So here's a nice pic taken by somebody at the last event.
![](https://i.imgur.com/uphqu55h.jpg)
As to other rallycross stuff - this weekend was the Great Lakes National Challenge in Ohio, which I didn't go to due to already filling my quota this year of visits to Ohio. But who was there were, well, pretty much all the national contenders. England, Vaughn, Evan, Pete, Briana, and several others. More interestingly, our own Shawn Roberts decided to enter MR in his PR class Miata since PR didn't have much competition. Watching the times, looked like Vaughn pretty much had the win in the bag until he broke a shift linkage and lost 6 seconds. he finished 2nd to England. Shawn pulled off a 3rd place finish, beating the reigning national champion (Briana). Not that it matters, or that internet comparisons really work well, but having beaten Vaughn by 10 seconds last week (and Shawn by 0.1 seconds), I'd like to think I could have gone there and fought for the win. Who knows, maybe one of these years I'll go find out (the last time I rallycrossed at that event when it was the Great Lakes Divisional), I finished 2nd by 0.1 seconds. Maybe my car liked Ohio fields :)
On an unrelated note, we decided we are going to do STPR again this year, as some rally friends kindly offered us a couple rooms to stay, which makes it much more affordable. I didn't love STPR the first time (I like the more technical, lower-speed rallies personally), but maybe with more power STPR will be less of a drag. Guess we'll see. I have to order up some new gravel tires soon, to go with all these new 15" wheels....
In the meantime, decided after 5 or so years since my last real rattle-canning, it was time to sharpen up the front end of the car, which has been looking pretty grungy recently. So, after getting a big pack of sanding discs for cheap from Amazon, i got to work removing old stickers and several layers of paint...
![](https://i.imgur.com/PDbQXrqh.jpg)
![](https://i.imgur.com/0lCc2iJh.jpg)
Took me a while to figure out what shade of dark red I had used on the rest of the car and then a while to search out a couple cans of it...
![](https://i.imgur.com/OIpYub7h.jpg)
Then some taping, and some matte black
![](https://i.imgur.com/uHvladVh.jpg)
![](https://i.imgur.com/2DzDiIjh.jpg)
Once all done, my daughter helped me cut some new vinyl....
![](https://i.imgur.com/hSESAdYh.jpg)
And a new main logo for my friends at Condor Speed Shop, which I designed to go with all my band stickers on the roof :)
![](https://i.imgur.com/xhkgs3Rh.jpg)
The girls were at the beach for the last few weeks, and while there they got me a father's day present, laser-cut out of PVC. Which is pretty cool. Have to find a place to hang it.
![](https://i.imgur.com/uphqu55h.jpg)
As to other rallycross stuff - this weekend was the Great Lakes National Challenge in Ohio, which I didn't go to due to already filling my quota this year of visits to Ohio. But who was there were, well, pretty much all the national contenders. England, Vaughn, Evan, Pete, Briana, and several others. More interestingly, our own Shawn Roberts decided to enter MR in his PR class Miata since PR didn't have much competition. Watching the times, looked like Vaughn pretty much had the win in the bag until he broke a shift linkage and lost 6 seconds. he finished 2nd to England. Shawn pulled off a 3rd place finish, beating the reigning national champion (Briana). Not that it matters, or that internet comparisons really work well, but having beaten Vaughn by 10 seconds last week (and Shawn by 0.1 seconds), I'd like to think I could have gone there and fought for the win. Who knows, maybe one of these years I'll go find out (the last time I rallycrossed at that event when it was the Great Lakes Divisional), I finished 2nd by 0.1 seconds. Maybe my car liked Ohio fields :)
On an unrelated note, we decided we are going to do STPR again this year, as some rally friends kindly offered us a couple rooms to stay, which makes it much more affordable. I didn't love STPR the first time (I like the more technical, lower-speed rallies personally), but maybe with more power STPR will be less of a drag. Guess we'll see. I have to order up some new gravel tires soon, to go with all these new 15" wheels....
In the meantime, decided after 5 or so years since my last real rattle-canning, it was time to sharpen up the front end of the car, which has been looking pretty grungy recently. So, after getting a big pack of sanding discs for cheap from Amazon, i got to work removing old stickers and several layers of paint...
![](https://i.imgur.com/PDbQXrqh.jpg)
![](https://i.imgur.com/0lCc2iJh.jpg)
Took me a while to figure out what shade of dark red I had used on the rest of the car and then a while to search out a couple cans of it...
![](https://i.imgur.com/OIpYub7h.jpg)
Then some taping, and some matte black
![](https://i.imgur.com/uHvladVh.jpg)
![](https://i.imgur.com/2DzDiIjh.jpg)
Once all done, my daughter helped me cut some new vinyl....
![](https://i.imgur.com/hSESAdYh.jpg)
And a new main logo for my friends at Condor Speed Shop, which I designed to go with all my band stickers on the roof :)
![](https://i.imgur.com/xhkgs3Rh.jpg)
The girls were at the beach for the last few weeks, and while there they got me a father's day present, laser-cut out of PVC. Which is pretty cool. Have to find a place to hang it.
![](https://i.imgur.com/mMYIUlhh.jpg)
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