Happy Thanksgiving

2017 F5000 Drivers Association race schedule

• June 8-11:  Open Wheel World Challenge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with SVRA
• July 20-23:  Road America – The WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman presented by Hawk
• September 29 - October 1:  Charity Challenge at Sonoma Raceway with CSRG
• November 1-5:  U.S. Vintage National Championship with SVR

The Open wheel challenge in Indy is a new event being run by the SVRA.  As it says in the title, "open wheel only".  The one thing to notice in the title, no mention of vintage or historic cars.  This event is open to any open wheel car, new or old.  

This is probably a good idea that the SVRA has.  There are always a lot more closed wheel cars at the historic events.  Early open wheel cars have very limited seat sizing.  By opening it to new cars, the entry list will be big. 

Oh, did I mention snow?

Yesterday I was raking leaves in a t-shirt.  Today we had almost 4" of snow.

Race car update

It's going to be a short update.  Other than getting the parts for the repair to the axle, I haven't had time to work on the car.  With the holidays fast approaching, don't see anything happening in the near future.
The new plan is to have the car ready for 2018.  That gives me all next year to make the car 100% race ready.  The past couple of years the car has been at 80%.  Time to get it back.