The weather hasn’t been a big motivator to getting things ready on the Evo. A recent trip to my buddy the fabricator held some interesting results. One of the things I asked him to take a look at was the possible causes of my autocross tires having a belt width portion of the front driver’s tire’s tread lathed off of it during a spin I took a look for possible causes and found two areas that showed signs of rubbing, but both seemed like they would have affected the sidewall of the tire, not the tread surface. However, my friend thought that the trailing edge of the body in the wheel well could have had a part, especially if the tire deformed during the spin. The fix? Cut the edge in several places, fold each portion over, then re-weld the cuts to solidify the edge once again. Sounds drastic, but I don’t want to lose another $400 Hoosier A7 in the process, especially one that was on its first day of use.
So far the season is looking like:
- May 1 – Open track day with Patroon Chapter BMW CCA, Lime Rock Park
- May 2 – Flagging with NER Region SCCA, Palmer Motorsports Park
- May 15 – MoHud Region SCCA Display of the Evo at the SAM’s Spring Car Show, Saratoga Spa State Park
- May 16 – MoHud Region SCCA autocross event #1, old Kingston IBM lot
- May 28-29, 31 – Flagging for the Trans Am Memorial Day Classic, Lime Rock Park
- June 11-12 – Flagging with NER Region SCCA, Lime Rock Park
- July 9-10 – Flagging with NER Region SCCA, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
- July 11 – MoHud SCCA autocross event #2, old Kingston IBM lot
- July 16-17 – Flagging for IMSA Northeast Grand Prix, Lime Rock Park
- August 8 – MoHud SCCA autocross event #3, old Kingston IBM lot
- August 21 – Instructing at the HPDE with Patroon Chapter BMW CCA, Lime Rock Park
- September 3-4, 6 – Flagging for Historic Festival 39, Lime Rock Park
- September 11-12 – Flagging with NER Region SCCA, Palmer Motorsports Park
- September 19 – MoHud Region SCCA autocross event #4, old Kingston IBM lot
- September 27 – October 3 – Flagging for SCCA National Championship Runoffs, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
