http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog :: All the Way to the Top :: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:33:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well another dissapointing race weekend, with high hopes coming out of a great stint at Mid-ohio a few weeks ago we had good expectations of finishing high up on the charts, but that did not happen, we werent even close. It all started off with Pierre and I's car in the ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2010/07/race-8-grand-am-continental-tire-series-new-jersey-motorsports-park/ [caption id="attachment_144" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="vir crash"][/caption] Hey guys, sorry for not updating you for a while... Reason being that i am super busy working 6 days a week when not racing and i am tired and unmotivated writing the same story every time!!! If you haven't seen the results we have had ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2010/07/updates-race-567-grand-am-continental-tire-series-2010-mazdaspeed-3/ Well race 4 of the Grand-Am Continental tire series at VIR was full of emotions. The race weekend started out well with Pierre and I both having done lots of laps on the track we were able to start working on setup right out of the gate. We installed new ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2010/05/grand-am-continental-tire-series-race-4-virginia-intl-raceway/ Well it was another tough race for me at Barber. It started off pretty well in practice. We were making small progress with the car and setup. The biggest gain we had was changing the diff, it allowed us to get the car to turn and carve through the corner ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2010/04/grand-am-continental-tire-series-race-3-barber-motorsports-park/ Well race 2 of the Conti series didnt go as well as the first due to a mechanical problem but we made alot of progress on car setup and tweeks here and there making our way closer and closer to the front. This race at Homestead Speedway was the 2nd consecutive ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2010/03/grand-am-continental-tire-series-race-2-homestead-miami-speedway/ My First Race in the Mazdaspeed 3 was a good one, we went into the race with the mindset of just doing the best we could we werent expecting a great result with the new car and all. I was racing with Freedom Autosports. We got to the track on ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2010/03/grand-am-continental-tire-series-race-1-daytona-intl-speedway/ [caption id="attachment_127" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Daytona Race"][/caption] Hello everyone! Well after a short hiatus from the sport i am back again racing! I am racing this year in the Grand-Am series Continental Tire Championship. I am racing a new 2010 Mazda Mazdaspeed3! It is an awesome car, new to the series and ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2010/02/2010-back-racing-grand-am-continental-tire-series/ Coming into Iowa I knew it was going to be a long fast paced day. With the entire practice to race schedule taking place all on Friday we definitely had to make the most out of every second. In the first practice, my first time on the track we came out ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2009/07/iowa-oval-race/ Well I've had a little break between Milwaukee and Iowa coming up and its given me some time to refresh and reflect on mistakes and tricks to have stronger races, especially on ovals! I've kept up an intense training regiment and also a great diet so fitness ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2009/07/pre-race-iowa/ Milwaukee mile oval race.. Well I'm back home now and for the most part all dried out from the 3 days of intense storms in Milwaukee so I figured I'd tell you guys how my race went! After not getting to qualify because of the nascar truck race being rained out the ... http://www.taylorhacquard.com/blog/2009/06/milwaukee-mile-oval-race/