Del Mar update
 

Well this was the last November Del Mar for goodguys, now the end of season will be scottdale AZ, we arrived thursday night and set up camp for Friday racing and come friday morning it looked like this

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and by the time the rain had stopped at lunch time the track was flooded! heres Chad showing you how flooded, so the day of racing was called off

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back to camp on Friday night and of course after the race was called it never rain the rest of the night, so we BBQ-ed told stories and had fun talking about hopes for Saturday

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Saturday was dry and everyone was ready to watch some racing
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it started slow but as the track got warmer I laid down a few good times to be in first place
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then Aaron O. from Hotchkis put down a good few laps and went fast and that stuck me forth and I had one run left
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I gave it a good run but I could only squeeze a second spot out
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and after it was all done we had camp autocross on Saturday night with great food and friends
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cornhole
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that was it for the weekend and the end of a good season... sunday were fun runs and a little tuning since it didn't count for us
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forward to 2014!
 

well 2014 is on us, the racing season is knocking on the door and (if you haven't heard) I started work at Ridetech in Indiana, I am lucky enough to have supportive friends, family and an awesome girlfriend of 14 years at my side (who also races) Right now I'm in the middle of a cyclone of activity, packing to move, working, helping friends, and getting one of my builds to a rolling state to push onto a transport truck....but I still found time to get some pre-season Autocross practice in this weekend in marina California, I was testing a new spring rate on Plain Jane and was happy with the results

out at Marina California for a UFO event (United Five-ten Owners) a very well run group of events all year long

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My new racing shoes! :lol: I thought I would copy Mike Maier...it works
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I tape a layout of the track to my center console, while in the staging lanes I can review areas in the track I had issues with or to contemplate an alternate line (you often have 5 to 10 minutes between runs) at local events
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heres drawn map layout
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Rodney that's awesome news, I wish you the best of luck. You are living the dream.
Shane

WOW thats awesome! Im only 45 min away from Ridetech... Ill be droping by to check out your car and meet you!! Welcome to some crazy Indiana weather hahaha :lol:

Rod, your car is a total dude magnet. :lol:

I'll admit, I've been caught staring while it was running the cones.

He does it for the applause. :king:

I applied to be an umbrella holder but was turned down. He's a bit of a diva. LOL

Plain Jane is going to the Optima Big Show!!!
 

I was lucky to have received an invite to the Optima Invitational this year....just 104 days from now.....I CANT WAIT! its going to be fun! time to get the car ready

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Casper white paint....Spirit award....I think they may have been making fun of you. :ohsnap: lol

thats cool man.

Congrats Rod!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

ha ha ha ha ha ........BOO!:fluffy: