Monthly Archives: July 2010

CRMC Pony Of The Month

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This month’s Pony of the Month article for the Carolina Regional Mustang Club features Marion’s immaculate 1999 Ford Mustang GT convertible with pictures from the CMP event.  That guy looks familiar…

Honda Challenge at HyperFest

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HyperFest is the premiere event of the NASA Mid-Atlantic region, and it was the talk of the forums for several weeks prior.  It was so popular, in fact, that the Thunder race group filled up not long after registration opened, and with H1 and H2 slated to run in Thunder, it shut out a few Honda Challenge competitors, including me!  Thankfully all Honda Challenge classes were moved to the Stinger group, putting all the Hondas together and opening up a few more spots.  With barely a week to go before the event I got signed up, and got to work going over the car and getting it set up.  And as usual, leaving things to the last minute led to problems. Read More »

Charlotte Motor Speedway Videos Posted

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The race videos from Charlotte Motor Speedway are up!  Although you can’t see it, Nash Lawson was just a few feet behind for all of Race 1 and kept the pressure on right down to the finish.  And for Race 2 the clutch was stuck in the GO! position, so I was clutchless shifting the whole time.  As an added bonus, the welds for the tach mount broke during the race, leaving it hanging by the wires, and the car developed a bad vibration under high load on the banking.  Despite the cars protests, I finished the race and had a great time!

July Chassis Newsletter Posted

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Hot off the e-presses, the July edition of the Mark Ortiz Chassis Newsletter is up.  For the autocrossers out there, especially those with front wheel drive, you’ll want to check this one out.