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CSCS 2023 Season Opener at Mosport DDT

CSCS 2023 Season Opener at Mosport DDT
Bowmanville, Ontario
May 28, 2023
Finally, the first CSCS event of the season! For me, this is the unofficial start of the local car season. The weather was hot and sunny which is nice, considering we got snow at the season opener "Snow & Shine" just a couple years ago.

It was great getting out with Alicia and she took her Mazda RX-7 FC convertible out to stretch its legs for the first time this year. This car has come a long way since she got it completely bone stock in 2015...
Okay we got a few pics of the FC, now time to head over to the track to check out some time attack action. The DDT track is pretty big but with the new layout it's hard to see most of the track so walking through the staging lanes gives a good chance to check out the cars up close...
Oh no, Sanjay broke down! Moments before this when he was in the staging lanes, the CSCS announcer guy asked him about his car and he said "it's not reliable" LOL! Maybe not, but it sounds cool and looks like a mango so I'm a fan...
This reminds me of a poster I had on my wall as a kid. I love Vipers! And check out the dude driving it. Hell yeah!
The 427 'vette he pulled in with sounded pretty badass too!
Alright, time for the best part - DRIFTING!
I had my Twisted Tea sitting on the wall and knocked it over. It was right there, but I couldn't reach it. I really tried but it was like 8 inches too far. Sucks...
The field of drifters was awesome! A great surprise considering there was another big drifting event happening the same day
My first car was a first gen Neon so I have a bit of a soft spot for them. Mine was pretty stock and 4 doors, so this is way cooler than mine was
For something to do/watch during the afternoon, CSCS hosted their Patty Eating Contest, and as always I had to enter. This is my 4th or 5th time entering this contest at CSCS and I win every single time. Let's see what happened this time...
...obviously I won! But at what cost? Those patties were really hot and I burnt the heck out of the roof of my mouth! Oh well, that's the cost of victory. Free lunch AND a trophy - COOL!
This RHD Subaru Forester STI is one of my favourite local cars
We parked up beside Team Kyusha. They have really cool cars and cool people too, and a tent - jealous! This R34 Sedan and S13 are WILD!
Always bring your welder to the track, because you never know
Beautifully imperfect
Ok I'd like to caption everything but probaby nobody is going to read them anyway and I just wanna get this posted, so no more captions til the end...
But keep going, there are some good pics (maybe of YOU)
And Alicia won a Top 40 Best in Class award in the Show & Shine, her car is awesome and she deserves it. We both got way too much sun, and were exhausted but it was a good day and winning stuff is always fun! 

If you made it this far I really appreciate it! Please share this with your friends and maybe I'll do this again some time.

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Kyle DeSousa
@torontokyle
CSCS 2023 Season Opener at Mosport DDT
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