Overtime

Lucky for me the first race this season was cancelled, and I have been resting too much so now it is going to be thight to reach what is going to be the first race 1.May.

I am tired of crawling under the car when changing parts, so today I tilted it when installing the transfer case.

I am getting there, but still need to install driver seat and seatbelts. Hopefully a couple of new tires and the arb.locker will be in place during the comming weekend.

7 days to go

Yeah - counting 7 days to the first race, I'm getting a little stressed. Very little has been done in the past weeks, and the "to-do list" is still a little to long. What has been done is that I have bought all the parts I will be needing; Transfer case, radiator, seats, arb.locker for the front differential and 2 new tires. Here's the new seats:

I have installed the radiator, fixed new fuel-piping and now the engine is running. I have also taken out the front differential whis presently is beeing upgraded with the arb.locker.

The transfer case has been serviced and is now ready to be installed. Hopefully during this weekend the seats and new seatbelts will be installed and I'm strickly ready for race. However I would be very happy if I also can manage to put on the 2 new tires and give the body a little paint-job.

Ready in 5 weeks?

Finally I have bits of a Suzuki to prepare to something that might become a racecar... It's not shining (yet), but hopefully it performs better than it looks as it quite likely goes from being "back-up" to the racecar for 2010. When, or if, it comes to looks, it will probably not be the greatest challenge this racer will give me.
The racer will need a radiator and change of oil and filter, a transfer case, new seats and seatbelts before it can race. However it will also desperately need better and a little bigger tires, some bodywork and not at least a paintjob. ARB locker for the front differential and beadlocks are also on the shoplist if everything seems to be working fine with the machine.

Recruiting

We did no racing activities in the team in 2009, but a little recruiting was done. Thomas was born in May and is allready showing good interrest in cars (picture from February 2010).Hopefully we'll find time for some races this year, and for now we are working to have ready a racecar for the standard-class. This will probably require less maintenance, meaning less time in the garage and more time at the tracks. First race this year is 17.April, so let's se what it all looks like in a months time... Stay tuned :-)

Team-logo 2009

Not much is going on these days. The racecar is still packed in snow, and more of it is expected.
But I have designed a new logo which will be used on new clothing and stickers. The idea is that the new design have a somewhat more international appearance as it displays my nationality.
It also includes the the new name of the racecar as it will appear when prepared for race.

Winter break

1.Novermber was the last race of the season, which went very well - with a 2.place. But now it is winter-break, and time for giving the car a facelift before season starts again in 2009. The work with the racecar will start in January, and for now it rests just as it was parked on the back of my "diesel-donkey." ...The last week it has also been added a little snow to give it the proper christmas-look :-)

Last place

Well - the first race with my Zalto is done. On the 14.September it was finally time to make use of Zalto for the first time on my own after I bought it, and a colleagua of mine even showed up to help me out from the co-driver seat. I think it was obvius to me, my co-driver and all other watching the race, that it's now been more than a year since last time I drove a racecar. I need both some training, and to familiarize myself with the car before thinking of getting serious with the racing again.Though we finished last in the competition this day, we did have a great load of fun and when the volvo-engine finally cooperated I was quite impressed with the capability of the car. Now I'm really looking forward to renewing the car a bit during the winter, and making a fresh start next year!!