Well, we’ve survived the apocalypse and the holidays. I hope everyone had a good 2012 and is as hopeful about 2013 as I am. Last season went about as well as I expected. I learned a lot about some new tracks, my new car, the competition, and the state of Street Stock racing in CNY/WNY. Now it’s time to start getting serious about getting competitive.

Spencer hasn’t released anything about rules or a schedule but I’m going to assume they’ll be running again this season so I’m working toward getting the car ready to run there weekly. I’m also planning on making RoC, the NYSS races, and the Fall Brawl. And if Spencer gets a Big 10 show I’ll probably try that too. We’ll see how my finances handle all that. My plans are to have the car ready for the Motorsports Expo in March and to possibly have a fundraiser to cover RoC.

I had the car apart and on stands in October and it’s not looking too bad. This weekend I’ll start getting it ready to go back together. I’m going to move some things around and try to make it more comfortable. And clean up all the little things I didn’t get to before last season. Hopefully the phantom noises and binds will go away. The body came through pretty well so I’ll get Dad to help me clean up the few little dents and throw some more tractor paint at it. I’ve talked to couple of people about lettering so hopefully it’ll look a little more professional this season.

The motor I ran for the last race is in pretty good shape so I’ll probably leave that alone other than putting new valve springs on it. I’ve got a block at the shop that should be ready any time now so I’ll be able to put my Vortec motor together. I’m also going to rework some stuff on the 9:1 motor I was using and make sure it’s solid(just in case).