After a leisurely 3.5 hour haul, we now know we're heading in the right direction with our home built car. We missed first practice and after the 10 lap second practice, we were unsure as to how well the car was going to be. We simply didn't get enough practice on a track that Kevin has never been at.
We went out for qualifying (with tires from the Delaware race in 2008) with the intent of only using it as a test session after making a few minor tweaks to loosen the car up getting into the corners. Kevin pulled off two great lap times of 17.10 and 17.03 while working to keep the car under control. Little did we know that 17.03 would put us 5th fastest of 21 cars, and there was still considerable speed to be squeezed out of it.
The game plan was to now run the first 50 and keep our noses clean for the second 50. This is where Mother Nature intervened and ended the program for the night. Some of Flamboro's regular classes managed to get some heats in, but it was not meant to be for the rest of us.
So here we sit, excited about how fast the car ran and bummed about not getting the opportunity to see all that it had. Maybe we will manage to make the next event! HMMMMMMMM.........
