Wow, it's been a busy two weeks. Just catching up, now.

ASMA races weekend before last, I did well, but not as well as three other racers who've stepped it up. I ended up with two third-place finishes, a fourth, and a fifth.

I raced at Buttonwillow in California last weekend. Wow, what stiff competition - first and foremost, I had to overcome myself.

When I last raced there in 2006, I was really slow, about 2:09.50 laps for my best. I thought for sure I'd be under 2:00...

I quickly got down to 2:03 in practice. And stayed there. I honestly don't know where I was losing time, only that I did, in fact, have slower laptimes than other people.

It's frustrating. I watch video of other, faster racers, and I believe I'm faster in most corners than they are, which leaves braking and top speed in the Riverside and "Sweeper" corners as the likely suspects. I think I need to get to WFO in the Riverside corner sooner, and enter the Sweeper faster.

But it's not a track I'll see again until next year. And, frankly, I didn't get faster every time on the track, and that bothers me, a lot.

Okay, the next races are in Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah. That's another fast, big, high-horsepower-needed track.

No news on the literary front, between work and racing I have no time to write. I'll fix that soon :). No report from the publisher on my submission "Hell's Own". I'll ping the publisher again in three more weeks.

dave