A new motorsports adventure

[Damn True]

I’ve been involved in amateur Endurance Racing for over ten years. In that time, as a crew-chief I have been a part of a class win and two podiums at the 25hrs of Thunderhill, two NASA Endurance Championships and a bunch of Endurance Series race wins. It’s something that I deeply enjoy. It satisfies my need to measure my performance against my past and against my competitors, identify areas for personal and team improvement and see measurable results of those improvements.

I’ve long held the desire to participate in a top tier racing class and I thought that opportunity might come in the form of a chance to help out with a team headed to the 24hrs of Daytona or 12hrs of Sebring. Heck, I’ve even told a few acquaintances that hold professional racing licenses that if they ever get the chance to race at Daytona, Sebring or….be still my heart…LeMans, that I’d pay my own way to the event just for the chance to help in any small way. Though that opportunity has yet to materialize, I thought until recently that it would be my best opportunity to participate at the highest levels of motorsports.

Until recently…..

Steve Lisa is one of the drivers that I’ve worked with at Prototype Development Group. In addition to being a very good sports car racer Steve owns a desert racing team and early this year he approached me and asked if I’d be interested in joining.

Now, let’s stop here for a second and tally up all the things I knew about professional desert racing prior to this conversation:

1. They race in the desert.
2.

That’s about it.

Read more here: http://thedamntrueexperiment.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-new-motorsport-adventureyou-want-me.html

[Damn True]

Part 2, Of Bourbon, Bumps & Bile

http://thedamntrueexperiment.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-new-motorsport-adventure-pt-2-of.html

[Damn True]

We should be starting around 9:45am PST. I will be in the car from pit 5-11.

The Patent It! Team Class 1 Car #1523 has two SPOT Trackers for the 2015 Vegas to Reno race starting 8/14 at 7 am. Click the link to follow our SPOT trackers.

See full pdf maps and race info at: http://bitd.com/

Track the live IRC satellite race map for our car # 1523 at: http://irctracking.com/2015/Vegas-Reno/LasVegas/

If we aren't moving, something is wrong! Wish us luck and safety.

Just follow this link to see my location updates:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0fA5lAECUOvWl50uyOjcIzxsct7E8dn bP
If the link doesn't work, try copying and pasting it to your browser's address bar.


Thanks,


P.S. To learn more about the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger, visit
http://www.findmespot.com

[camcojb]

I read your story on another site. Good writing, a very interesting read. Looks like fun, as long as your stomach is up for it. :headspin:

[Flash68]

Fun story and great writing indeed.

[SBDave]

Good story! I've been designing performance transaxles for an off-road racing company for the last 8 years. I've been lucky enough to co-drive in a 16, 10 and class 1 race car. I did a whole series last year in the class 10 car. I only had one opportunity to ride in the class 1 car which happened to be Vegas to Reno a few years ago. Doing 127mph in the dust of someone else you are trying to overtake so there is just enough visibility to see the telephone poles flying by 10ft to the left of the car is one hell of an adrenalin rush.

Enjoy the ride!
Dave

[Damn True]

Part 2, Of Bourbon, Bumps & Bile

http://thedamntrueexperiment.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-new-motorsport-adventure-pt-2-of.html

Sorry for the delay in writing this but here it is:

Pt 3

Short circuits on a long-course off-road race....

http://thedamntrueexperiment.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-new-motorsport-adventure-pt3short.html