| Saturday, September 15, 2007 |
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Ghostland Observatory
by ccons @ 15:23:31 - [perma-link]Bridge Stage
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Thievery Corporation
by ccons @ 21:10:44 - [perma-link]It feels like cheating without Jen here.
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| Wednesday, September 12, 2007 |
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Marlboro Hot Laps: Portland International Raceway
by brian @ 19:14:23 - [perma-link]Marlboro_Hot_laps_PIR_2007.avi
Sweet! Super sweet!
Today I attended a session of Marlboro Hot Laps with Jessica, a
friend from rallycross. Apparently I'm the only one she knows with
nothing else to do today.
We got all this schwag, but its weird schwag; there's no Marlboro
logo ANYWHERE. I might even use the backpack for rallies. But the
fun started after we put on racing suits and helmets.
Up first was a quick 2-lap ride around PIR in a Panoz. It was fast
and smooth the first lap, then faster and a little closer to the edge
on the second. After that we went over to the drift course for a
crazy ride in some Mustangs. It was amazing how they could get the
car sliding one way, then flick it right into a slide the other way,
with the tires squealing the whole time. Each time the G's flopped
my head over like a rag doll, and scooted me side to side in the
seat. It really makes me appreciate the 5-point harness in my rally
car.
I imagine 5 laps was enough for some of the people, but I want more.
Only about two and a half weeks until Wild West!
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| Monday, September 10, 2007 |
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Rallycross photos
by brian @ 00:09:31 - [perma-link]I'm uploading a huge gallery of photos, 226
photos to be exact. 40 or so are from the first half of the morning
session when Josh and I were running. The other 179 are from the 2nd half when I was working in Com 7, and
discovered burst mode on my camera. I'd watch the cars for the first
part of the course, looking for the ones making the most exiting
turns, then when they got around to me, I held the button down as
long as they kept sliding. Towards the end I was saving shots for
that black audi with the red scoop. That car was quite exciting to
watch! 12 of 226 uploaded. I'm sure it will all be there in the morning.
Videos (with sound!) sometime tomorrow. Goodnight.
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| Sunday, September 9, 2007 |
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Rallycross Second Place
by brian @ 16:15:59 - [perma-link]I took second in Modified 2-wheel drive today in Hillsboro. Pictures and video later.
The car worked great all morning. We didn't have to fix anything!
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| Saturday, September 1, 2007 |
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Someone
by ccons @ 16:36:09 - [perma-link]Please tell me why I am at a sports bar in a mini-mall in Texas... :)
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| Friday, August 24, 2007 |
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Lots of bugs!
by brian @ 15:47:48 - [perma-link]Lesley, Suzanne, Pickles and I drove down from Portland on Wednesday. We got in pretty late, so today was the first good look I've had at the front of the vanagon. I haven't measured the Bugs per Square Inch ratio, but I'd guess it ranks somewhere between "Eww gross!" and throwing up a little in the back of your throat. Now we're in crunch time for Burningman prep. We pick up the RV Sunday. Until then the vanagon is packed with the bar, the quad, and camping supplies that we'll unpack straight into the RV.
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| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
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Rally Weekend
by brian @ 10:06:54 - [perma-link]This weekend was a big rally weekend in Portland. We skipped the
Friday night TSD, which eliminated us from the "Triple Threat"
contest. It turned out not to be such a wise choice after Lesley and
I placed 3rd in the "Seat Of Pants" class on Saturday's "Mountains to
the Sea" touring rally from Portland to Astoria. Josh towed the car to Astoria with his work truck Saturday
afternoon. Having his truck makes everything so much easier. When
we loaded up on Friday, I was gazing around the garage and asked,
"what tools do we need to load?". Josh smiled and replied, "None!
Its all in the truck!" Saturday night we took Pickles (Suzanne's dog) to the Safeway by the
hotel. She was very good and no one in the store seemed to mind. Sunday was another rallycross. Josh and I took turns with the FX-16,
and Suzanne raced Lesley's Jeep Cherokee in the morning session. The
first lap in the Toyota revealed the first engine problem I've had
with the car. Up until Saturday, the motor had been the most
reliable part of the car. After sputtering back to the staging area,
we popped the hood. A couple of our competitors said it sounded like
water in the spark plug wires, and they were right! Some water must
have leaked into the valley pan when I washed the car, and rinsed the
engine bay. It was a quick fix with some spray Josh had in his
service truck, and the motor was singing again. In the afternoon session, the car was trouble free. I ended up
placing 4th (again) in the Modified 2-wheel-drive class. We had the
in-car camera working in the afternoon, so I'll chop up the videos
and post them later. Lesley hopped in as passenger for a few laps. Now she wants to sign
up for Rally School after Burningman. She was going to take a lap on
the Barbie Quad, but the battery died before she reached the starting
line.
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| Sunday, August 19, 2007 |
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Let the Burning Man prep begin
by ccons @ 15:16:29 - [perma-link][I didn't write anything about this picture.]
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| Friday, August 17, 2007 |
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La's New Hair
by ccons @ 20:53:16 - [perma-link][I didn't write anything about this picture.]
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