The Racing Gods are looking down upon us.

Racing is about preparation, talent and a whole lotta luck.  Even the best drivers in the best cars can get beaten on a lucky SOB on race day.  That's just the way the cards fall.  I have a good feeling about our team's chances given some recent "car-ma" that came our way.

First I mentioned the $20 headers that one of the guys is going to pick up while on Christmas vacation in San Diego. It's a $3-400 item, with a small (repairable) crack.  There were others who wanted it, but the seller wasn't willing to ship.  I half-jokingly posted my status on Facebook as, "looking for someone to pick up a part in San Diego."  My friend Plato saw this and commented he was going down there!  What luck!  We get the header (later this week).

So we also won an auction for a $1500 Recaro racing seat for a mere $26.  Yes, two digits.  It was even used by Milka Duno at some point!  Again, the seller wasn't willing to ship, which helped keep the price low.  I figured we could find someone to pick it up, maybe on a car forum or I could hire a courier/mover off Craigslist.  Again I posted my dilemma on Facebook and AGAIN my teammate Plato came through.  Apparently his co-worker was in the right neighborhood in Florida and could pick up the seat for us!  What tremendous stroke of luck!

Now we've got a real FIA certified seat (albeit a bit expired), with some racing history (and luck?) in it's pads.  Doesn't hurt that our low-buck "race car" is really getting some nice low-buck parts for it.

-Hong