Scott, Omar, Jim and the rest of the racers....Friend Pat also did a freaking fantastic job in his new 911...2:19s his first time at the track and with his first 911...RWD isnt an easy cross over from 4wd but boy he makes it look easy.

Road atlanta

well here is some more of a write up and some vids
Well after a long weekend, unfortunately a slightly rainy weekend i made it back safe and sound from Road Atlanta Club Race. Frank and I made some progress over the weekend, Frank even ended up with a 1st and 3rd in class. I ended up with a measly 6th in class (9th overall) in a very tough e-class with about 12 total entrants just in E. Constaneau (sp?) was in first for the entire weekend turning some rediculously fast times.
Leh Keen was down there in a 997rsr that was freaking bada$$. sounded sooo good not to mention he was driving the crap out of it.
Big thanks goes out to Charlie at Intersport for all the setup on the car and making the trip down.

For my first time to atlanta i think i did ok, shoulda had a 5th place but didnt defend and also had a missed shift (yeh stupid rookie mistake) what can ya do. We had a sunny day on friday practice sessions, saturday morning was good, afternoon was WET...Sunday WET.... so with only hoosiers i was benched for the 2nd half of the weekend....will get some rains sometime. even with not driving sunday i had a great time and will definately go back for another club race...i still have alot of time to find and put together on the track. Frank did well in the enduro and i think got a podium in class as well.


here is the vids from the first race. had an ok start/chopped off and you can watch th rest, sorry had to break it up into 2 to upload it.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IaiC0JlBCM"]Sprint Race 1 part 1[/url]
[URL="http://vimeo.com/21653765"]Sprint Race 1 part 2[/URL]

Road Atlanta Club Race

Well been a while since an update so might as well. Had a Great time down in Atlanta, it was nice for Friday and then Sat morning, then the skies opened up and it rained alot so I sat and watched the rest of the weekend with no rain tires....oh well.

Ill have some vids and pics up later on but definately suggest making the trip down there if you have not, i know ill be back at some point.

i started 12th and ended up in 9th overall so i cant complain too much, was shweet seeing the cup cars and leh keens 997rsr.

Summit Point Club Race Oct 1-3

Well this is a little late but better then never.
Had a great time and some good racing, Ended up with a pers best lap time, as many others did as well. Still off the pace of the front runners but what can ya do.
I think i ended up with a few 4ths and 5ths in the spring races and managed a 3rd in the enduro.

Got my new dash installed, racepak IQ3, so finally got to get some telemetry from the car and was suprisingly close to my theoretical best lap time, which means im either driving the crap out of the car (not likely) or I need to tweak a few things on the car/my driving to get some more speed out of it.
Intersport did a VERY nice install of the dash, ill try to get some pics, so many thanks to them.

Some vids will be up eventually, just been busy with life (by that i mean a teething 6month old)

Been a while since ive had an update so... Was out at Summit with the SCCA this past weekend and had a good time. Had a few issues (rear sway bar kept popping off) but ran good otherwise, finally have a nagging oil leak squared away.

Getting ready for Club race this coming weekend. Car finally has a gas gauge in it haha. Getting the new gauge (racepak IQ3) installed today hopefully. cant wait to have a little data to make fun of myself with.

Tried to run on some year+ old hoosiers that had about half life left and boy was it scary, they made a dry track seem like standing water...was glad to get them off the car.

Got a new fishey lense for the video camera so should be able to see in the car a little better.
Will have some vids/pics from the upcoming Summit race after this weekend.

Porschefest/Vets on Track

Had a good weekend, though very rainy, i mean i didnt even go thruough a whole tank of gas this weekend.
Student did great, she was more and more comfortable with her car and was trusting my input and encouragement of the gas pedal, for her second DE she was flying and smoothing in the rain.

I hope all of the wounded warriers/Vets had a good time, i know it was great to see them out there, especially the guy throwing the checkered flag, got a big wave and bigger smile when he saw me wave thanks to him. The dinner and hopefully the day for them was a good deal of fun, cant thank them enough for all they have done.

Car ran well besides a few little oil gremlins and some older hoosiers. the dry session we got on sunday was a ton of fun though my tires didnt want to grip.

Had a few bad incidents happen in front of me luckily everyone was ok, my condolences for the loss of some nice machinery. I hope they come back with somethign else to play with.

Should have my new IQ3 dash installed soon and finally get some data, an odometer, and maybe even a new sending unit for my gas gauge. Thanks to OG for the dash.
Ill have some video up when i get around to uploading it.

Porschefest comin up

Well Porschefest is this weekend and I will be out at summit hopefully trying out the AIM pista dash/data logger, Alot of my analog gauges are well, on vacation... so hopefully this will help me be less of a pansy and keep that throttle down.

Otherwise not too much new on the car. hopefully my tires hold out, got a 3 day event, and races from VIR. might be pushing it but who knows.

Got my cool suit all worked out, BIG SHOT out to Brian and Steve from OG, they really pulled through for me. FAST, well ill reserve comment...

VIR PCA Club Race 2 Sprint Black

Finally got some vids from VIR up here is the second sprint race
http://vimeo.com/13557092

Summit Pt July 16-18

had a good weekend out at Summit but boy was it hot, Was plagued with some small oil leaks thruout the weekend but it was nothing to worry about. Cool Suit saved the day, Had a great student who continually progressed throughout the weekend in a nice 997.

Car ran well, new steering rack made it controllable, who woulda thought, will have some video's up soon hopefully.

Just thought i would post up a little vid of my old VW that helped get me started at the racetrack when it was stock, this is no HD i know i know, but hey it was 400whp at about 9 lbs of boost on a turbo meant to run 26 (breaking it in at watkins.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=137819425779014242&hl=en

Well got back from VIR ok, it was HOT I tell ya. Had a ton of issues getting the cool shirt down to me and basically it never showed up and luckily I got the last shirt available at the shop on track though it was not the shirt I wanted, it helped ALOT. I had to run the first day and a half with out it and it was not easy and definately gave me some headaches. I guess there were two people who had to see medical help for heat stroke (one was in the hospital overnight).

Race itself went well, ended up with two 3rd places in the sprint races. I had to catch a plane out of town sunday night and had to skip the enduro, though in practice i had my steering rack give up on me so it worked out anyways (was going to try to stay for at least some of the enduro). Steering had been giving me signs of weakness but when coming out of hogpen, suddenly about double the steering input was needed to keep it on the track and was shuffle steering through the esses (NOT NORMAL).
Ill have some video up when i get the chance to upload/edit it.

The event was very good besides the heat, it was well run and a fun time. I am sure the heat had a BIG part with the low attendance but what can ya do. Hopefully next year more show up out there as the track is just too much fun.
Congrats to Frank and Toby who had a great rookie race. was fun seeing you guys out on the track.
Still cant get over the brakes on the spec boxsters