Deprivation from sleep, friends, loved ones, good food, sex, daily routine, & bikes has made both Sebastian and me quite cantankerous at times. Throw in the fact that we've driven 2500 miles in an obnoxiously loud tin can of a car, and one can understand that I'm ready to set Sebastian on fire and he's ready to kill me in my sleep.
Fortunately for us both, the driving events have been phantasmagorical and continue to whet our appetites for the next day's events. This morning had us at the Talladega GP Speedway road course where both of us had the opportunity to run. I was up first and as I sat in the pit's staging area, the rain's sprinkles turned to droplets turned to outright rain. Regardless of the rain, officials sent us out and I had, what I thought was a great run for my very limited abilities. A lap and a half in, my windshield wiper quit working and without Sebastian's brilliant move to Rain-X the windshield I would have surely stuffed the car. The bigger highlight for me however, was the fact that I actually passed a car that had started 15sec ahead. Ecstatic, I handed the keys to the tall Polack for his run a couple hours later.
Sebastian's run was a bit less wet, but the conditions were still far from perfect. As I've stated in the past, from first glance he looks awkward & buffoonish, but the man can drive!! He lopped a massive 16 seconds from my time and we ended the day just 4 spots down from where we stood at the start of the day.
Tomorrow brings us to an internationally reknowned track in Sebring, FL. Hopefully we can hold our spot at 40th.
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