Mid-Ohio Archive

Spent the weekend at Mid-Ohio for a NASA weekend. Was pressed into duty on Friday to help instruct the Competition Licensing course for The Mid-Ohio School. The rest of the weekend was lots of car hopping to instruct and otherwise offering help drivers.
Dad’s student was the owner of Buschur Racing, a prominent Mitusbishi [...]

SVRA Weekend Pics

Only a couple months tardy, but pics from August’s SVRA weekend at Mid-Ohio are uploaded.

ALMS Weekend Pics

Pics have been uploaded for a while, but for those that haven’t visited my smugmug site lately:

http://jdellis.smugmug.com/gallery/1480526 - ALMS

http://jdellis.smugmug.com/gallery/1484022 - SPEED GT
http://jdellis.smugmug.com/gallery/1484622 - SPEED TC

Used the Quicktime feature on my camera to snag a clip of the Penske Porsche RS Spyder’s exhaust note, which is very reminiscent of an old Cosworth DFX-powered Champ Car.

Dad Makes the Web

Racing Sports Cars - Mid-Ohio 200 Kilometres IMSA GTO 1988 (Photo Archive)

Last December, Martin Krejci, webmaster for Racing Sports Cars, emailed me about using some of my photography for his site which chronicles various sports car series over the years.
He had all the recent Mid-Ohio events covered by Mark Windecker and others, but was able [...]

Do Snow Chains Pass Tech?

This was a first, seeing Mid-Ohio draped in snow. We left the hotel a little after 7:00, with wet pavement and slight freezing rain. HPDE4 went out second on the schedule, and I took Ted, of red LS1 RX7 fame, out to get a feel for what conditions awaited him. What started [...]

No real surprises, other than the Tuner Challenge is now part of the Grand-Am weekend, rather than the standalone weekend with NASA last year. Hopefully, the NASA and SCCA schedules will be released soon as well.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Hotel Reservations!
2005 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Schedule
American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio - May 20-22
SVRA [...]