Friday, February 25, 2011

2011 Season Schedule & G-Fab Racing Cup

Here it is! The G-Fab Racing Cup! A grueling 42 race season testing the mightiest of autocrossers in the North East.

Rules:
1. The season winner will be determined by a points obtained from series of complicated equations. Logic is not implied nor is it recommended. The equations are listed below:
a. 10 points for every cone hit. Here at G-Fab we reward destruction.
b. -50 points for every DNF. If you can't stay on-course while hungover, GTFO.
c. 1 point for every competitor outpaxed. Larger events are obviously worth more.
c. 5 points for every G-Fab member you outpax. G-Fab members are worth more than normal people. 5 times more, in fact.
d. 1000 points for outpaxing Daddio. Just because.
e. 1 point for every beer you can remember drinking the night before. Points will be awarded based on believability. (For instance, we'll probably never believe Dave remembers anything)
f. Bonus points will be awarded based on style, humor, and general G-Fabness by a committee of select chairpersons.

Eligible Events for the G-Fab Racing Cup:
1. March 12 - 13: SCCA Dixie Tour @ South Georgia Motorsports Park
2. March 26: FCSCC Rookie School @ Stratford, CT
3. March 27: FCSCC Non-points Event @ Stratford, CT
4. April 3: CART @ Somewhere in CT
5. April 9: Renegade Miata @ Devens, MA
6. April 10: NER @ Devens, MA
7. April 16: FCSCC @ Stratford, CT
8. April 23: NER @ Devens, MA
9. April 24: Renegade Miata @ Devens, MA
10. May 1: NER @ New Hampshire Motor Speedway
11. May 7 - 8: SCCA Atlanta Tour @ Atlanta, GA
12. May 8: FCSCC @ Stratford, CT
13. May 21 - 22: SCCA Jersey ProSolo @ So Dirty New Jersey
14. May 29: FCSCC @ Stratford, CT
15. June 4 - 5: Delaware Tour @ Dover, DE
16. June 12: NER @ Devens, MA
17. June 18 - 19: Oscoda ProSolo @ Oscoda, MI
18. June 26: CART @ Somewhere in CT
19. July 2- 3: Toledo Tour @ Toledo, OH
20. July 9: FCSCC @ Stratford, CT
21. July 16: NER Novice School @ Devens, MA
22. July 17: NER @ Devens, MA
23. July 23: CART @ Somewhere in CT
24. July 30: FCSCC Test & Tune @ Stratford, CT
25. July 31: FCSCC @ Stratford, CT
26. August 6 - 7: NER Race Against Leukemia @ Loudon, NH
27. August 13: NER Test & Tune @ Devens, MA
28. August 14: NER @ Devens, MA
29. August 20: Renegade Miata @ Devens, MA
30. August 21: FCSCC @ Stratford, CT
31. August 27 - 28: SCCA ProSolo Finale @ Lincoln, NE
32. August 30 - September 2: SCCA Solo Nationals @ Lincoln, NE
33. September 10: Renegade Miata @ Devens, MA
34. September 11: CART
35. September 18: NER @ Devens, MA or FCSCC @ Stratford, CT
36. September 25: NER @ Devens, MA
37. October 9: NER @ Devens, MA
38. October 15: Renegade Miata @ Devens, MA
39. October 16: FCSCC @ Stratford, CT
40. October 22: NER @ Devens, MA
41. October 23: Renegade Miata @ Devens, MA
42. November 5 - 6: FCSCC @ Stratford, CT (Are you kidding?)


Saturday, February 05, 2011

The G-Fab Guide to Surving the Snowpocalypse

1. It's cold out. The best way to warm up is to drink. Heavily.

2. Snuggling with Pandas is a good way to pass the time when you're snowed in.

3. Get yourself some bad ass snow tires.

4. Use those super awesome autocrossing skills to avoid situations like...well, this one.

5. With the long seated arrival of Gran Turismo 5, racing online and Drinking and Driving parties can reinforce cameraderie and offer practice for the season when roads are covered in snow.

6. Don't let the weather stop you! Continue to work on your car outside.

7. Find yourself someone to keep you entertained when you're bored, snowed in, and listening to your leaky ceiling drip into a tupperware container because your landlord and apartment complex refuse to fix it. Yay we're engaged!