Drove the car out to Carlisle last weekend, for the GM Nationals Event. It was the 40th Anniversary of the IROC-Z event as well as the annual Thirdgen Nationals event so I was glad to go.
Prior to the trip I changed the drag wheels out, installed the front sway-bar, checked all spark plugs, tightened a belt, and some other mechanical related to-do tasks. Also did my once-a-year detail, clay bar, polish, wax, buff and general cleanup on the car. The car made the 3 hour (140 mile) trip out there with only one single issue.. the speedometer stopped working after about 35 miles. I pulled over to check if the mechanical cable pulled loose from the dash gauge, but it seemed intact so I just drove on all the way to the fairgrounds with no mph. Decent turnout for the Friday portion of the event. I was not involved with any of the IROC display this year, I was just parked in the showfield grass. Watched some Autocross stuff and walked the show a bit with some buddies. While driving to the hotel at night, the speedo briefly worked for a mile or so, but then went dead the rest of the trip. I was totally satisfied about that knowing its either a pinched cable or torn gear tooth or something fixed another time.
Saturday (Day 2) was a much better turnout, but it was also pretty damn hot. I drove the car in the Thirdgen parade which probably had 40+ cars in it. They did autocross runs again and an exhaust sound competition also, Stayed there all day until about 6 pm when I headed home. Still with no speedometer, but the car drove fantastic. Even though bad road construction issues, dead-stopped traffic, and heated ambient temps, the car was freakin great. And not even one single time did the ignition/starter issue pop-up, and I probably had about 25-30 successful key-on cranks over the two days. The GPS logged 326 miles during those two days. Good event.
Some photos:
