We get one good night's sleep, and get lazy on the blog- sorry!

Carolina Motorsports Park went GREAT yesterday. James rocked it: fastest BMW both sessions. That afternoon, we hit up the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg, SC for an extended autocross type event. James had another great run - fastest BMW again, and 6th fastest overall! My Salazar hero Brian Hair would have been 2nd fastest overall if he didn't clip a cone to incur a 10 second penalty. The drive from South Carolina to Virginia International Raceway was relatively short (about 250 miles) so we got in pretty early. Instead of blogging it up, we enjoyed a beer or five with some of the other racers.



Today, James kept up the superstar pace at Virginia International Raceway. 3rd and 4th in the morning overall (North and South courses), and 13th on the high-HP friendly Full Course. His stellar driving has us back in the hunt for a top 10 spot. Our Bimmer brethren also did a bang up job at VIR. We're tightly packed in the standings, and I'm sure we'll all be dreaming of Top 10 finishes tonight.



Now, we're headed to Beaver Run, outside of Pittsburgh, PA tonight. We made a quick stop at the BimmerWorld shop on the way up to have them look at our rear shocks. The stock shock mounts have deterioated from our abuse and the ONE's been a little unstable, making it an adventure to handle. Jason Marks, the BimmerWorld crew chief nailed down a solution, and sent us on our way with new mounts. We immediately felt the difference. James surmises that Marks' improved mounts would likely have given us a few seconds on each track. Would have been nice to have them at the start, but that's the drawback with being the first to do the research and develpment on a new car.

While at BimmerWorld, Alex and I snuck off with the keys to James' Turbo-Uber-Wagon. It's a 600-HP monster that was featured in Grassroots Motorsports last month. Apparently James thought we were joking when we asked him to take the wagon. I could have sworn that he gave us permission. That's my story at least. Our spirited drive to get burgers was more like a NASA rocket launch. Holy schnikeys - the massive turbo spooled up with the fury of a jet engine and slammed us into our seatbacks. For a moment, I thought we were going to hit hyperspace or go back in time...Alex was probably screaming for help, but I never heard him. We must have been going faster than sound. We rolled back into the shop sheepishly grinning from ear to ear.

I clown around with Rob at the shop - you can see the Turbo wagon and James' new M3 in the back.

Alex or I will likely drive Beaver tomorrow. We've both done well there in the past in Spec E30's. The contest is really tightening up, and the pressure is on. The BMW's have been doing very well, and we're all clumped together, leaning on the top ten. Bragging rights are also on the line. With the forecast calling for rain, it should be a wild ride. Spirits are high in the mighty ONE, and we can't wait for tomorrow.