Things are progressing well with my FM and my plans to go racing. There are 3 race sanctioning organizations I can run with in California: SCCA, Formula Car Challenge, and HSR West (4 if you count SCCA CalClub and SCCA SF Region separately). I made a calendar of every open wheel race day and open test day for those organizations' race schedules for 2012, and there's no way I can run anywhere near the available race weekends. Lots of events at Infineon, WSIR, and Buttonwillow, and a few at Laguna Seca, Thunderhill, and ACS Roval.
My race support shop is going through the car and making sure everything is good, or fixing it if it isn't. Going to WSIR for an open test day on Mar. 8 to get a lot of seat time.
Working on getting updated safety equipment, including a new helmet, SFI 38.1 device (leaning towards Simpson Hybrid Pro Rage, NOT Hans or R3), and a new harness. My current SCCA and NASA competition licenses are good for all these organizations. Life is good.
WOOOOOOHHHOOOOOO!!!