I had a little bit of fun...
The car ran great nearly all weekend, (some trouble during Sat qualifying but cleared up the issue before the race), which is a first, and allowed me to focus on driving. Had a blast reeling in Jim "Frenchy Royale" during our race, after qualifying 0:095 behind him, and had several exciting laps on his rear bumper.
He did a great job of both psyching me out before the race and making that lil car wide on the track and kept me behind him, in 4th, at the finish. I also turned in my new best time at Nelson @ 1:24:831.
Sunday was a lot of fun also, but in a "balls in your throat" sort of way. I was nervous running in the rain, especially when I realized on grid that my wipers didn't work.
I ran the same 710's (thanks to Jay for giving me his take-offs) on the car in the rain as I did during the sun on Saturday, but disconnected the rear sway bar. Lots of screaming could probably be heard from my car as I skated through turns, but I feel that I learned a lot about adjusting my line for rain during that race and now feel more comfortable in the wet. I managed to get by Frenchy early in the race and kept him behind me while also passing a few other cars, including two Miatas (one of which got back by me), and finished 3rd in class. Best lap in the rain was 1:41:602.
Jay was fast again this weekend and hung with "freakin' fast Bill" (Bill: thanks again for the help on the car and allowing me to take spy shots under your hood), on Saturday before Bill blew everyone away in the rain on Sunday. I was very happy to be able to pull the car on the trailer under its own power and without any damage, especially in the rain. Thanks to everyone for keeping it clean and for being such great competitors, I really had a blast!
See you all at IT Fest!
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