Das Race: My '97 M3/4/5

[Jake]

i love post-Hizzyfest writeups...mostly because i couldn't be there

that's awesome news about the power coming back (and a great lesson in "under the curve" being so important compared to peak, judging by your 7hp deficit but better overall performance) and your dropped times and charge all the way up to 2nd briefly. total proof you are a front runner now with the car's development now matching your own.

sucks hard about boinking that SE30. it sounds like you went through a lot of personal grief dealing with the decision and at the end of the day, its a tough lesson but probably one of the best you'll ever get and hopefully a good perspective in the event that someone ever puts a dent on you as well. i'm glad to hear the other driver was chill about it. that poor driver's side corner of your car has been through hell and back this past year, huh?

i hope its patched up so you can give it hell at Slummit, you are getting too fast to ease up now :thumbup:

ps that dog is adorable

Thanks Scotty! Yeah, Chris came up to me and was like "we gotta get your car on the dyno, bud, or you're running light... you pulled on me there!" after the Sunday race. His tune changed after I told him it was dynoed two days prior and I had been running heavy because of my prior weird power curve fucking up the GTS calculator (there is no way it's fair to be 2,800 lbs at 213 whp, should be another 100-150 I think). He's been good to me as far as helping me get faster though, so I know the comment was all in good fun - he and Scott really want more of us up at the front with them (they are in the 2:08 range) to ensure more epic battles. We will see!

Technically the Summit Point tree boinking was in November 2015 but yeah, the front end of this car has had it pretty good. Deren said the body shop he sends crashed racecars to can make them look better than they did pre-wreck, so I have high hopes.

I'm also picking up two clean driver's side doors on Saturday. They are white, but if sprayed Cosmos Black (by someone other than myself) would be an easy way to make that side of the car look nice again.