July 15th was a great day to autocross. The weather was just cool enough that you didn’t get baked. Dean Hickenlooper and I represented the MG club at the Windy City Miata club. Our cars were the oldest out there, and believe it or not, not the biggest leakers. A 1996 Miata took top honors

Our MG’s are ready to run!

in the leak category. He blew an oil line. I got top honors as the slowest driver of the day. My wife says that’s nothing new. Dean beat my best time with a 46.928 seconds. My best was 51.133 seconds. With only the two of us there we got put into the Non-Miata under 2.5 liter category. Ours were also the only non-fuel injected cars in our class. Now if it sounds like I’m trying to justify my dismal performance. Well, maybe I am. But, since most of you weren’t there to show me how it’s done. I’ll just have to be satisfied that I was faster than all of you that didn’t show up!

Show me what You Got!

So you want to show your stuff? You know you can do better! Then come out and join us on August 13th. That is the next date we’ll be running with the Miata club. Come out and show me how you do it!

2017 Chicagoland MG Autocross Participation Schedule

August 13, 2017   Miata Autocross III Boomers Stadium, Schaumburg, IL September 2, 2016   Miata Autocross IV Boomers Stadium , Schaumburg, IL

~~Jim Compton