Steve Cannata (Steve85)

[Steve85]

Steve Cannata

After a failed college attempt right after high school I went to automotive school at Montgomery Community in Rockville. I then went to Land Rover North American HQ (in Lanham, MD at the time) for an internship, best job ever. Every truck was new, we supported the accessory, engineering, and training departments...including the off-road classes. ThereÔÇÖs nothing like thrashing a corporate-owned extremely capable $65K off road machine every Friday. I got an offer from a dealer in Encino, CA and headed west. CA had too many extra-curricular activities so I came back east and started over.

Got married to a great woman who already had two girls and we added two boys. I was sick of working on cars for a living so I went back to school; ended up at JMU where a guy in my music class saw me reading a car mag and suggested MM. I went to a couple evening meets and the guys were great. But, as a commuter with a family it was hard to really get involved.

I always wanted to go to the track but knew nothing about it and that was intimidating. MM got me out to my first HPDE and I flat out loved it. Life makes it difficult to get out more often but things will slow down and I will be out there again. IÔÇÖm doing my first autocross Oct 4th in Verona.

Vehicle history:
200 matchbox cars
75 Plastic models, each part hand painted.
GT Bikes ÔÇ£Performer GTÔÇØ, in yellow.
84 Toyota Camry (trim rings, double white wipers, windshield sticker, amp, subs...this was 1988, ÔÇØriceÔÇØ before the term was born)
87 Nissan p/u 4x4 (thrashed hard instead of going to class)
85 Corvette ( I was 21 and still going through my parents insurance, a couple years later I went to get my own and nobody would take me for less than 6K a year, I had no tickets or accidents. I fucking hate insurance companies for forcing me to get rid of it)
94 Honda Civic Si (it was a great few years until I drove it off the road and totaled it)
90 325ix (should never have sold it, pics below)
88 Pathfinder (bought from my Dad for $1, plus tax. Rust took hold and that was that)
85 Corvette - This is actually the first car IÔÇÖve made any real mods to, the BMW and Honda got springs, but that was it. This got a full interior resortation, repaint, brake upgrade, lowered, and I'm on engine 2.3, third iteration of the 2nd engine, while I work on engine 3.2.

This is where the family starts. IÔÇÖve held on to the Vette and weÔÇÖve been through a string of cars Suburban, VW Touauaouarreg, Acura TL, Jetta TDI, Odyssey, inherited a 95 525i, Saturn Outlook, Quest van...

99 Integra is my current daily. I have no pics, ÔÇ£stock photoÔÇØ tells the story, for now.

BMW




Vette Now:
Go for a ride:
http://www.youtube.com/user/brodix434#pl...Rx0hjhL3wo



Boys: (they ask every weekend to ÔÇ£go see race carsÔÇØ *tear*


Obligatory college pic, thatÔÇÖs me in the middle, looking left. Yes, that is an actual living breathing mullet.