Need a break...
The autocross season is over now. Oct. 19th was the last event for the club. My last event however was back on 10/4. It was a very frustrating event; I lost sight of having fun and let myself take the competition too seriously. Also, the car decided it was time to take a rest as well. It developed a 'clunk' in the steering which I've diagnosed as being one or more tie-rod joints. Given my foul mood about my performance and the time and money required to get the steering fixed, I decided then and there that my season was done. John was OK with that too as he was really quite busy at the university and his work was suffering for all the time we were spending playing cars. So how did the season's results play out for us? Well in the MCAS championship John and I placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In the MAC championship we didn't fare nearly so well; John with a 4th and me with a sad 6th. So, now I have a nice long winter ahead of me to take my mind off the '08 season for a while and maybe re-learn how to have fun autocrossing while not caring how well/poorly I might place.
Maybe next year I'll run in a class where I'm woefully under-prepared, just so I can concentrate more on the driving and enjoyment and less on the competition. I'm also thinking I'm going to shave the season down a bit. I ran 14 events this year and it wiped me out. Next year I think I might plan to do only about half that many.
Maybe next year I'll run in a class where I'm woefully under-prepared, just so I can concentrate more on the driving and enjoyment and less on the competition. I'm also thinking I'm going to shave the season down a bit. I ran 14 events this year and it wiped me out. Next year I think I might plan to do only about half that many.