2010 - considering coming back in DSP

2009 - took season off for family - car running well again after much maintenance 

 

2008 - no competition - took the season off to build a deck & watch roadracing

Chicago SCCA 2007 Championship Season
It took six years to finally make the dream happen!
1st of 26 in Street Touring
45 of 448 overall (top 10% - was top 8% til last event)

2007 In-car video's after I got the vibration/shaking problem solved.

http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx?key=DCECB0349A733AEF

http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx?key=6277E78EFD94F497

http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx?key=24502C45311B6469

http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx?key=DB81777C6B54772B

Topping out 2nd gear............................................................Just a touch of inside wheel lift

Focusing on the camera?.....................................................Click here for 1st in-car footage

Near perfect cornering...........................................................Rt66 always has a turnaround

Again just a touch of wheel lift..............................................Powering down for the straight

4/1 Joliet - 1st of 6 in class, 43% overall Best run dirty & partial car setup
4/15 Joliet - 2nd of 11 in class, 26% overall
5/13 Joliet - 2nd of 9 in class, 39% overall Tight course favoring RWD
8/19 Burlington, WI - 1st of 4 in class, 20% overall New setup is perfect - 14th on index
9/2 Joliet Divisional - 4th of 6 in class, 60% overall Hot sun & poor tire management.
9/15 Joliet - T&T day Must play more with Hoosiers
9/16 Joliet - 4th of 11 in class, 38% overall Good showing strong final run.
10/20 Joliet - 1st of 4 in class, 30% overall Strong last event for STS.
10/21 Joliet - last of 4 in class, 26% overall Ran DStock IS300 against best drivers

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2006 - no competition took the season off for family

Chicago SCCA 2005 Almost Season
3rd of 40 in Street Touring, 41 of 428 overall (top 9%)
Did beat the top driver in class 50% of times we competed but gave up the season after 7th event.

Cendiv Chicago 2005

My 3rd Natl Tour - had a great time this year....................June Joliet event 3.8" drop - thanks TNR)

Tight into the finish - it's on video too.................................aim at the cone and drift around???

4/17 Joliet - 3rd of 17 in class, 33% overall Last run dirty would've been top 16%

6/19 Joliet - 3rd of 11 in class, 37% overall Big car, tight course, new tires too.

7/3 Indiana - 20 of 28 in class (#15 on Sun), 82% overall. Natl event with drivers from Colo to NY.

8/28 Joliet - 5th of 16 in class, 36% overall (Divisional event against region's top Civics)

9/4 Joliet - 4th of 9 in class, 45% overall Problems all day, not my best showing

9/13 Topeka - 37th of 45 in class First Nationals and only Maxima ever competing.  Finished 581st of 1086 on index (53%) with a blown strut and so-so tires.  Estimated top 40% with solid equipment.

10/23 Joliet - 2nd of 9 in class, 26% overall RSX could be trouble in '06

Index results look tough for 2 reasons

1) Chicago drivers are some of the top in the nation taking
.....3rd most tropies in Topeka in '04

2) STS index keeps getting tougher going from .776 to .799
.....since I started in 2000 much due to the Civic's
.....dominance. Using old indexes bumps me into the top 1/5
.....against some of the best talent anywhere)

Chicago SCCA 2004 Tuning, Testing, and Falling Apart Season
6th of 37 in Street Touring, 51 of 406 overall (top 12%)
Disappointing season end as suspension broke at last event costing me both trophy status and possibly the season win.

Woops, that's too low of a drop!

4/4 Joliet - 1st in class, 16% overall
4/17 MazdaRevItUp - 431st of 23,744 nationally, top 1.8%
5/9 Joliet - 5th in class, 28% overall - left after AM (Mom day)
6/6 Alsip - 1st in class, 26% overall
7/10 Alsip - 2nd in Pro class, 20% overall
7/24 Alsip - 4th in class, 16% overall
10/10 Milwaukee - 10th in class, 69% overall - major setup probs
10/30 Joliet - no score as car broke after 1st run

Chicago SCCA 2003 Everybody Impoved Season
3rd of 43 in Street Touring, 30 of 373 overall (top 8%)

Maywood with Kosei's & Eibachs (Thanks Andy).............And Belvidere in Grid

4/27 pics from Milwaukee (Thanks Jason).......................Like a bad rash, this body roll won't go away!

3/30 Joliet - 1st in class, 5% overall
4/6 Joliet - 3rd in class, 11% overall
4/27 Milwaukee - 2nd in class, 8% overall
6/22 Crete - 508th nationally, 3% overall
7/13 Maywood - 2nd in class, 14% overall
7/19 Belvidere - 2nd in class, 13% overall
8/2-8/3 Milwaukee - 13th in class, 28% overall (top competitors from 5 state area)
9/21 Joliet - 5th in class, 19% overall
10/5 Joliet - 1st in class, 15% overall
10/18 Joliet - 8th in class, 25% overall - 5 of 6 runs dirty
10/19 Joliet - 3rd in class, 17% overall - same course in reverse, go figure

Chicago SCCA 2002 Improved Driving Season
2nd of 31 in Street Touring, 28 of 361 overall (top 8%)

1st time on Kosei wheels at 7/21/02 event in Burlington, WI

9th in class, 53% overall
2nd in class, 16% overall
3nd in class, 28% overall
2nd in class, 15% overall
1st in class, 21% overall
1st in class, 11% overall

Chicago SCCA 2001 Rookie Season
4th of 44 in Street Touring, 72 of 400 overall (top 18%)
(1) 3rd place, (1) 4th, (2) 7th, (1) 9th

Thanks Barry Chafin for all the auto-x tips & help!

More unburied pics - thanks Mike Clevenger

1st National style event - a humbling experience