Yes, it’s true. Lori Ann and I are expecting our first child in early September.

We saw the first glimpse of him/her at the 8-week ultrasound, which was pretty cool. Last week, we heard the heartbeat.

I’m thinking about selling the S2000. I guess fatherhood, even impending fatherhood, changes your priorities, just like everyone says. [...]

This HPDE was the first time to run the M3 with the new wheels/tires and the new brakes. (I still used the old Hawk HT-10 pads, which still had plenty of meat on them.)

The car performed flawlessly. Which is more than I can say for the driver. My first excuse was that I was [...]

Yes, I finally took the plunge. I figured after 21 track events, all on street tires, it was time.

What changed my mind: I picked up a screw in one of my rear street tires (RE-01Rs, which are incredible street tires, btw). This means that I couldn’t track these tires anymore; can’t track a plugged/patched tire.

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Last week, I took the M3 back into Bavarian Machine for its “break-in” service, necessary after the engine was rebuilt. They like to retorque the head studs to make sure that everything seats nicely, and that there are no more problems with the head gasket.

While it was in there (there’s that expensive phrase again), [...]

Let’s see. Last update, I was taking the M3 into Bavarian Machine to figure out why I’m losing coolant. That was back in December.

It was a bad head gasket, like I had suspected. I had them R&R the head while it was off, which ended up including replacing 14 bad lifters (out of 24), [...]