Barber

Well the Barber weekend was interesting...if you ever go there you absolutely MUST go to the Barber Museum! I have never seen such a fine collection of motorcycles and cars...bring good walking shoes and a camera! The race was not so good. Both cars broke...well at least I was not driving them! LOL. We went to Road Atlanta to race in the enduro on sunday in the rain...started at the back (no qualifying time as we were at Barber) and the steering wheel came off in turn 1!! That woke me up! Didn't hit anything then it came off again in turn 5. I stopped and made sure it was secure and continued on my merry way. We finished 11th in class (out of about 40) and 19th overall (out of about 65). Wish we won! I am STILL looking for sponsors so keep those Ideas coming!

I am looking for suggestions to get me some sponsors!! post what ever you can come up with...

Funding!

I am at the end of my financial abilities to race. If there is anyone out there that wants to see me do well in this sport now is the time to step up to the plate! I have a paypal button on my website ( edarlingenterprises.com ) . There has to be a GLBT business or individual out there that wants to help! This is my quest to find them! I am going back to work after this month is through with no future races planned. I have a few media things I am pursuing and maybe something will come of that but for now I am pretty much finished. I have recieved alot of good supportive emails and kind words of support and would like to thank everyone for them. It has been a fun, stressful and enlightening year so far and I hope I have made a difference to someone. I will be at Barber Motorsports Park on July 20-22 to do my usual with Roar racing (RX 8) and might drive. feel free to contact me thru my website or look me up at the track.

peace

Oh well

I did not get to drive the Roar car this weekend but I did crew chief for it. The Transmission blew up during the race anyways...it finished 16th although the car led for quite a few laps. I just got a call from the GTI team owner...the car is still not complete so no Watkins Glen :( unless someone wants to sponsor me...I have had no luck with that either. I will keep trying until I have to go back to work or to jail which ever comes first!

Summer Racing

Well the car is not done yet (GTI) and it will not make Mid Ohio...oh well at least I know it will be fixed right! Those guys will have it looking like new in no time! I am headed to Ohio anyways to help the Roar Racing RX8's again. Never know maybe I will drive again if no one gets the seat with $$. We will definitely be at Watkins Glen NY on July 6-7 with the GTI...hopefully we will have a successful weekend again!

Bummer

I guess you can't win them all! I went to Lime Rock Park for the Grand Am Koni Challenge race this past weekend with hopes of getting some much needed media and drivers points. The weather was beautiful and things looked bright. I did the first practice session and it was fine...we had some air in the brake lines so I needed to drive around that but it was my first time there so I just needed to learn the track. After my session we bled the brakes and put some fresher tires on for my co-drivers session. He had alot of experience here so I was hoping to learn from him. He went out and got progressively faster until he lost it in T10 and went head on into the wall at 90+ MPH. Basically that ended our weekend and the car. Oh well I hope the car is repaired in time for Mid Ohio in about 4 weeks! I wanted to go to Mosport and still could if someone would step up to the plate and sponsor me (obviously I would be driving a different car)! The GSM Motorsports/Bildon GTI is an awesome machine and I look forward to racing it. The team is top notch and the car is extremely well prepared. It was a shame to see it go into the wall. But as always when it is repaired it will be better than new...if it is totalled then a new one will be built.

Laguna Seca

Well just got back from Laguna Seca California...It was beautiful out there although it was a little cold. I was working on the Roar Racing RX8's and got word that I was to drive the one we were trying to fix. We worked our tails off to make it get around the track (the car was spun and wrecked at Homestead by some overzealous Acuras...) and we got it ready just in time for the race...we limped around in practice and qualifying to try and get a feel for the car and the track. The motor had too many races on it and since this was more of a test than a race we figured why not. When race time came we did pretty good considering the circumstances...the RX8's handling is incredible! our team car was leading for a while and we just tried to get thru the race clean. That came to an end when one of the Subaru Legacy's tried a dive bomb pass in the last turn...hit me in the door really hard. Hard enough to move his frame rail into his timing cover and destroy his engine. We were fine and just had to pit to fix the hanging trim pieces. We continued on to finish 13th. Not bad for just testing a car with a weak motor and stock diff...I can see how these cars could win (RX8).

I am now off to Lime Rock Park in CT. I barely have enough money to do this and without any sponsors I think this will be my last race. I will continue to market myself and try but this is a real expensive sport. I sold my business to pursue this and now the money has dried up. I may have a few opportunities to drive here and there but there is more to this thing than driving. I want to bring attention to the Trevor Project and make a difference in todays closed minded world.