Rallycross: DRSCCA 2011 Season Opener at Crystal Motor Speedway

We pieced the car back together with its new suspension bits after it had been sitting on jackstands for nearly 3 months, and accomplished a battery relocation in there somewhere too. We were just in time for the Detroit Region SCCA's Rallycross Season Opener at Crystal Motor Speedway. Weather was perfect for a Sno*Drift shakedown, as a lot of snow had been falling in the days leading up to the event.

We had a very competitive class in Modified 2WD with Jon Armstrong and Burke Davis driving Burke's recently rolled-over Civic and Nathan Usher in his new-to-him rally GTI. Even so, the IC Engineering GTI handily took the top two positions, and I even managed to edge out Sean for the win. The course was a lot of fun, with high and low-speed sections going in and out of the oval track at the Speedway. The GTI performed flawlessly, and the hydraulic handbrake made a world of difference in the times that the car was capable of. The fact that not only did the car make it to the event and back, but also took the two fastest times of the day looked very promising for the upcoming Sno*Drift rally. Now if only the heater worked a little better...

Results here (PDF)