It’s beginning to look a lot like Race Season!
The mates from halfbakedschemes.com racing are at it again for 2008. The team plans to take on a similar schedule as 2007, while again traversing some of the most historic dirt tracks in upstate NY. The team will campaign the same Modified Lite as used last year and continue running with the Empire State Dwarf Car Association (ESDCA).
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Michael’s Rental Reviews - Nissan Altima
As promised yesterday, here is the first installment of Michael’s Rental Review. The car itself was a 2007 Nissan Altima. I was surprised to see that they even had Nissans (don’t ever recollect having that option before), and was also surprised when it came with 26k miles already. Back a few years ago, before OEM’s wised up and stopped filling the fleet market, cars were always returned before 25k miles (and maybe sooner). I rarely ever had one with more than 15!
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2007 rolled around with a unique challenge: There was a second black car in the driveway adorned with Cg-Lock livery, but the similarities between the cars were few. The new Cg-Lock ride was for a foreign racing surface with foreign technologies, and the season would begin with nearly a complete dearth of usable information. We decided to have fun and become moderately acclimated without getting bogged down in the details. Before the season began, we elected to run with the ESDCA, which is the Empire State Dwarf Car Association. The schedule consisted of 30+ races at 7 tracks clustered around Syracuse, NY. The schedule was published in February, which gave us plenty of time to ruminate prior to the season. We wanted to wait a few weeks into the season to debut; however the debut was pushed back even further as we had a wee bit more car maintenance to complete than we anticipated. It took us until June, but we finally headed north towards the Canadian border to begin the season.
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Due to my devastatingly poor time management skills, the Front Page has been awash in inactivity. While I hope to fix this with an abundance of new (and quite old) information over the holiday season, I would like to invite everyone to drop in on the michael’s musings section in the mean time. Michael is as irritated as ever and has had quite a few gears to grind during this off season.
Sometimes too much of a good thing is just enough….
Half-Baked Schemes Racing is about to embark on a weekend that will separate the men from the boys. Check inside for the itinerary…
Half-Baked Schemes Racing gets dirty in Upstate NY
The Number 41 CG-Lock Mod-Lite had it’s first double-dip of the 2007 season, running Friday at Brewerton Speedway and Saturday at Fulton Speedway. The team experienced a number of other firsts, over the weekend, also, culminating in Michael Occhipinti’s first Top Ten finish in a feature.
Other firsts included the Team’s first start(s) from the front row, the first visit from racing widow Lindsay (and racing Mom Darlene) and the first (and second) slight alterations to the chassis. Pics inside!
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Half-Baked Schemes Racing takes on Can-Am Speedway
Well, after much ado, the CG-Lock Mod Lite finally found it’s way to the track. After starting from the back in his first race with the new car, Michael Occhipinti started and finished mid-pack in the feature. The car made it home no worse for the wear and the Team cashed in their winnings and headed to Buffalo Wild Wings for some much overdue carousing.
Video of the Feature can be seen here: Can-Am 070623
Much thanks to Bruce and CG-Lock for helping make this debut possible! Pics inside…
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