New Year for LBD Racing and a number of Changes

A new year - the second - for LBD racing

Lots of news

New Co-Driver

Christa Monasch has a great new job and is not longer available to Co-Drive for the 2011 Racing Season.

Nicki Beverley will be stepping up and Co-Driving for Little Black Dog Racing for 2011.

Welcome to the team, Nicki

Racing Season

Presently, the plan for racing in 2011 is:

Rocky Mountain Rally - late May
Mountain Trials - early June
PFR - October
Big White - December

And maybe I will tempt fate again and try Kananaskis!

Sponsors Wanted ... bit of damage

AAAAAAAAAAAARGH! We had a bit of a flip on the second from last stage and got our first DNF (and a lot of damage to the vehicle)

Need to replace:
- Hatch
- Driver's side rear quarter panel
- Driver's side door
- Driver's side front fender
- Roof Panel
- Radiator
- Front bumper cover
- Rear bumper cover

With the damage to the car, I really now have a clean slate and can change it!

Pacific Forest Rally

PFR is now complete - 11th overall, 1st in Class and 2nd Novice in the National event

One almost off and a couple of spins dropped us down in the standings - could have hit the top ten in regional on both days if I was a bit smoother.

Ran all of Princeton Cutoff with a flat tire - lost only 36 seconds on the stage but trashed the tire.

July update

Not much work happening - car is up in the air with the wheels off and preparing to remove the rear suspension, clean, inspect and paint

Mountain Trials 2010 - 8th place overall!

Not bad for a first time driver and a driver / co-driver combination that never worked together.

8th place overall (out of 13)
2nd in class ... out of 2 :)

Going in the Rally Cross race in Hope on the 19th then PFR in October

A bit of car work needs to be done - not much

- revised computer mount
- camera mount
- revised fire extinguisher mount

Two weeks + 5 days to go

Mountain Trials rally is less than 10 days away

A couple of teething problems but everything should be wrapped up and ready to go before race day (actually, before this weekend)

Computer - waiting for one part - should be here soon
Motor - need to install the drive belt - need a 19 mm 6 point wrench (not easy to find)

Co-Driver on Board for 2010

Christa Monasch is on board for the races this year

Great to have am experienced Co-Driver for the F10 season!

Car in middle of work - need to remove exhaust camshaft to properly time the cam (versus the intake). For some reason, it was out a tooth.

Lift bolts replaced on the weekend and the remainder will be completed this week.

LOOKING FORWARD TO MTN TRIALS HAPPENING IN EARLY JUNE!