Heidts Performance Car Challenge - Midwest

[Jim Nilsen]

Wow what a weekend. I am still suffering from the adrenaline rush!

I had more time to put the Cormaro to the test and want to thank everyone who made the event the so smooth and the track time endless. The Cormaro actually ran out of brake pad on the right rear, never ever had rear pads go before fronts in my whole life which means the bias must be set as good as it gets because I never locked up a rear tire braking.



I want to thank everyone who came up and told me how good the car looked like it was handling, I never realized that it was as good as it is until Matt A went for a ride and made the comment that the lines I was able to take were way different because of the IRS. I was making the Kumho's cry for mercy by the end of the 3rd session in every corner and learned lines on the coarse that required no braking and speeds a lot faster than I put down in the 1st session.

The Parnelli Jones 2005 Mustang driven by Carl was the car I was chasing until he picked up the lines and his engine had the grunt to pull away from me, It is truly an amazing factory car and he should be proud of his driving skills too!

The autocross was tight and challenging and I am sure glad I had power steering or it would have been impossible without it compared to the Motorstate coarse. a 35.6 was a good time and the brake pad wear kept me from going out int he 2nd half, the steel on steel contact was getting louder. A new rotor may or may not be on my list, I have to look to see.

The stop challenge just wasn't in my hopes of trying compared to the cars with the bigger brakes but I went out and grond down the rotor for 3 runs at it. I am interested to see where I got babying it in the box.

All in all when you drive there and drive home it is a great weekend.

I still can't believe a model T can do so much carnage at such a slow speed and not hardly get a scratch, DAMN !!!

Thanks again to everyone.