As much as I like to complain about my co-pilot's idiosyncrasies, I have to give him credit for being able to drive. Our agenda today held an a.m. autocross in Kentucky and an oval event in Tenessee in the p.m. It was our hope that we'd regain a few of the positions that I had lost the afternoon before and position ourselves midpack.
The morning started out with much anticipation and as the top runners attacked the course, we were all really able to see what very good drivers can do with very fast cars. Most impressive were the predictably fast front running GTR & 911 GT2, but the most memorable for me was the Impreza WRX that seemed like it was tuned to within a centimeter of its life. Sounding like a small jet, it burped and whooshed its way through the course to come in an unbelievable 2nd in the autocross. Considering the seriously fast and exotic machinery littering the lineup, the very ordinary looking Subie more than held its own in this very tough crowd.
With the fast guys having gone through their first of three runs, Sebastian eventually came through the lineup and did our team proud as he pulled a very respectable time just 4 seconds behind the leaders. Of course there were two more laps to go and with the first run likely being a recon lap for the fast guys, the times were sure to drop. And drop they did, as by the end of the event, the winning time was 38 seconds and change. Sebastian finished with a very respectable 44.46 seconds that netted an impressive 24th for the event.
Ric/Loye also posted a very fast time (for hacks) of 45.26 seconds which left them in 31st for the event. Nick also posted a very good time of 47.23 that was good for 46th.
Pumped and looking forward to the next event, we quickly packed and headed the ~250 miles south to the oval. Unfortunately, weather did not cooperate and the event was cancelled as we showed up at the track. On the bright side, much of the field gathered at a nearby gas station for a couple hours til the official cancellation word came from the track officials.........the comraderie was fantastic as most of the drivers mingled and shared stories of how they arrived at this year's 1 Lap.
So the end of the day had us driving another 250 miles to Alabama where we laid up for the night in prep for the event at Talladega.
The day's overall standings had Ric/Loye overtake Nick/Farid, and Sebastian/Tony regaining a bit of ground. The day's end also had Ric, Loye, Sebastian and me going over the day's events over dinner.............as you can see from the pic below, Ric is obviously recounting a very tall tale of lurid powerslides with a supermodel cheering section (Loye and I are listening, albeit incredulously:)
End of day standings...
1) Team Poland/Korea - 37th (445pts)
2) Team Canada/Oh Canada - 54th (230pts)
3) Team Iran - 57th (170pts)
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