A day of rest
The only thing we need to do on Monday was change out the tires for the challenge and to go over the Chevelle for last minute details. Brad and Ty chased down a tire store to do the tire honors. I kicked back in the bus to answer some emails and to write some stuff for this blog. Bill was on laundry detail.
If I don’t seem as eloquent as a few days ago it is probably because we have been on the road for 11 days. While we are still having a great time, the sky isn’t quite as blue, the trees not quite so green, the air not quite so crisp. Wait a minute…we’re in Los Angeles…no wonder!
In case you have come on board late, the reason we are here, and the real reason we have driven the Chevelle 3000 miles instead of hauling it, is that Super Chevy Magazine is holding their first annual [I hope] suspension challenge at the old El Toro Marine base near here. We will be competing with 9 other suspension manufacturers in skidpad, slalom, and autocross events. I am told this will be set up along the lines of a Motor Trend type test and will be quite a large deal in the January issue of Super Chevy. I am praying that things go well for us tomorrow.
Super Chevy is having a pizza party tonight so everyone can get together for some drinks and conversation before the event [more alcohol racing?]. The pizza party tuned out great. This is really quite a small community…I knew most everyone there. Art and Craig Morrison, Kyle and Stacey Tucker, Chris Alston, Neal, Phil and Jeremy Gerber from the Roadster Shop, Brent Van Der Vort from Fatmans, Sal Solarzano from TCI, and all the Super Chevy guys were doing their share to make sure the adult refreshments didn’t go to waste. It was a relatively early night though since everyone had to be on the track at 6:30 in the morning.
More on the suspension challenge tomorrow…