Gleason Bros. Racing

So the regular season has ended in less than dramatic fashion. However, less than dramatic is better than some of the alternatives, like wrecking the car. I'm not done racing yet, but that story is for later.


The final points race at Thompson was a real learning experience, as racing always is. I figured out that I was going about the setup on my car all wrong. Well, not all wrong, but rather less thoroughly than I should have. The car kept reverting back to having a push, no matter what I was doing to it, so I got drastic. I threw a ton of wedge in the right rear and really beefed up the rear springs and that made a world of difference. Come to find out, it's what I should have been doing all along. So the car was better, but I'm still nowhere near fast enough to really be a contender. I think I goofed around with the engine too much, so that's something I'll have to play with at the World Series. But I also found some things wrong with the front end geometry, and I'm working on sorting them out. 


And I'm not going to fool around and do weird stuff and race the outlaw race again. I think I learned my lesson with that last year. That was a mess.


I am however, racing the Outlaw race during the Finale at the Waterford Speedbowl. The outlaw race consists of cars fitting the Thompson rule book anyway. But I have a better reason as to why I'm running it. I decided that since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I would donate my winnings from both the Finale at Waterford, and the World Series at Thompson to the American Cancer Society. Since I announced I would be doing that on Facebook, people have pledged to donate as well, so I'm going to talk it over with the track crew and see if I can set up a box for the Cancer Society with my car during the pit party on Sunday. I really hope beyond hope that I don't encounter any scheduling issues with doing this and working. If I don't have any problems, then I should be able to pull this off. It's going to be stressful, but since it's for a good cause, hopefully the gods will smile upon me and everything will go smoothly.