As we sit here watching the LeMans 24 hour race live, having had our typical big sunday breakfast while watching the F1 Qualifying we are now down to one sleep before leaving for the US very early on Monday Morning. The 6am flight to be precise.
But now for some updates;
Tyres are sorted and we have gone with the Kumho V 245/40/17's, we will need to add some sipes to these after we get them for the gravel parts, but we are big fans of the kumhos, and used them in our pre Pikes Peak test event, Mt Buller Hillclimb in the Victorian Alps here in Australia.
We have also ordered our hans devices for collection when we get to LA as well as our new helmets. The Hans is mandatory for Pikes Peak, as well as Mandatory for Australian events as of this year, so they are an adjusted and amortised costs, being we will now have them for the next 5 years before needing updating and replacing again.
The Kumhos we got for a great price, after watching the tirerack website for the last two months and seeing what other tyres were availble from other people, old stock and even used to keep within our budget, our patience has paid off and we got the 245/45/17's for just $134 each! Go Tire Rack!! What a great group.
Monday plan is a big one. Up at 2am, watch F1 Race from Montreal, that will end around 3:30 3:45, then the taxi will be here to take us to the airport at 4am for all the preflight baggage and ticket stuff, then we go into the lounge and watch the Australia v Germany soccer match, then fly out to LA via NZ.
Our next blog will be after we get into the US and we've saved an introduction till then when we introduce you to our US race buddies Road Race Engineering, in Southern Los Angeles. Till then race fans.
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