Day 3 - Stuffing is for turkeys

Two events, two drivers, one unscathed car.  I awoke this morning with the hopes of simply making it through the day without either of us crashing the car.  Considering my past endeavors at race tracks and some shortened track days due to unfortunate mishaps, I did my best to stem myopic tendencies and understand crashing today would mean watching from the sidelines for the remainder of the week.  

The morning was full of anticipation as we started the day with the wet skidpad event.  For those unfamiliar, it's a discipline that tests how many g forces one can pull around a wet circular "track"; picture driving as fast as possible in a wet round-about.  With Sebastian in the driver's seat, I was confident we'd be off to a good start.  He didn't disappoint as we left South Bend in 36th place.  And as lame as that may sound, considering we were shooting for 58th, it was a fantastic finish.

By 11am, we were off to Joliet, Il where we'd experience the first road course.  At this point, I began to feel the pressure as it was my turn to show my mettle (or lack thereof).  As it turns out, the 2 hour wait to get on the track was more difficult than the 5 minutes and 58 seconds it took for me to complete three laps of this stellar track.  Times proved that I wasn't quite as good as Sebastian's placing but we lost only 4 spots to end the day in 40th place.  

A quick farewell to Ric/Loy & Nick/Farid and we were Audi 5000 (an interesting 80's American colloquialism denoting departure according to Tony's Urban Dictionary) and off to Cincinati, OH.

At the end of the day, we all made it through with no more damage than some slightly bruised egos and the anticipation of 7 more days of racing.  

With egos & sidebets on the line, the scorecard reads:

1. Team Poland/Korea - 40th overall

2. Team Iran - 56th overall

3. Team Canada/Oh Canada - 58th overall

It's too early to tell who'll end where, but we're off to an early lead!