10/03/2026
We spent the day at the beautiful Palmer Motorsports Park instructing yesterday, bringing along the Fiesta ST for its first track day.
The morning was a little hectic—in the best way. I was bouncing between a previous student in his Miata (his first time running Palmer CCW), my new student in a CTS-V, and getting both of them out for ride-alongs in the FiST.
By noon, I was smoked. 😂
During my last ride-along, I noticed the exhaust sounded "off". We brought the car in and found the flex pipe had separated from the cat-back.
Cue about 45 minutes of laying on my back at the track trying to get the damn thing back together. It was rusted in place good—and apparently, nobody at Palmer had a big enough hammer. 😂
A 5-minute job at home with the right tools and some heat. At the track? Not happening.
But honestly, we ran the Fiesta hard all day, and that was the only issue we had.
I'll call that a major success for its first day out. 🏁
Got it fixed up this morning with a brand-new 3" coupler. Back to being spicy. 🧡🔥
Always learning. Always building.