Project Update
Technical Fubars before the Glen
After One Lap, I figured getting prepared to cover some video and photos and updates from the Glen should be pretty easy. I have everything in one spot have actual AC power the whole time, and might actually get to that video uploading that I envisioned before.
Then I killed my iPhone. I was working on the car, specifically the brakes (which I will bitch more about later), and had a call from Tim. I put the phone on the car, went back to work, and I think you know what happened next. Sure enough I went for some brake bedding tests around the block with the iPhone still on the car. Of course I didn’t realize any of this until I couldn’t find the phone and retraced my actions. While I spent time riding around the block on my bike, remembering how out of shape I am, Tim figured out my dilemma and headed south towards the lodge.
Not being able to update everybody from the iPhone killed my hopes of actually updating anything. I couldn’t connect up with some of the friends on Twitter, and my continuous stream of mildly OK photos would have to fail.
The other thing I have been practicing is the balance of how to use the GoPro camera. I have been recording some commutes to 
work, just to work out the kinks of operating the device. I cursed this camera on the One Lap trip, only because when ever I needed it to work it didn’t. Now I find that the latch on the to of the camera is cracked and is headed towards breaking. I guess I won’t make it a bumper camera for fear of having it break while out on the track.
Is this thing ON?
There was so much to do during One Lap that after the team returned home we scattered like ants under a freshly lifted rock. There were no on road updates and returning to the mundane drudgery of work didn’t really seem news worthy. There have been a few questions about the car.
The car is still alive. It didn’t retire to some field and it has been transporting Tim back and forth to work on a regular basis, stickers and all. We needed to send a few borrowed, loaned, and temporarily donated parts back to the people who have helped us out.
The focus and preparation work has gone into getting ready for Watkins Glen for Memorial Day. Joining the Niagara Region PCA at Watkins Glen for the drivers education course was the new objective for the team.
Tim spent some time this week getting the car re-aligned, since it never turned after the trailing arm incident.
Mike went and picked up the Supra from Innovative Tuning, which has turned it from a powerful track ready car into a ridiculous car that runs smoother, faster and better.
Stephen ordered some brakes for the Evo and changed the oil. (I know it sounds lame in comparison)
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I cropped all of the drag racing videos together from Gainesville. I didn’t realize how bad my video skills were, trying to juggle the SLR and the digital. I captured “most” of the action.
I need to find a picture of Robert Dubler, who is actually a Swiss Chocolatier. After Tim fell to the GMC, “the Chocolatier” became the dark nemesis that exists in every comic book tale. He was actually a great guy, but it was fun to call him “The Chocolatier!” for the rest of the trip.
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Galant VR4 History in One Lap
We broke many significant records for the GalantVR4 community on this trip. I am pretty sure we are the first Galant VR4 to enter many of the tracks like Daytona. We are not the first Galant VR4 to enter the One Lap of America however.
I was talking with Brock Yates Jr, and he mentioned that he drove a Galant VR4 one year in the One Lap of America. I am not sure if that was as a participant or not, but there are a few others that have appears over the years in the entrants list.
In 1991 Angelo Pizzagalli, Ralph Beckman and Noel Lawler entered a 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 in the One Lap.
In 1992 Billy Edwards, Ralph Beckman and Brit Ponder won the mid-priced sedan class with a 1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR4.
1992 Entrants List & 1992 Results
In 1993 Rick, Lee, Gary McLeiian and Bob Farmer entered a 1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 and finished 40th Overall.
As these cars grow in age, we will find fewer of them around. Please the resources and community at GalantVR4.org to preserve the cars and keep them an active part of the automotive world. The United States only saw 3009 of these, and certainly their numbers have dwindled over the years.
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