Time to update the blog….there hasn’t been much going on…..2 weeks of rain will do that. I got the grass cut and now it is time to do some racing. Took the car down to Race City last night and made 4 passes. They are using 1/8 mile only because of water seepage on the upper part of the track but half track is better than nothing. The car worked well and I think we are ready to have some fun today. There is racing in Medicine Hat and in Edmonton this weekend so I don’t know how many cars they will have but it should be fun.

Lee got his truck going yesterday and is going to run in street class so it will be a good weekend….as long as the rain stays away.

Things went well at race city Wednesday night….The first Wed King of the Hill went off without a hitch. There was a good car count and the weather was perfect and the track was in good shape. There is a noticeable bump in the right lane but it is not a problem for everyone except the fastest cars. The car worked well with no problems….just need some runs to get the hang of the tranny brake. We plan on going down to secret street tonight…..have to put on street slicks and maybe thro on a license plate. The track won’t be prepped but I will just practice cutting lights and shifting with the new reverse pattern.

I must say that I am a little pissed over race city lack of communication with its supporters. We showed up on Friday night for Secret Street and were told that we could not run with slicks….I have no problem with this policy for Friday night but I wish they would have mentioned this somewhere. If it was on their site I missed it because I looked before we went down. I would have put on my street tires and maybe got a couple of shake down runs. Hopefully the weather will be alright for Medicine Hat this weekend. I will just go over the car and hope that everything is good. I hate doing shake down runs 3.5 hrs from home. I’m sure the King of the Hill is canceled for tonight at race city…..it has been raining hard all morning.    

I took the Caddy up to Castrol Raceway on Saturday and watched some good racing. There were some 6 sec cars out doing some test and tunes. There were a couple of Calgary cars up for the weekend….I still haven’t got the Firebird going but we are close. With luck we will have it ready for the Calgary season.

It looks like we are finally going to get some warm weather…..it is supposed to get into the 20s for the weekend.

I have been very busy with things and did not get the car ready for the first weekend at Edmonton. I still have to get the fuel system put back together, and I need to wire in the tranny brake. If I get any time at all this week I should make it to Edmonton next weekend. Oh yah…..I need to pull the seat and install a new racing harness. That will take a little time but shouldn’t be a big deal. I haven’t been that excited about racing yet but the season is here so I have to get my butt in gear and get this stuff done.

I,m trying out youtube video……here is a April 06 Test and Tune.

I talked to Rome at Race City and Airdrie Computer will be a sponsor for the Wednesday king of the hill.There are 10 Wednesdays over the summer that we can test and tune/king of the hill. Keep a watch on the race city web site or keep a check on here…..I will post as soon as I get the dates. I sure hope the car count is up there…..the racers have been complaining about a lack of race days in Calgary so here is a chance to get some runs in.

Well…..hear we go again……Its the middle of March and still the local racing season is in doubt. It sounds like the land taxes on Race City have been hiked to a very high level by the City of Calgary. There is no secret that the City has tried to get Race City shut down for years now, so this new tactic by the city is not surprising……Good luck to the Race City crew and good luck in saving our season.