Everything Autocross!Chris Hammond's BlogPeru National Tour Results- June 30, 2008 Well the Peru National Tour is over and I am finally back home. I left St. Louis on the 19th of June and made it home, 10 days later. Sunday of the Peru National Tour was better than Saturday, I finally managed to get a clean run, as did Dave. I think I ran the 5th fastest time in SS today, so I was happy with that. On my third run I ended up blowing out the far turn around, after that I pushed it...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/29/peru-national-tour-results.aspx Peru National Tour Day 1 (Cones)- June 29, 2008 So the CorvetteZ06.org Team took 9 runs today at the National Tour here in Bunker Hill Indiana. 2 out of those 9 runs were clean, the rest were DNFs and coned runs. Here's a quick overview of what I can remember Dave Run 1 (Cones) Run 2 (Cones) Run 3 (DNF Cones) Chris Run 1 (DNF Cones) Run 2 (Cone) fast enough for 5th or 6th if clean Run 3 (Cones) Beth Run 1 (Cones) Run 2 Run 3 I am sitting in 9th,...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/28/peru-national-tour-day-1-cones.aspx Autocross Video from the Atlanta National Tour- June 28, 2008 Since I've acquired new PC hardware, a new laptop and a new desktop, I've been able to finally do some editing of video from races. Though I've only got one run put together. I think the video turned pretty cool. This is one of my runs from the Atlanta National Tour, on Sunday. The Chase Cam video turned out great, I think I'm going to adjust the settings for the G readings this weekend at the Peru...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/27/autocross-video-from-the-atlanta-nation... Another ProSolo Trophy!- June 23, 2008 It might not be in my usual class but it is a ProSolo trophy nonetheless! I placed 4th in the Washington DC ProSolo this weekend in ESP. It was a fun class to run in with the positions changing quite a bit both days. Now I'm working for a week here in Baltimore then fly to Indy to rent a car and drive up to the Peru National Tour to find my Corvette and hopefully see how well I do against the top level...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/22/another-prosolo-trophy.aspx Day 1 in the Blarney Mobile- June 22, 2008 Well, today went well. First runs in the morning I had a decent time on the left side of the course, the right side though I had cones on both runs. With the cones I ended up sitting in second to last place, 9 of 10. This afternoon though I was able to clean up my runs and get myself into 4th place out of 10. I'm happy with where I am, though I think I can get some more time out of the left side course...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/21/day-1-in-the-blarney-mobile.aspx Washington DC ProSolo Registration Day- June 21, 2008 This morning I got up and went to the Udvar Hazy exhibit of the Smithsonian Air and Space Musuem out in Virginia. It was well worth the trip, I got to see a Space Shuttle, that had to be the coolest part. I took a couple hundred photos, I'm going through some of them this evening and should have them posted on my flickr page later. After that I headed over to Fedex Field to see how the setup for the...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/20/washington-dc-prosolo-registration-day.... Used Racing Tires!- June 17, 2008 If you're looking for used race rubber be sure to check out the new business FOSSport , where you can buy high quality used race tires in all makes and models. Share this post: Email it! bookmark it! digg it! reddit! Read More......(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/17/used-racing-tires.aspx Wax ecstatic- June 17, 2008 So after providing a day of DotNetNuke Training downtown here in St. Louis I came home and decided to finish up on the car. I used the cleaner wax, then put a coat of polish on, then a coat of yellow wax. I hadn't planned to do all three coats tonight but I really don't have much time in the next week to do this. Thursday I'm flying to Baltimore again, I was just there in the area last month. I'll...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/16/wax-ecstatic.aspx Clay Bar Update 1- June 15, 2008 I spent quite a bit of time today going over the car with the clay bar. I think I hit every square inch of the exterior. I washed it again after the bar and will get up in the morning and give it a once over looking for any paint that I might have missed. Once that is done I will begin the polishingwaxing process, I figure that will take another 3-4 hours tomorrow. Share this post: Email it! bookmark...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/14/clay-bar-update-1.aspx Finally progress on the paint- June 13, 2008 So after way too much time spent on this whole deal I believe that this paint fiasco is almost behind us. The word I got today is a check was put in the mail today, so I have Saturday morning (and afternoon and evening) slated for a full detail job on the Corvette. It will most likely take all day, but the car always loves a good rub down. I think my boss is going to come over and do the same to his...(read more)http://solo2.org/blogs/christoc/archive/2008/06/12/finally-progress-on-the-paint.aspx |