So SEMA’s coming up, my badge was delivered yesterday, so now it’s to time figure out “what I am doing next season?” which brings me to my next topic, American Drifting.  What’s going on with American Drifting for 2009?  I’ve heard a few murmurs out there, but it looks like the only Professional American Drifting out there is FormulaD.  Now I have no problem with FormulaD or American Drifting, unlike some people these days, but I would like some place to compete in 2009. I just don’t “fit” into FormulaD, I don’t have the backing yet.  I have been reading up on the Canadian Drift Series, Drift Mania, and I think I will fit in there.  Ryan T-U-E-R-C-K (Thanks Tony) did VERY well up there a few seasons ago, and a few of my friends went up there this seasons for a few events and had a blast.  So, it  looks like I’ll be pushing DMCC while I’m at SEMA which brings me to my next point, Money.  I have none.  I like money.  So does drifting.  So does my car that’s not done yet.  So does Las Vegas.  Without money, I can’t go to SEMA to try to GET money to compete in DMCC.  My house likes money too.  They TV broke two weeks ago, and if you have to get a new TV you might as well upgrade soooooo, 52″ LCD it was.  There’s some SEMA money right there.  Speaking of my house, we’re remodeling the bathroom.  It’s going to be awesome, but awesome costs money.  And guess what?  The first payment to the contractor is due the day before SEMA starts.  doesn’t look too good.  Alright, alright enough of the sob story, I’ll figure something out.  You know how it is, everything is last minute.

Back to drifting.  GTLive & FormulaD Pro-Am is next weekend.  I’m running up there to check it out, I’ll post pics!

Here’s the TV: (Amercian Dad finished while I was writing this, so Family Guy is on)

House Stuff:  The bathroom sink and vanity

25:47.  Not bad, but lots of room for improvement.  Running by yourself is WAY different than running in a field of 15,000.  The first mile was spent bobbing and weaving around slower people, walkers, bums (yay ATL), and people just trying to cross the street.  That wastes your energy.  Also, this downtown ATL course was more hilly than my normal training loop.  But, I made it, no stops, no water stops, no injuries.  I had a blast and can’t wait for the next one, AND this time next year I want to be at least 3 minutes faster.  Thanks everyone for the support!

7PM Tonight.  I’ll post my finishing time tonight.  L8!

Since NOPI Drift has been canceled, I have slowly stepped away from cars for a bit.  Yes, I am still building my new car, and I will compete in ‘09, but it is kinda refreshing not spending all day and night doing car stuff.  I jumped back on the mountain bike and have been biking with Yancey and Greg (RayRay even comes out, but stops for smoke breaks), and I recently started running.  Sonja and I are training for a 5K run in Atlanta at the end of September.  I’ve never run just for the sake of running before.  It’s kinda boring; I’d rather be on my bike, but I really want to finish a 5K.  Once again the competetive side of me shows.  This past weekend we clocked 10miles running, and 25miles biking.  My best 5K time was 32mins.  Lots of room for improvement.

The race is 4 weeks away, I’ll keep everyone updated on my progress. Hopefully I won’t end up like this: