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As shown in the photo above, I was passing cars with 62 hp.  That was Toyota's CRANK rated HP over twenty years ago.  120HP and 2000 pounds is pretty darn quick.

My buddy Lorin Mueller was at the Pro Solo event at El Toro.  I heard he did pretty good


I'll be making a trip to Fresburg within the next couple of months.  I have a lot of people I need to catch up with, I'll try and keep you in mind.  Senior fair event...was I drunk at that event, or was I...nevermind I was definitely drunk LOL

Hey thanks Mike!

I'd like to humbly mention, I'm kinda good at this racing gig.  I'm the crew chief/lead mechanic for the DG Spec Scion tC World Challenge race cars.  Right now we are leading the points championship and young Robert Stout is the youngest driver ever to win a World Challenge race (last weekend at Long Beach).




I also have a Time Trial license through NASA and I'm the 2008 ST champion for Fresno region SCCA.  I'll be moving to SoCal shortly and am willing to work with you guys if you need.  I'll be acquiring an NX2000 and have offered to take some people for laps (and possibly offer up a driver seat).  There will obviously be some difference with FWD/RWD, but not much difference at all for newbs.  I know Buttonwillow very well.


As Mike mentioned, I would strongly recommend lightening up a bit, don't take it seriously.  Go out there with the sole intention of having as much fun as you can.  That is what we did our first race, and I can honestly say I've never had that much fun EVAR!  This was the first time I had ever been on track.  Never autocrossed or anything.  We had a 1986 Toyota Tercel hatch



We found that 14" VW wheels had a reasonable offset, and we could find a tire easier than the stock 12x4.5 or whatever it had.  You can see how ridiculous the car looked.  We had the best theme for that year and people all over the paddock were talking about the car.  We had some crappy Sumitomo tires that lasted the entire race (we had like 1 spare) and brought way too much fuel.  I think we got like 18 mpg on track LOL.  We started with 30 minute stints to ensure all 6 of us got in the seat.  We somehow managed to get a front ford focus sway bar modified enough to fit on the rear of the car, but unfortunately it broke before I got to drive it.  Another competitor tried to take us out and completely destroyed our FL strut.  Our neighbors with a broken VW rabbit allowed us to scrounge parts after finding that nobody within 70 miles stocks an '86 Tercel front strut (who'da thunk) and the junkyards are closed Saturday nights.  The VW strut fit surprisingly well with some mods and welding (the tophat design is completely upside down from the 'yota).  By the end of the weekend I was passing cars and just having a blast.

Here I am setting up the car that wrecked us...I worked on him for several laps


And the douche tried to turn down on me


The second race we ran the 83 Celica GTS pictured above.  The car was obviously faster with nearly twice the power and probably 3 x's the torque.  RWD was fun as well as can be seen by my Formula D move here


While the car was faster, and we spent quite a bit of money on it, the poor thing didn't finish the race.  I think the alternator went to shit and fried the ECU.  The fuel pump might have gone bad, I don't really know.  It was disappointing, and even moreso because we expected to do well.  Go out there with no expectations of even finishing, and it will be great!!

Mike has my number and can get in touch with me any time.  In fact, he sent me a text yesterday mentioning your ridiculous theme.  I think it is fantastic!  Good luck and have fun.