Below is the favorite Hobby for Montclair Company:
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At Carolina Motorsport Park near Kershaw, SC in Sept. 2010, at a Driver Education Event by the Carolina Porsche Club of America. In short, a DE at CMP by the PCA. Catching the bug of driving very fast.
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DE #2 A perfect Nov. 2010 weekend at Virginia International Raceway |
Next to me, a brand new GT3, Beautifull and scarey fast! |
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The winter 2010/2011 fun begins. Too much oil useage and my wanting to use my tools to do a big project are too much. Also 2 feet of snow outside the garage door here in Boone. |
My catalytic converter was literally 50% melted inside. Chunks actually in the muffler, sounds like a maracca. Gone. In its place, a new bypass pipe. Lucky in NC, no smog on 24 year old cars. |
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Cylinder Heads fresh back from the machine shOp and builder. Beautifull and clean work. |
Mostly back together, timing the cams. Not too hard, very satisfying. |
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Late February and its done ! 6 weeks till the first DE of 2011 at NCCAR. Next, off the engine stand, mate the trans., and get it in. Gonna be a busy March breaking it in quickly. |
Its all DONE! Started right up, no issues. Had a month of chasing small oil leaks but in the end, a nice, dry, no drip engine. At long last!
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April 2-3, 2011 DE at NCCAR Just saw this cool little trailer for bringing your race gear behind your car. Very slick. |
My car at the hotel in Roanoke Rapids. Didn't take many photos at the track. I had a poor weekend. Was babying the car since it was fresh off the engine rebuild. My instructor was not happy. |
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Watkins Glen NY, June 20-21 2011 |
Instructors 944, from Toronto. Nice guy. |
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Holy Cow, all race! Center lock wheels, central jacking, etc. |
Young guy parked next to me this weekend. Full race 914. |
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Here we are, back at CMP, Sept. 2011. Beautiful Weekend! Random nice looking Carrera. I think it belongs to one of the paid drivers. |
Corporate Porsche at CMP giving rides in new Cayman RS's. They brought 2 professional drivers for the weekend. |
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Unique car to bring, this thing cornered dead flat and was fast. |
My instructors car, 79 911SC. Jerry Kilcrease. I drove in the blue instructed group this weekend. |
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VIR, Nov. 2011. Cooler than last year but beautifull weekend. 89 low mile Carrera. Owners attempt to save paint nicks, good luck. |
Me in the line-up, car did great all weekend. My second event in the blue group. |
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Nice color GT3, very posh RV with matching trailer in back. Guy from NY down with his race prepped Cayman in the back. |
Nice rig with another GT3. This guy from Maryland as I remember.
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Final Notes for the year. I did 4 driving events in 2011, Car did great, I'm still a work in progress. Driving home from VIR on 11/20 I noticed alot of "slop" when letting off the accelerator and going back on. Think the clutch disc (13 years old, 90K miles) is damaged so since the car is in the garage for the winter, the motor will come back out in Dec. sometime. Not a huge issue as I know how to do it now. Snow on the ground outside now and probably will be till March! I put right at 10,000 miles on the car this year so I consider that "great"! Winter projects include rebuilding the pedal cluster, new fuse box with ATO fuses, and maybe a toy or two if there is time and $$.