Willow Springs Double Rational

[Jason@SportsCar]

Off to Willow Springs for a weekend of racing with the 99 Yaris. :burnrubber:

Hope to finally snatch the H Prod track record, which has been sitting at a 1:35.709 for ten years. :eek: This will be the first time at WS with the new Kaaz/Micro Image close-ratio gear set. I did a best lap of 1:36.417 with the old gearbox last year, so hopefully this seals the deal.

http://www.calclub.com/html/html2/archives/2013/2013-Schedule-Feb.pdf

[racerb]

Good luck this weekend! A lot of my former racing buddies from SCCA are at Roebling Road for the Tom Neihl National, looks like quite a few cars signed up.

http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.status/uidEvent/4137F274-DEDF-09A3-12CC23D7DD82139A

racerb :burnrubber:

[cali yaris]

Best of luck Jason!

[Jason@SportsCar]

Well the SCCA H Prod record is safe for another year. :mad: With winds gusting to 50mph on Saturday, and hovering around 20mph on Sunday, it was impossible to get any speed on the straits - and equally challenging to just hold a line on the track. With the high winds I was more than 2sec off of last years race pace.

Not much excitement during Saturday's race, and only the first few laps of Sunday's were even worth watching. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKumXY7J3oc

Did get a chance to try a new tow rig this weekend. Our friends at Toyota gave us a Highlander Hybrid to test. I was skeptical about its ability to do the job, but it pulled like a champ. The run up to Rosamond, Calif., I got 22.6mpg, and coming down the hill on the way home it averaged 24.7mpg. :thumbsup: Great rig, drove great and and the layout for driver controls is great. The only downside was having a little less space inside for tools and gear. I want to get my hands on the gas V6 next and see how it tows.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PNUF0rO3IHU/USugfdJwcBI/AAAAAAAABQE/ybkT3P9DrX0/s1378/2013-02-24_17-15-24_399.jpg

[racerb]

Wow that is damn good mileage for towing! My Tundra only get about 15-18 with my open trailer and drops to between 13-15 with the enclosed, which is like towing a brick wall.

racerb :thumbup: