Holy shit I am tired. That was one totally packed weekend of racing in the Willow Springs heat! I ran in two classes (Spec Miata and ITA) which means there was virtually no downtime—I was either in the car on the track or preparing the car for the track. I did manage to get to the track early enough to realize that the desert is quite beautiful in the morning. Though after it hits 100° I start to forget about how beautiful I thought it was.

Surprisingly I managed to earn myself four podium finishes! Saturday: Finished 3rd in the Spec Miata race. Finished 3rd in the ITA race. Sunday: Again finished 3rd in the Spec Miata race. Again finished 3rd in the ITA race. So the 3rd place Spec Miata finishes weren’t much of an accomplishment… in addition to finishing 3rd I was also 2nd to last. That’s what I get in a 4 car field. But the ITA races were a battle between 8 cars, so I’m pretty happy with my 3rd place finishes there.

With so few cars at this event the in-car videos aren’t exactly that interesting… I had one or two lap battles with a few cars and then was pretty much on my own for the rest of the races. So I won’t post any full races but here are some highlights. Luckily no spins but no record lap times either.

Holy shit, I’m finally going to be able to once again terrorize other race car drivers. I was out of commission for a few months. Motor was dead, now I’ve got a fresh one. Rear differential sucked ass, now I have a better one. This terrible race car driver will be out at Willow Springs raceway with my Spec Miata next weekend. If you want to witness this rookie’s sorry attempt at “racing”, come out on September 25th and/or 26th. Races will be held throughout the day. I’ll be racing Spec Miata and ITA. Spec Miata races are at 1pm, ITA at 2pm. Come on out, have a beer and watch the races.

Willow Springs Raceway
3500 75th St W, Rosamond, CA

Spec Miata Races – Sat 9/25 and Sun 9/26 – 1:00PM
ITA Races – Sat 9/25 and Sun 9/26 – 2:00PM

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Just washed the car to get ready for the race weekend. Though I’ll will likely go off track within a few minutes of arriving and dirty the thing up again. At least it looks all pretty now.

So it’s been a while (6 months) since I’ve been on a race track. And I’m still on my rookie license. So I was quite surprised when I didn’t qualify dead last for my recent race at Willow Springs Raceway. I started 15th out of 22 cars and managed to finish 15th. I lost 5th gear the day before but I still managed to do okay with only 4 gears. Here are a few laps from the race.

And here are a few photos: