Hi all

Just back from NJ, where we took part of the BMW club race at Thunderbolt

Nice crowd  of 30 racers with some attrition during the 2 days. Great weather.

Had to pick up my trailer and white E36 racer in PA anyhow after they played snowbirds ( staying in NC for the 2010 winter..... )

Chuck at CSS Motorsports built a S54 for the #111 racer so I could join the fun in CM with my canadian friends ( Lewis, Dimoff, Carroll, Marquis, Gore, Kalman etc,,, )

Quite a project considering a S54  means more than just a motor.....It also includes KK custom headers and exheaust, 5 bar fuel pump, bigger water rad with 2 fans, bigger oil cooler, a MoTec engine management with custom harness and a AIM dash/datas system to monitor everything !

We had broken in the engine at VIR with a detuned program, but now the final mapping is done. We needed to gather some live on track datas to debug everything after some OK dyno runs

Only problem is.... I had a motorbike crash on track 3 weeks ago...Took me 50 years to break a bone but this time I made it right ( right collar bone, 5 right ribs, pneumo/hemothorax, hip sprain ) ...Pride hurts too.......so I figured I would try to track the car for 1 or two sessions then run home for some pain killers. 

But you guys know better, I could not resist and spent the full two days racing !

On site, 6 CM cars; some fast machineries..... but the 4 to 5 best driver/car CM combos had taken part of the Mid-Ohio premier race the week-end before and weren't there

Car stayed solid without a hickup all week-end, thanks to a professionnal prep from Chuck at CSS Motorsports

Thanks to John and Nick from German Motor Werks for supporting me for the 3 races ( and helping my broken bones get in and out of the car  )

3 races, 3 pole position, 3 wins....

Videos aren't that interesting though, each race consisting of creating a 15 to 30 sec gap with second place and then backing off to maintain it

Enjoy