Archive for June, 2008

Finally, some Historic Pics

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Little light in the ZipTie contingent early on.

Early morning Zip Tie action in the paddock.

3 Zippers & 1 Groupie

3 Zippers & 1 Groupie.

Need more weight on the left side of that thing.

Needs more ballast or a stiffer set up

That\'s one Fit Groupie!

The Groupie is Fit

2 Zips shy of a Zip Tie

2 Zips short of a Zip Tie

German Sports Sedan.  Only driven Sundays.  Best Offer.

“I said, Ultimate Driving Machine!”

Go, Speed Racer!

For Sale: German Sports Sedan.  Driven Sundays only.  Best Offer.

Or this one?

I think this was the run I beat Gimp on.  Whew! Bad grammar.

Too hot to wear a tux or be in NC…

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

So we sweat it out in a town called Frostburg?

We were missing a few people this weekend, so I will do my best to share what happened. No matter what the results said, I won STS both days… yeah, that’s it (stupid Civic).

I’m trying to remember things about Saturday, but the heat fried my brain… there was only one worse place you could be that day. This was Cumberland’s once-a-year long course. I don’t think it was as fast as last year, but then again I was driving a slower car. It was a bit confusing, and we only got three runs, but I was driving way too fast, so I can’t really complain. At the last event, Patrick used his right to invoke a cone on Mustang Boy, but as Patrick was not there to serve it, the cone was lost to the ages.

Sunday was more standard for Cumberland, but still stupid fast. I’ve learned that I’ve got a long way to go on driving… like maybe shifting more than once. Even though I made mistakes out on course, being smarter than Patrick, I chose this day to invoke a cone on Mustang Boy.

My MaxQData files from my fastest runs over the weekend.

And now, the updated Cup standings.

Team Zip-Tie Cup Standings

Saturday (108 Entrants)
5 – Mustang Boy (19th in PAX)
4 – Gimp (33rd in PAX)
3 – Rich (63rd in PAX)
0 – Bill (No Show)
-1 – Patrick (No Show)
-10 – Thomas (No Show)

Sunday (95 Entrants)
5 – Gimp (47th in PAX)
4 – Mustang Boy (22th in PAX – adjusted to 49th with invoked cone)
3 – Patrick (59th in PAX)
2 – Rich (70th in PAX)
0 – Bill (No Show)
0 – Thomas (No Show)

Current Team Standings
1. Mustang Boy (19 points)
2. Gimp (17 points)
3. Patrick (8 points)
4. Rich (7 points)
5. Thomas (-10 points)

Man, sucks to be married… See (most of) you in July! ;)

6/7/08

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

This is how you should be spending your Saturday with your beloved.

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