Nice Weekend

It has been a busy but enjoyable weekend.  The test day and two races on Saturday were great.  Had lots of fun, Oulton Park really looks like a fun track.  Much more elevation change than a lot of the ex-airfield tracks that are all around the UK.  Testing on Friday went very well, times were fast compared to the competitors we chose to sample with stopwatches.  Unfortunately this didn't translate well during Saturday's qualifying session, Jamie only managed 9th, and well over a second off his best times from Friday.  But he managed a good first race, working his way up to 4th over the 30 minute event.  That meant he would start 4th for the second race, as there was no additional qualifying session.  Things were going as planned as the end neared, he had stayed 4th trying to not overheat the tires for something like 25 minutes.  Then on nearly the same lap, the guy in second took out himself and the guy in the lead, but the next time Jamie came around he was obviously slow with some sort of problem.  He limped it around to finish in 18th.

In the garage I discovered it was a broken A-arm link in the rear suspension.  It turns out this is a pretty frequent failure on the Caterham's, so we'll have to keep an eye out for it in the future.  We actually replaced the piece on the spot before loading the car up in the truck.

Today I've been getting some work done on our project while mixing in a workout, some MLB.tv, and a few beers at Wetherspoons with their festival deal still going on.  The weather continues to be pretty good, it's been around 55 all day, just a spit or two of rain, and the wind hasn't been too bad.

I am finally officially moving on Tuesday.  It's been the most frustrating thing for me in a long time.  I started packing some things today, it's gonna be tough to get all my stuff into the suitcases I have with me I think.  Been trying to work my food stock down so that packing should be minimized I hope.

The week will stay busy, I'm trying to get some good project work done still, and of course Jess is coming on Thursday morning too.  Super excited about that, so I'm trying to have a few super productive days so I can relax when she's here.