Happy New Year!

Wheel bearings and race plans

Received about half the wheel bearings I'll need for the overhaul. Should get a few more next week.
With next years first event not happening until June, this buys me some extra time. I have given some thought to what races I would like to attend. Obviously Watkins Glen, would have preferred it had been the September race, but this is OK. I'm not going to Road America in July and have opted to fly to Oshkosh for Air Adventure instead. The year after will be Road America. As of now, not planning on the Bobby Rahal event in Canada and the 2 events in California are expensive and time consuming. So the other event I'll race at will be in NJ at the end of September. Keeping it at 2 events for next year.
Still many small details that need to be corrected and I plan to keep this car for a very long time. So I can now take my time, and do it right.

F5000 Race Schedule for 2011

• June 9-12: Watkins Glen - SVRA

• July 7-10: Circuit Mt. Tremblant, Canada – HMP Bobby Rahal Legends of
Motorsports

• July 14-17: Road America – Kohler International Challenge with
Brian Redman WI.

• September 23-25: Coronado Island Speed Festival– HMSA Calif.

• September 30 - October 2: Infineon Raceway – CSRG Charity Challenge Calif.

Yellow?

I just picked up the decal strips for the nose and should have taken a closer look. The yellow is no where near the sample I left off. Looks like it's back to the maker tomorrow.


The top is the original yellow I needed, and the bottom is new. Looks orange to me. These decals cost $14. per foot. Expensive mistake.

Time to Hunker Down

The snow is here, and it's time to hunker down. The earlier predictions set levels at 8-12 inch's, but now there down to 2-4 inch's. But still wind gust up to 35 mph.
On another note, I've ordered wheel bearings that are NOS(new old stock). I needed to order from 5 vendors, no single Co. had all the different sizes I needed.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

A Christmas card from the Formula 5000 Drivers Association.

Patch's

Acquired a couple of vintage sponsor patch's. I'll add them to my drivers uniform.
L&M was the F5000 series sponsor for a number of years.


I also have these as decals on the side of the Lola now.

Avon vs Goodyear

There's been some new talk about tires. The last conversation was Avon tires only for F5000 race series in 2011. It appears that Goodyear might be the front runner now. Goodyear has promised more tires for 2011. Obviously I like this news, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Race Dates?

Still no news on next years race dates. It's always nice to get the travel arrangements out of the way. Guess I'll have to wait a little longer.

Working on picking up the nose mold in early January. It's just outside of Detroit, Michigan. Also plan on doing some antiquing in Toledo, OH. Maybe some other destinations too.