Your 2008 Motorsports Resolutions

[G.Irish]

For 2008 what are your motorsport-related resolutions and/or goals?

Races to attend
*Both rounds of Moto GP in the US
*WSBK in the US
*At least 3 rounds of ALMS
*One or two rounds of a racing series in Europe (BTCC, WSBK, BSB, or Moto GP)

Motorsports Writing
*Step up coverage at TOV. More interviews, some tech features, and some riding tests.
*Test drive or ride a racing machine for an article
*Do at least one print article

Riding/Driving Skillz
*Work on sliding the rear of a bike
*Finish level 2 and 3 of Cali SBK school
*If I move to Cali, drive a shifter kart
*Buy a 1000 cc supersport
*Another year of no crashes

[Steve85]

Car:
No more major work on car, fine tuning/repairs only (finish hood)
Driving:
Attend HPDE at at least 2 diff't tracks
Sanity:
track time > mod/repair time and I'm going to count. if not, car=sold
Races:
Very hopeful for the US Grand Prix F1
ALMS
Misc:
Visit Team PTG Panoz shop here in Winchester.

Develop poly low profile intake similar to LSx style for GEN1 SBC.

[Goodspeed]

Car
I have a whole list of things I want to buy and install to (eventually) get the car where I want it to be. But immediate plans call for dampers and springs to lower the car, and repaint or polish the factory wheels.

Motorsport Participation
Continue attending and participating in as many auto-x'es as I can. Improve driving skills, throttle control, transitions, countering oversteer etc. Also, get out to a 1/4 mile strip at somepoint, perhaps MIR.

Motorsport Attendance
Make it to VIR for the first time in February. If I'm able to, I'd really like to attend One Lap of America's visit to VIR on May 8th, to spectate one stop of their weeklong cross-country event. Also, hopefully next summer I'll make it out to the Nurburgring for some F1 or 24hrs. action, or to just spectate a lapping day and see the track.

[JohnC]

Very hopeful for the US Grand Prix F1

Good luck with that. There is no F1 USGP for '08.

Myself? At the very least, do the level 2 California Superbike School, and attend the Indy MotoGP round. And, I just found out that a good friend of Jess' from high school, who currently lives in Italy, has friends that live with a track view of Mugello. We've talked about another Italy trip- but that probably won't happen for a few years.

[Apoc]

*Buy a 1000 cc supersport
*Another year of no crashes

Do they go together?

For me it's...
-MotoGP in Laguna
-CA SBK Level 1
-3 Cup Weekends

I think that's a about it. Grad school is my main focus starting next year.

[Evan]

my motorsports resolution is to not have any resolutions, to have fun doing it again.

[G.Irish]

*Buy a 1000 cc supersport
*Another year of no crashes

Do they go together?

Hmm, that's a good point :?

[.RJ]

Races to attend
*Moto GP at Indy
*WSBK at Miller
*2-3 AMA Rounds

Motorsports Writing
*Continue doing photos for TOV
*Get connected with a print magazine for photos

Riding/Driving Skillz
*Cornerspeed/Cornerspin or Freddie Spencer school
*Supermoto school
*Start racing on 2 wheels
*Earn enough points to move up to expert

[Apoc]

Add Laguna to your list 'cause I'm back in!

[.RJ]

Laguna = Fence. I've been 2 yrs in a row, I'd rather check out GP @ Indy and WSBK

[Apoc]

c'mon!! you gotta go. i demand it!

[KPWSerpiente]

11 second pass on pump.
First HPDE.

-T

[Ginger]

my motorsports resolution is to not have any resolutions, to have fun doing it again.

+1

I'll do whatever works with my budget and seems like fun... and that's about it.

[Evan]

First HPDE.

-T

I call BS!

[ScottyB]

Races to attend
*The Mitty '08 @ RA
*Petit LeMans @ RA

Car
*keep it cheap
*keep it reliable

Riding/Driving Skillz
*autocrossing at least once a month when in season
*karting at least twice for fun

[PDenbigh]

My only resolution is to get the XR back on the track. A lot of stuff has to happen for this resolution to be a reality, but I'll spare you the details. I did not race once last year and it was a very unpleasant feeling ;-).

XR on Track = success.

[Maengelito]

my resolutions include hitting up different tracks i've never driven. the three most likely candidates are watkins glen, mid-ohio and barber motorsports park. my bro is moving to birmingham in june, so hopefully i can do barber sometime in the latter part of next year. i'd also like to visit road atlanta again and try not to die this time. and lastly, do as much karting as possible.

[Dave]

My resolutions are:
-more karting
-get the Z running properly
-get back on track and brush off the rust from not driving for over a year
-track the Z as much as possible
-keep the truck reliable

[.RJ]

-give the truck more boost

What was that?

[John]

Get my Exige seats and harnesses installed in two weeks, and I'm back on track! Then I'll wait for somebody else to hit my Lotus (it's only a matter of time), then I'll pocket the money and probably buy a racecar.

No big races in the works for me this year since I have a wedding, honeymoon, and quite possibly a funeral to plan for this year.