The day at Sebring exceeded the lofty expectations Tony and I had set for it.  The moment you pull up to the paddock, you see the names of the famous drivers that have made the track what it is, a world famous endurance racing facility.   Nothing like looking forward to racing on a track that has turns and bends named after Fangio, Gurney and Cunningham.......especially given our skill set.

Tony, for all of his self deprecating comments, smoked it today.   He made me a little nervous shortly after the start of lap 2, as all I could see in the distance was a cloud of flying sand, the exact place that I was having a hard time with during my morning race session.  Thankfully, the sand cloud parted and out came a little blue Lotus.   Tony, in all his madness, slid off the track into the sand, but did the exact opposite of what your are supposed to do, and kept in the throttle, steering and powering his way out of a sand trap.   Of course, he did it again, though to a slighly lesser degree on lap 3.......then went on to finish the race in a fantastic time.

The fine showing at the track was celebrated by Tony by eating an entire bag of Fried Onion snacks, which may have been fried, but there was nothing organic in that bag.   Unlike his previous near hear attack from overeating McDonalds hamburgers, this might have just slightly increased his heart rate.   This was of course right after the car's A/C stopped working in the mid-day Florida heat.   That may explain why Tony felt compelled to cruise at over 100mph on the public highways.....the air buffeting into the cabin would have felt cool, had it not first been super heated by the exhaust coming off the super heated bullet we were riding in.




The other super storied track of the One Lap, Dayota is coming up tomorrow.   The thought of the banked ovals of that raceway alone, conjure horror thoughts in my mind.   I may need a trick from the Tony book of driving......have a drink, better yet several to calm the nerves.