EngineerWOCause

I think we all thought your initial WRC Mexico success was pretty cool. But since then you've been underpreparing cars (only a few days in advance), attempting to drive them to events (why?), and usually either not even making it to the race, DNF'ing or crashing out. Then bragging about how you partied.

Don't you think people want to see you succeed in racing? Part of your initial success is that you didn't just show up to WRC mexico, you actually finished well.

Anyone can botch together a car and go drink magaritas. You've got a huge fan base that would help you prep a bombproof E30 and crew for you. Make it happen!

Bill, Thanks for the reply, but I disagree on a few points you've made.

I certainly never suggested you should become a boring corporate pussy and stop partying. That is lame, and for me personally the best part about racing is the camaraderie and beer drinking in the paddock/bar afterwards.

You hit on an important point - the result. The result isn't just the position you finished in, it is finishing and finishing strong. This is something that has been greatly lacking from your racing resume the last few years. Showing up with an underprepared POS and DNFing in the 4th stage wouldn't be considered by most as a respectable result.

Preparation can become a bottomless pit of money, but that isn't what i'm suggesting. The marginal successes you'd have by simply spending say... a week or two weeks to prepare your car as opposed to 2 days would pay huge dividends. Like you said, you don't have a job, put just a hair more emphasis on prep. You brag about how little you prep and then we all watch your car break down or you miss the event. It isn't about money.

VR performance, quirt crawford, and the lemons teams you've won with (POSRacing, who else?) are GREAT examples of teams who do proper prep on their race cars.

And as you point out, you do well when you are able to step into one of those cars!