Lately I’ve been going to Gingerman Raceway for the weekly Test and Tune event and I’ve raced in an autocross event with an older BMW. Although track driving and autocross are completely different styles, they have one thing in common: go as fast as possible.

The problem with my older BMW was that it was slow and didn’t have the greatest handling (though for its time, it was very good). My times at the autocross were the slowest of the day, and probably of the entire event. Here is a shot of my car diving into the first corner of the course—this is bad.

That BMW stopped running and was promptly sold for $1100.

Now, I’m taking my other one to get some revenge. I’m not sure I’ll do any better, but as luck would have it, my company is sponsoring my entrance and the professionally-produced livery on my car. Behold:

As you can see my number remains the same, but my class has obviously changed. Here’s the rubric: HS stands for slow, DSP stands for fast.

I will be racing at Grand Valley State University on July 5th.