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This video really makes me want to go racing!!!!

My itch has to be scratched pretty soon!!

Proper Racing Harness Mounting

I see a lot of people mount their racing harness to the OEM rear seat belt mounts, which is not the right way to do so. The belt will actually crush your shoulders upon impact instead of doing its job to hold you back from flying out the front wind shield because the belt will pivot the force of the impact downward onto your shoulders. The racing harness should ONLY be mounted as decribed in the picture below with proper hardware.

Alternate D1 competition

D1 Top Speed Competition at Autopolis. Cars go 0-400m then have to initiate and drift the D1 Autopolis course. First place is a S14 clocking 10.8 sec at 208km/h (130mph) before going sideways!!! Pretty damx fast! I love this because it combines drag racing with drifting!!!



Drift Angle Competition at Tsukuba last turn. This is pretty interesting too going for max angle while still maintaining a good drift.

5 Generations of GT-Rs!!!

Raikkonen unfazed by TC ban - Formula One always a dangerous sport

Quoted from [07/01/08 - 08:42] post on http://en.f1-live.com/

Kimi Raikkonen has played down his fellow F1 drivers' concerns that the ban on traction control will make the sport more dangerous, particularly on a wet track."This sport is dangerous anyway," the Finn, nicknamed within the sport as 'the iceman', said at the launch of Ferrari's new car for 2008, the F2008, in northern Italy on Sunday."You can have a big accident whether you've got traction control or not. It will make driving in the wet a bit trickier, but if you think it's too dangerous then you shouldn't be in the car at all," Raikkonen said.The 2007 world champion was asked about the issue after a group of drivers - including Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa - pushed for talks with the FIA about having input into how wet races are handled this year and beyond.

But rather than worry about driving without traction control, Raikkonen said the ban on driver aids makes Grand Prix cars more fun."For me it's a bit more enjoyable because you can get the car sideways, and it may help with overtaking because people will probably be making more mistakes," he said."It is more tricky for sure, you need to be awake more of the time," Raikkonen added.

That's exactly what I would say! Just like how people always complain and ask dumb questions at the Formula D drivers meeting. Quit the whinning and just go drive balls out!!!!

Itch...

Well, I guess my break from motorsport will not be that long after all. I am itching to get back behind the wheel again!!! However, I am going to choose the people I will be working with more wisely to avoid the whole ordeal I went through in 2007.

This coming year, I plan to compete in Formula D and D1 as well as getting back my competition license so I can do some club racing. I really want to team up with Dan Pina, my long time racing buddy, again and do the 25 hour endurance at Thunderhill next year in December!

For drifting, there are talks about building a team. However, nothing has been done yet! The proposed car has not even gone into the shop to be built! Oh well, I guess I need some faith and have to wait and see.

Stay tuned...