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Paris Hotel, Las Vegas.

Sorry for the lack of updates, I was so busy this past week meeting client deadlines and at the same time, prepping my car for the track. To finish the Vegas story, we were basically eating dinner at a Pho restaurant in Westminster; I completely forgot the name. It honestly wasn’t spectacular enough for me to remember, but while we were eating, I realized I wouldn’t have enough time to break in my motor and get tuned before the track.

Next thing you know, Vegas Vance is on the phone booking a hotel room for us at Paris Hotel. I think it was like 8 or 9PM and we’d decided to leave for Vegas, in my semi-race Subaru, with full stiff coilover suspension. Nice! I think by 9:30 PM or so we were on the road and only hit traffic on the 91; it’s always the bloody 91 that gets you! I drove the whole way, loaded with Monster Hitman Energy Shot and a little NOS while the team rested up for the adventure to come.

We were so out of it we accidentally parked in the Planet Hollywood parking structure and then ended up walking around for a good 15 minutes before we finally decided to get back in the car and park in the right building. Vegas Vance checks into our complimentary suite, which turned out to be a huge penthouse on the 31st floor; I guess there’s perks to be had when you’re a compulsive gambler (just kidding Vegas Vance). Ferdie goes to bed thinking he’s going to wake up in an hour to hit the tables (har har).

Long story short, Vegas Vance got massacred so we went for a couple drinks to drown away the sorrow. Ferdie finally makes it down at like 6AM and starts drinking/playing, winning around $250. I can’t believe he started drinking at 6AM, wow. In any case, Ferdie drives us back just in time for the X Games and before you know it, I’ve got a total of a little over 900 miles on my Cosworth motor. What a crazy weekend.

Amy standing next to rally gaint, Ken Block.

I had the craziest weekend! On Saturday, Amy and I woke up bright and early for Subaru’s WRX Games at The Fairplex in Pomona. We were both tired as hell, but our buddy Ferdie runs the parts department at South Coast Subaru and we were helping out. All the dealers were having booths for the festivities and selling the DC Shoes/Subaru product collaboration apparel/accessories line. It doesn’t really matter what it’s called; all that junk sells like hotcakes and you could tell because a good majority of the Subaru owners at the event were wearing that stuff.

Amy and I at the SCS booth.

Anyway, we were at the SCS booth hanging out and while I wish I could say I was helping sell product, it was basically Amy doing all the selling. Besides, females are better suited for this kind of selling (Amy was able to sell a lot more product than our buddy Jon). Don’t be hurt Jon, it’s only natural that a Subaru owner would prefer to buy from a woman. Let me say that only at a Subaru event have I witnessed a bikini contest won by a man (that’s the sort of demographic you’re dealing with here).

Honestly not too was going on at the event and the highlight was getting to romp on the 2010 Subaru Legacy GT, which is a great car, just not one that I’d ever buy. I was able to pull 1.07g on their mini-autox course. Seeing some action from Ken Block’s gymkhana car was also pretty neat, but other than that, I’ve had better days. What happened after is when all the fun started: we went to eat pho for dinner in Westminster and shortly after dinner, I realized I wouldn’t have enough time to break in my new motor before the track days this weekend at WSIR.

Amy randomly threw out the idea for Vegas and the next thing you know, we’re figuring out which hotel we’re going to be staying at. Too bad we didn’t start planning all this until 8PM. Stay tuned to find out what happened in Vegas.