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Originally Posted by Panteracer
You guys are killing me.. no gears, no brakes, no hood
If I was smart I would just load up that funny looking Black car
and head south
How was Vegas last week??
Bob
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Do eet! Vegas was great, thanks for asking! I'm so thankful that my car continues to perform at a competitive level while still being reliable enough that I was able to drive all the way there and back (about 600 miles round trip) and run every second of every event allowable. It dawned on me as I headed out to the 5th session of the road course late on Sunday that there were only 6 or so of the 18 cars in my run group left and hear I am pushing the car and driving for all I'm worth and in 2 hours I need it to get me 300 miles home. Even though I didn't improve that 5th sessions I hung the ass end out around some corners and had a smile on my face the whole time.
Competition wise, despite loving the event I couldn't help but feel a little frustrated with my results. Saturday was the fastest and biggest autocross I've seen at an Optima and is the just the type of course I normally do well on but I couldn't get it together. Sunday I told my wife I didn't podium anything and she was lightly encouraging me to leave right after my final road course session as it would get me on the road 1-2 hours faster. I told her I had to stay for the awards even if I didn't win anything as it was the right thing to do and I had friends I expected to see recognized. So it was a big surprise to find out a managed 3rd in class on the road course and 3rd overall in GTV.
Unlike Thunderhill I didn't have video problems so I will be positing up a video of each of my best runs in my thread sometime this week with an event summary.