WDCR members have again volunteered their cars to be on display in the region’s exhibit at the Washington Auto Show, which lasts until Sunday.  They are on the large (main) exhibit hall on the lower level.  Just follow the thumpity-thumpity music!

About 20 vehicles are on display representing Solo, Club Racing, RallyCross, Time Trials and Emergency Services.  Here is information about some of those vehicles:

Karen Kraus, 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX, Solo – E Street Prepared (ESP)
I mostly run National ProSolo and Tour events with it. In ESP, it mostly runs against Camaros and Mustangs, with the occasional Talon TSi/Eclipse GSX thrown in.  I won the 2008 ProSolo L1 Championship (in stock form), then I did the modifications for ESP, and took the 2009 National ESPL Championship.

Mike Snyder, Ford Mustang Shelby GT, Solo – F Stock (FS)
I purchased this car new in February of 2007, and the dash plaque authenticates this car as #450 in the Shelby GT registry. It was built to compete in SCCA Solo II and Pro Solo
competition in the F Stock Class. It competes against Camaros, Mustangs, and other Shelby GTs.

Modifications include AST Shocks, crash bolt kit, competition alignment, adjustable sway bar end links, lightweight Volk wheels and Hoosier race tires. Driven by Sam Strano at National level events, this Shelby GT always finishes in front or near the front of the pack. No other Shelby GT has won an F Stock SCCA National Championship or F Stock Pro Solo Championship title.

Eric Kriemelmeyer, Pontiac Solstice GXP with ZOK package, Solo – B Stock (BS)
The Solstice GXP competes in SCCA Stock Class B, against S2000 Club Racer, STi, C4 Corvette primarily.  It’s a 2.0L turbo four-cylinder engine provides excellent acceleration as well as above average fuel economy. With the addition of the factory ZOK suspension option, the car is lowered as well as having increased cornering ability above the base Solstice GXP. Using stock-size 18X8 wheels, the car can use enormous 295 width racing tires (stock is 245) providing a much larger contact patch for competition. Pontiac: They Built Excitement!

Alan Claffie, 1990 Mazda Miata, Solo – Street Touring S (STS)
Competes against the Honda CRX, Honda del sol, Mazda RX7 and Toyota MR2 in STS

SCCA’s Street Touring Solo category lets drivers compete in popular cars with popular modifications (aftermarket suspension, intake, exhaust, etc). Expensive and fragile racing tires aren’t allowed in this class, so it’s ideal for those who just want to show up and drive without having to bring a second set of wheels and tires to the event site.

Larry Spector , 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo, PDX/Time Trials/Solo – Street Modified 2 (SM2)
The car is used primarily for PDX events, with occasional Solo competition as well. It’s been run at Summit Point, WV; Watkins Glen, NY; Virginia International Raceway and New Jersey Motorsports Park.

The MR2 Turbo is a mid-engined (engine behind the driver) rear wheel drive car.
It has two seats, and two trunks (one in front, and another in back) and was made in Japan and sold in the United States between 1991 and 1995.  This car has a turbocharged and intercooled 4 cylinder engine, with a 5 speed manual transmission, and as delivered, it had 200hp and a 0-60 of under six seconds, and a top speed of over 140 mph.

This car is now 20 years old, and is driven to and from the track. It’s also used for commuting in good weather!

Tristan Herbert, 2008 Volskwagen GTI, Pro Racing – World Challenge Touring
Competes nationally in World Challenge against Mazda RX-8, Honda civic si, Scion tc, Mazda 3, Acura tsx, Mazda speed 3 and Acura RSX racecars.  It’s modified with JRZ Three-Way Adjustable Suspension, Piper Motorsports Custom Exhaust, AIM Data System, 17X8 BBS RGR Wheels, Racetech Seat, (Gripper) Limited Slip Differential Transmission, Ground Control Camber Plates, Power Flex Suspension Bushings, Stop-Tech Big Brake Kit, BSH Motor and Trans Mounts and an APR chip.

Bob Crawford, 1982 Dodge Colt, Club Racing – Improved Touring C (ITC)
Races at Summit Point, Watkins Glen and other tracks.  Races in Improved Touring “C”

Jack Burrows, 1984 Mazda RX7, Club Racing – Spec RX-7 (SRX7)
The Spec RX7 is based on and races against first-generation (1981-85) Mazda RX7s.  Tightly limited drive train preparation but competition suspension – shocks, struts, springs, sway bars etc. – open exhaust, spec tires, and gutted interior.  Safety equipment includes roll cage, five-point driver harness, on-board fire suppression system, fuel cell, and electrical system kill switch. Minimum race weight (including driver) is 2,530 lbs.

It has been driven to four victories at Watkins Glen International

Matt Hayes, 2010 Womer EV-3, Club Racing – FormulaVee (FV)
The car competes in the WDCR region MARRS series with other FVs primarily at Summit Point.  The class often has 15 cars entered and the low-power, high-grip cars make for close and exciting racing with a lot of drafting.

The car was designed and produced by Womer Race Cars located inside the DC beltway.  It uses primarily vintage Volkswagen parts in a custom frame and body, as stipulated by the class rules.  The car has a top speed of about 120mph and is capable of about 2Gs of lateral acceleration.  While the car only has about 60hp, the weight of 1025lbs, which includes the driver, make for a exciting machine.

Shawn Roberts, 1988 Mazda RX-7, RallyCross – Modified Two-Wheel Drive (M2)
This is the class for the most modified 2 wheel drive cars in RallyX.  Locally the competition is mostly older Sentra’s and a Ford Focus.

Ben Lambioette, FFR Type 65 Coupe, Solo/Time Trials — X Prepared (XP)
The “Bottom Dollar” Coupe is built on a Factory Five Racing Type 65 Coupe chassis and body. It is not a “donor” kit car.  All mechanical components are new and were carefully selected to suit the uses for which the car was built.  Considerable additional work was done to the chassis and body.

It is powered by a 347 ci small block Ford V-8 built on a new Ford Racing Boss block.  Top end, recently rebuilt by Maryland Performance, sports Canfield 195 cc CNC heads, Race Tec flattop pistons, cut to match the offset of the valves, Manley H-beam rods, and Jesel “mohawk beam” shaft rockers.  It has a custom solid roller cam by Jay Allen at Camshaft Innovations.  Fuel is delivered by mechanical pump to Pro Systems Holley 4-barrel double pumper with no choke, feeding an Edelbrock RPM Airgap dual plane intake manifold.  It has a 22 gallon Fuel Safe fuel cell.  Built to rev to 7,000 rpm+, it pulled 485 peak hp and 480 peak torque at the rear wheels on a chassis dyno last year.  

It runs an Astro Performance “built” (heavy duty alloy gearset) T-5 5-speed transmission, mated to a dual disk Spec Super Twin clutch and lightweight aluminium flywheel.  Damping is by double adjustable Koni’s at all four corners and Eibach springs.  Rear is IRS, built on a 1997 T-Bird, with oversized heavy duty half shafts, and a Torsen T-2 helical gear type limited slip diff.   Brakes are six piston Willwoods up front and four pot Willwoods in the rear.  Front-rear brake bias is adjustable via dial on the lower console.  Steering is via a Fast Freddie’s Fabrication electro-hydraulic power steering set up.  Cog and tooth accessory drive and self-exciting alternator are from Jones Racing.

The car weighs 2515 pounds without driver, and a half a tank of gas.  It is not a show car or concourse replica, but was built to compete in a variety of motorsports.  A frequent competitor in Solo, in XP class, it runs autocrosses (cone-dodging) nearly every weekend with SCCA WDCR, Capital Driving Club, and at Cumberland and other airport long-circuit events.  It also saw action in last year’s SCCA Divisionals and a Pro Solo event at FedEx Field.   It is also used on road racing tracks for Time Trials and Club Trials (where four cars are released on the track, laps are timed, and the fastest lap wins) , and non-competitive track days.  We will probably do at least one hillclimb (closed public road circuit, usually up a mountain, with runs timed) with it in 2011.

The car was built by Fred Kelley of Fast Freddie’s Fabrication.  Body and paint by Chris’ Customs. Custom dash, wiring, tire trailer hitch and other details by Larry Casey of Casey Design.  It was completed in June 2009, and just completed its first full season of competition.  It is street legal, and driven to and from events, towing a small trailer on which race tires and tools are hauled.

Other displays include:

Chris Windsor, Triumph and Morgan, Historic
Gene,  427 Cobra, Time Trials — XP
Steve Huemmer, Rescue 1 
Mike Collins, Mazda Miata, Club Racing — Spec Miata (SM) and Showroom Spec Miata (SSM)
Bill Mercurio, Club Racing — Spec Racer Ford (SRF)
Justin Huffman, Club Racing — Formula Enterprises (FE)
Steve Hyatt, 1991 Golf GTI, RallyCross — PF

Tickets are on sale for the annual WDCR banquet Jan. 29 at the Washington Convention Center through DLB Racing.  Cost is $50 for adults, $30 for children ages 3 to 12, and children under 3 are free.  Ticket sales end Jan. 23.

People don’t have to purchase tickets for the auto show, which is being held at the convention center, unless they plan on touring the show floor.

Awards — Club Racing and Solo – will be presented from 3 to 5 p.m. followed by an hors d’oeuvres reception at 5:30 p.m. Winners who would like to just pick up their award may do so without purchasing a banquet ticket if they will not be attending the banquet – just be sure to check with your race chair to confirm the time of your program’s award ceremony.

A buffet dinner will begin at 6:30, and Region awards will begin at 7:30 during dessert. A cash bar will be available throughout.  

There will be plenty of open seating, but arrangements can be made in advance for groups of four or eight only. If you would like to reserve a table for a party of four or eight, please send the details (names of each person to sit together) to Eric Kriemelmeyer.

A discounted group rate has been made available for attendees at four nearby hotels. 

For parking, directions and other information, see the convention center Web site.

The Washington D.C. Region SCCA Time Trials program held its second event of 2010 on July 17th and 18th, 2010. Drivers took to the beautiful and tricky Shenandoah Circuit at Summit Point Motorsports Park for a weekend full high temperatures, clear skies, record times and clear track for all groups.

The PDX event Saturday started off the weekend with driver education programs on track, in the classroom as well as on the wet skid pad in the Shenandoah Circuit paddock area. All levels of track driver were welcomed with clear track, as each group had plenty of space on the 2.2 mile circuit. Advanced drivers enjoyed track time with the instructors group with passing anywhere on track with a point by. Adding a new level of enjoyment and the next level of on track education for our most experienced drivers.

By the time last car rolled in, the PDX Ladies Auxiliary had rolled out a spread for everyone. A good time was had by all, even though Matt left the coconut bra and grass skirt at home. A special thanks to Jo Anne Edmondson and Janet Toland for making the Saturday PDX parties such a treat. Later the paddock became the campground, several parties and a number of four legged friends decided to make camp over night at the track.

Sunday came early for the PDX and Club Trials participants, a new day with new challenges. Several new competitors had come out seeking to set a new lap record for Region Club Trials. The record was reset by Fred Kelley after a valiant effort in second place by Scot Knott and his awesome Lotus Elise, and third place Joe Rausa in his Cheeta Sr-1. Kelley dropped his lap record time around the Shenandoah Circuit to a blistering fast 1:36.221 in his FFR Cobra. Kelley set the lap record in the Regions first ever Club Trial on the Shenandoah Circuit and has reset the fast time in every subsequent event, never having surrendered the record to another driver in two years of competition.

We caught up with several participants in the event and asked them a few questions after the event:

Prashanth Dayanand
First Track Day

Ed: Tell me about yourself briefly, driving experiences, the cars you’ve driven, and the car you drove in the PDX?

I am an avid auto enthusiast and always appreciate anyone who takes care of theier cars even if it’s a Civic, Corolla, etc. I have been following all the top motorsports like F1, motoGP and WRC for several years now and its become an addiction for me. Currently own a 2006 Subaru STI and 2003 Subaru Forester. Also driven Honda Civic Si, BMW 330Ci and M3, Audi A4, VW GTI and R32, WRX. I have done a lot of road trips in my Subaru STI along with my friends and family. Never had the chance to really get to know the limits of myself and the car. I was looking for a track in and around Maryland where I can take my car on the track and found WDCR SCCA club which organized HPDE events at Summit Point racing. I took my STI for HPDE event along with my brother in his 2005 Subaru Legacy GT and my cousin in his 2004 Subaru WRX.

Ed: You visited a PDX event and went on a lunch time parade lap on the Shenandoah Circuit. Was that the first time you have ever been on a racing circuit in a car, and what was it like for you?

That was my first experience on track and that too in my own car. It was an awesome feeling and decided right at that time to register for the next event. There was no way that I could miss it.

Ed: What did you do to prepare for the PDX event?

For my first PDX event, I did a lot of reading on the forums (IWSTI and NASIOC) on what basic things are needed for a track event. Everybody suggested to get some kind of track brake pads and high temperature brake fluid. I got the Hawk DTC 30′s all round for my 06 STI and Motul RBF600 brake fluid.
Suspension upgrade (TEIN Flex coliovers, TEIN Strut front and rear bars, Whiteline front and rear Sway bars 24mm) and car was Stage 2 protuned at IAG Performance long before the event.

Ed: How would you rate the classroom and in car instruction that you received?

I was very happy with the classroom sessions and also the in car instructions. Presentation was nice and Class room instructions covered the basics of event, the different flags on the track and most important was tips on improving driving skills. Also covered the basic upgrades for the car required for a HPDE event.
Real time instructions during the track session helped improve my cornering skills and also guaging the braking point. I also got to ride with the instructor (Tyler) in his BMW which really helped me push my car in the right way during my third session.

Ed: How quickly were you able to find the line on track with your instructor, and was there an “Ahh Ha!” moment for you on track or in the classroom?

Orientation ride with the instructor gave me an idea as to how to go about the track. I spent the first session getting to know the track, racing line, brking points. Second session was improvising on taking the corners quicker. Practiced braking before the turn, hitting the apex properly in the corner so as to get a better exit speed. “Ahh Ha!” moment I can think of is when I braked late during the second session coming down the back straight, took the corner a bit fast. Car’s tail started to come out and I had to counter steer to correct it. That was a great moment for me and was pretty happy on how I handled that curve.

Ed: Do you feel that attending the PDX event has helped your driving ability?

Yes. It’s just not about speeding. I have gotten to know that car can do a lot more than what a normal person can handle. I feel more confident in my car since I know my limits and also the car and how to take evasive action in case of emergency. Skid pad was a good experience and also to learn the limit of your car during slippery conditions. It was difficult to induce oversteer in my AWD Subaru. I was able to get to oversteer once, but was not able to hold on to it.

Ed: After returning home from such an extremely hot weekend on track, I mean it was brutal out there, are you excited to attend another PDX event?

Of course yes. I am excited to attend another PDX event which will be on a high speed circuit.

Ed: You came to the PDX with a group of friends, it seemed like everyone had a good time. Would you suggest this as a great activity for a group of friends to do together?

I would definitely suggest this to all my friends who are into cars. My freinds were very happy that I suggested this event and they are looking forward to the next event.

Peter Kimball
Advanced Group Driver

Ed: Tell me about yourself briefly, driving experiences, the cars you’ve driven, and the car you drove in the PDX and Club Trials?

I grew up in Connecticut in a family of Camry drivers and somehow ended up the car nut in the family. Started out autocrossing and doing PDX events, and attended the Skip Barber School this spring. The only cars I’ve really driven in anger are Miata’s, with the exception of Mike Snyder’s FSP Fiesta. FSP Fiesta, wow. At the PDX/Club Trial I rented a Spec Miata from Darrell Wheeler. I had a lot of fun in that on Saturday, but someone blew the engine in that car, so I drove a King Rat Spec Miata in the Sunday event.

Ed: You’ve participated with our PDX program and other HPD programs. What do you prefer about our program?

I come down for the people. I’ve tried other events, NJMP, Lime Rock, and there is just something about the DC Region that’s a lot of fun. I’m still in touch with the Chesapeake Roadsters, the DC Miata Club, they’re a bunch of fun folk and they have a real strong presence at these events. They make it fun to come down and I also know a lot of the volunteers at the PDX events. Chuck Edmondson still gets a kick out of telling the class how I managed to get my instructor covered in mud. It was an artful move, it took a whole bunch of talent to get his side of the car to go into the mud puddle first. Its a good group, and you know I’ve been black flagged before, and it was not so bad being sent to the skid pad. Its just a whole bunch of fun people to hang out with. Another plus is there is just so much on track time, compared to other more closer events. The safety level at DC events is much better, and the Pork BBQ sandwich is so good.

Ed: You live outside the DC Area in New York City. Explain how you go about attending our events these days?

This qualifies me as insane. I take an Amtrack train from Penn Station in New York to BWI, walk to the rental car center, pick up a car and drive to a Winchester hotel, and drive into Summit Point in the morning. Last time the trip took 7 hours, and if Amtrack is on time I could save an hour. It sounds crazy, but its worth it.

Ed: How did you like participating in the Club Trial competition?

It was amazingly fun. I can’t believe how much time we got to be out on track, and every lap was a hot lap without traffic. It was really on us as drivers to make every lap good. When there is no one in front of you there no reason that you should be messing up that corner: every corner should be perfect. That’s a lot of responsibility and fun. Knowing that the clock is ticking and fighting that red mist, its competition and thats always fun.

Ed: Since the Spec Miata is good for Track Trial competition, will you join us for the Fall events on the main circuit?

I would love too. I have Powerball tickets, and am on the lookout for overturned armored trucks. So I’m just waiting for a large bundle of money to hit me so I can rent another Spec Miata and come down to run with the Washington DC Region SCCA.

Thank you as always to the volunteers.

Fred Kelley
Advanced Group Driver, Shenandoah Circuit Lap Record Holder

Ed: Can you tell me about yourself briefly, driving experiences, the cars
you’ve driven, and the car you drove in the Club Trial?

I’ve always known I’d end up racing cars, it just took a while. I grew up in New England, I started ski racing when I was 5 or 6. We had a place right on the trails at Stratton Mountain, our coaches were all Austrian Olympic medalists and I skied every weekend, tough childhood!
 
I saved every penny from a summer job as a laborer and bought my first car in ’73, an MGB GT, I loved that thing. I went of to College in Maine, I’d get together with a group that included a Datsun B2000, a couple of 2002′s, one was a tii, and we’d go to an abandoned missle site, set up a course and trash our cars. We also did a lot of really crazy back road racing. After my sophomore year their was only one car left…my MG, everything else was wrecked. Whenever it snowed I went driving, always.
 
I got into Bicycle racing after college within a year I was building my own frames, quit my job and spent a few years on the road racing. BTW, bike racing involves standing in line at registration, nasty porta-johns, standing around all day, some racing, and lot’s of BS about why you didn’t win, sounds familiar. I raced until ’05.
 
My first real track experience was at a BMW event at Pocono. They were introducing the new M5 and had a two day event for BMW employees. They wanted to create some excitement about the new cars, and brought a handful of well prepped M5′s and what they considered their competition.
 
My instructors were Jeremy Dale and David Hobbs! It was one of the more memorable events of my life. When they had us ride with the instructors/pros is was unbelievable, to this day and still can’t believe how those guys drove..in was 1989. I was sure I’d race cars someday.
 
In the fall of ’05 I was lying in bed after my um-teenth back surgery, my doc said the bike racing days were over. I’d seen those factory five ads in the back of the mags, hmmm. Two day later I ordered a kit with the plan to make a track day car. My daughter and I drove up to Mass. in February to pick the kit up. The first one I’d ever seen was the car in their showroom. I got right to work.
 
I was almost done by the end of summer and had heard about the Capitol Area Cobra Club. They autocrossed at the Cumberland airport. Wade Chamberlain was there in his supercharged monster, holy crap! He was crazy! I knew I was in trouble, and was about to get into autocross.

I enjoy the mix of autocross, track, Cobra, Miata. I even did the BMW kart series a couple of winters ago, it was a blast, very competitive, and you even get to see some 50 year olds act 10. Autocross and karting definitely help improve your track skills, learning to control the car at or beyond the limits makes the track seem tame. It always takes me a few runs at autocross to get aggressive enough to be fast after doing a track event. I love going back to the same track over and over trying to find more speed, autocross is hit and run.

Ed: You’ve been trying all year to get out in Ben Lambiotte’s Blue/
White FFR Type 65 Coupe, what advantages does that car have over your Roadster?

Bens Coupe? I had a great time building his Coupe over the ’08/’09 winter. I had missed the buiding part since finishing mine. Ben had always wanted a Coupe, and he wanted the ultimate track Coupe. We’ve been trying to get it out to the club trials for a while, but between our schedules and some very annoying little problems it hasn’t worked…yet. I’ve got a total of 8 laps in it, and that’s with no power steering fluid.
 
The Coupe was built with one goal in mind, to be the fastest track Coupe ever. It may not be that, but it will be a fast one. Compared to my Cobra the Coupe is much more aero (imagine that), has about 150 more HP , 1000 more RPM, huge six piston Wilwoods, Koni DA race shocks, much more rubbber front and rear, a full cage, and whatever else Ben could think of. Hopefully we’ll get to see what it can do at an upcoming TT. He was talking about doing some hillclimbs, but I think he’s grown fond of the shape of the body and wants to keep it in one piece.
 
I was planning to get into wheel to wheel racing a while ago, I still am, but I’m a Realtor, so for now I’m going to keep having fun doing what I’ve been doing. I’ve met a lot of great people these past few years and really enjoy being a part of the SCCA.
 
Thanks for all the good times.

We thank Carrol Little for posting this video of laps in his Legacy Spec B.

And here is a group shot of Subaru friends after the event.

More images available at the WDCR Photography group on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/wdcrphoto/pool/

Registration for the first PDX of the season is still open. The schedule has been revamped for 2010 to allow Advanced Students (5) 30 minute driving sessions! That’s over two full hours of track time!* Beginner students will get (5) 20 minute sessions, plus everyone gets the same amazing driving instruction (classroom and in-car) that the WDCR has always offered.

Register now on DLB Racing!
or by visiting the WDCR web site.

Registration for the May 1-2 weekend will been held open until Wed 4/28 at 3 PM, with NO LATE FEE!

* Unforeseen events could cause less than 30 minutes of time in any given session, Driver and Worker saftey is always our priority.

John Scofield, best known as Sco, who worked with the PDX/Time Trials committee to promote the program during it’s infancy, succumbed to colon cancer on Sunday, April 18. Sco was a proponent of Track Events both as a source of education and as a means to “taking it off the street”. Even as he battled his cancer, he frequented various and sundry message boards to help spread the word.

The PDX/TT committee wishes to express it’s most sincere condolences to his wife, Jody and his extended family. Funeral arrangements are as follows.

Memorial services will be held at South Columbia Baptist Church
8814 Guilford Road
Columbia, Maryland 21046
http://www.scbc-md.org

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 @ 1100h

The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to Stand Up 2 Cancer.

As I pass by pit out, I get the thumbs up from the Chief Steward and turn in and up the slight hill, riding third gear. As I crest the hill, I’m now headed left and sqeezing in the gas more and more, opening the wheel toward the corner exit.

At this point I can see the BMW in front of me and I’m thinking, I hope he’s hustling that thing, I do not want to catch him. You only get so many chances to sample a friends sports car on a real race track with no speed limits and wide open track. Having a full lap with no one to pass on sticky tires just up to temp was what I planned when I exited out onto the track just over a lap ago. Carefully I placed the 350Z at the end of the largest gap in a thinly populated instructor group.

Nearing the end of the straight, Im forced to shift but as soon as I do it seems I’m shifting back and taping the brakes as I turn into the long uphill left-hander. A tricky blind turn, just over the crest of the the hill on this more than 180 degree turn you find the apex. There are many ways to tackle this turn but all good lines will hit that point or you’re way off.

Coming out of the right hand kink at the bottom the gas pedal is once again floored and the Z steps the back out to the left just a bit. Entering the next turn fast with a quick turn in and tight line, I’m again headed upward. Spoting the flag station I see all is clear as I shift into 4th, floor it and head under the bridge. Being lined up is important here as fast cars can get airborne on the other side. As the Z’s front tires regain contact with the pavement I’m mentally preparing to enter the carousel.

A replica of the karrusel on the Nurburgring, the funnest part of the Shenandoah circuit for me is dropping down into this fast and heavily banked turn.

As I feel the car bottom out, the downward and right G-forces load up. Looking ahead here means peeking out of the drivers window upward as if you were trying to spot a helicopter overhead. As the Z pops up out of the concrete embankment I’m again headed up and into a fast section with another blind apex and braking zone at the end.

Turning in sharply I am low in the tach but perfectly lined up to stay wide open throttle all the way through the next two turns and the straight.

As I dip down and touch the apex of the slight left bend in the straight I’m still wide open and flirting with the limiter at the brake zone. Just in time I hit the brakes hard and turn into the smooth flat left hand sweeper. Back in third now, the car is at the torque peak exiting the turn and steps out to the right in a very comfortably slide.

Diving back to track left I see the BMW taking pit in. I’m braking hard and cresting the small hill as I head right and past pit out again. I again get the thumbs up from the Chief Steward and turn in and up the slight hill. At this point I’m thinking, he was hustling that BMW cuz this Z is fast!

The WDCR Time Trials program will host a spring instructor clinic on the Shenandoah Circuit at Summit Point Motosports Park on March 27th. For more information check the web site at http://pdx.wdcr-scca.org.