Returning to normal. Slowly.....

It's been a rough several months for me and I think I MAY have finally turned the corner. Things with the truck, racing, and even my usually reliable tow rig haven't been going well. And then there's the mess that I've allowed my life to turn into. I've been really trying hard to dig in my heels and stop the back-slide and it's finally starting to work. I've still a long way to go and even though I'm back on my feet, my step is pretty wobbly....

The 2000 GMC Sonoma I named "Akuma" (japanese for devil) is done except for a few mechanical items and has hit the track for a couple of events. I attended the Michigan Mile standing mile race @ the battle creek air show.  A standing mile run has been one of my bucket list items. I managed to get to around 140 mph and Akuma should've gone faster, but the valve springs were laying down the engine @ 5000 rpm. The next day I attended an autocross @ GVSU and came in last in class. Last in the class I run in is to be expected when you run against a bunch of small boosted cars on race tires. But since I do this just for fun, I'm not bothered by it. It went pretty well, except for the Auburn Pro-Series diff I installed. The thing's been totally worthless. Coming off a corner if I apply throttle too hard, it lays down "single tire fire" something fierce. Because I've had it over a year, but only have maybe 100 miles on it, I'll probably have to pull it and send it in. Right in the middle of my season. I knew I should've gone with the tru-trac.......

Anyways, that's that. Here's a shot of the truck as well as a couple of vids from the events mentioned. Wrapped up with a few catgirls images.

Video:

Michigan Mile runs

autocross @ GVSU