Really, its not. Where’s that global warming??

The Jack Canfield Memorial went off quite well. A couple of early Red Flags threatened a long day but the foolishness seemed to be reserved to the first 10 laps (which took us an hour to complete!). Overall it was a great day with some impressive racing. It was good to see so many cars on the track again with drivers who were actually having FUN! This is what racing is SUPPOSED to be! Now if we can just bottle that formula and spread it over next season!

Two weeks down for Targa and still no post. I know, I know. Its like every other blog on the intertubes…

Targa Newfoundland 2008 has come and gone in September. This year was a good, solid event with some significant changes in many aspects of the organization and out involvement. First of all Targa is no longer affilliated with ASN Canada/FIA. On the surface this sounds like a big deal but really it didn’t make a whole lot of change. The rules are pretty unchanged and other than having to arrange a special ‘Targa’ license it was pretty much the same for entrants.

On the TV coverage front we were working with TV2Go Productions this year rather than the previous ATV Productions. TV2Go isn’t new to Targa, having done the television coverage for the event’s first three years. As such we hit the ground running and they were a pleasure to work with.

As for us I took on a rather significant new role for Targa 2008, that of the event’s official photographer. I was pretty apprehensive in taking on this role because I haven’t don’t a lot of paid photography. Sure I’ve sold pictures before directly to consumers, to magazines and to newspapers, but I’ve never sold a picture BEFORE I took it! All in all the week went quite well, however. By the end of the week I’d taken over 10,000 pictures (some would argue that shooting that much is just compensating for lack of focus) and I came up with reasonable photo packages for just about every car. Of course I’ll be processing pictures until Halloween, I’m sure.

Once we got back home it was back to my real job for the Medusa Medical annual User Group. Once a year we invite our customers from all over the world to come to Halifax for several days for various seminars on our software, as well as networking and social opportunities. It may sound rather dull and slow but its anything but. Working with EMS and Fire agencies is a fascinating experience and its great to see customers talking to each other and cooperating for the benefit of everyone. In the end it means we make a better product and they get a better experience. Win/win!

For local motorsports the pavement competition season is drawing to a close. Tomorrow is the final ASCC slalom of the year at Atlantic Motorsport Park. This event was actually rescheduled from last week due to weather. On October 13th we’re closing out the Sedan racing season with the inagural Jack Canfield Memorial Endurance Race. A 3 hour Endurance race for all comers. We’re already set up to have more cars out to his event than we’ve had on the track in years. I can’t wait, both from a series perspective and the great photo opportunities!

RallyCross season starts up October 23rd… I guess that means we had better get off our duff and get the rally car out of storage, huh? Where does the time go?