I have been running the grinders this summer, and have gotten back into the "production mode" I established in Florida; I can run cutting units through my SIP grinders almost as fast as a man can set them up on the bench.
On a personal note, I was lucky enough to get registered for this year's Miata Reunion at Laguna Seca in October. This is a true "bucket list" thing for me, as I have long wanted a chance to drive that track. Also, I was born in Southern California and spent my early childhood in Anaheim. I remember taking drives up to Big Sur and playing in the surf as a young boy. This is the last year for Miata Reunion at Laguna Seca since Mazda has discontinued their sponsorship of the track - it is now known as "Weather Tech Raceway Laguna Seca". This year is also the 30th anniversary of the Miata, so there is a special buzz around the event.
This leads to the question of how am I getting the car and all my track gear out to California from Atlanta? I'm driving, of course! It's a three-day trek each way, and I'll be spending four days in California. Oklahoma City, OK, and Flagstaff, AZ are my intermediate stops.
To transport all my track gear I have decided to build a trailer. When I go to my local track days I change tires at my shop and drive on the slicks to and from with no issues because the tracks are close, but there's no way I would ever be able to do that cross country. There is a company selling a range of track trailers, Leroy Engineering, which are great, but a bit out of my budget (this trip is going to tap out the till for the year - I haven't been to the track since April).
I will go into the trailer construction in a later post, but here is a teaser:
Regards,
