I Love My “Job” !!

Off To Santa Pod With Trouble Racing Motorsports Pro Mod Corvette

By Camp Stanley, Stanley And Weiss Racing.com

At the end of this month of May I will again board a United Airlines flight and wing my way the opposite way ’round the world than I normally would go. I am off to The Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway outside of London. This will be a return for me to Santa Pod although I shall be in a different role this time. I will still be doing human interest writings for RPM Magazine, but I will also be in my element in the pits this time. Also I will be able to reacquaint myself with all my European friends I have made throughout my career.

Instead of just being a nosy tourist in amongst all the drag racers I will get to be a hands on worker bee person with the Trouble Racing Motorsports Pro Modified Corvette from Switzerland. Marcus Hilt has graciously offered me a chance to tweak some screws on his Mike Janis/JanCen hemi powered race car. Although Marcus will be at a VERY distinct disadvantage with the blower he will be running we both think it will give us a chance to work out a few other issues.

Marcus and I got to know one another through a small internet deal we made on some parts through Will Hanna’s InsideTopAlchol.com website. Our cyber-friendship has grown in leaps and bounds from that first transatlantic swap of cash for parts! We have delved into a lot more discussions about a lot of race car inner workings. Thank heavens for email! How did we ever get by before? Just kidding, I still have a file full of thermal fax paper faxes from everywhere full of race car stuff!!!

If, and that is a big IF, the weather cooperates we hope to test at the track on the Thursday before qualifying actually starts. The car will have lots of new bells and whistles on it that are going to take some time to get right. Although I do have some data to draw on from some of the cars I help with, each is a different animal all unto themselves as we all know!