Soggy start to race day

On of the ez-ups decided to turn into a swimming pool last night, but the cars stayed dry and that seems to be the only casualty of the night. 

Forecast today is for rain all day, so today is all about staying on the track and out of trouble. 

Practice day

The heavy rain stayed away while everyone got a chance to have a run on the track. The D was running great. We also got the new data system running (I hope) on the Z. We’ll see for sure tomorrow. 

We have a new smoker going, and the bacon wrapped sausage is the appetizer tonight!  Imm definitely gaining weight this weekend. 

Video for the session

We are going to try to get the video in the Z working again.  For now the link is here, I'll update if it changes tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/Jl0CAIzUkD0

Both cars have arrived

The second half of the team just arrived and we now have both cars squared away. Tech opens at 11 so we plan on running over there right at the start. We have our drivers tags for today as well. 

So far a good start to the weekend. But then fresh banana bread on the drive guaranteed it would be a good start. 

Paddock space claimed

Easy drive and we are now set up in about our usual spot next the the grandstands here at sears point. 

We have a new driver this race. We’ll have to work on a nickname, so let’s see how the weekend goes. While we were offloading the D, we sent her out to drive the paddock.  

At one point there was a ‘proud parent’ bumper sticker on the car with ‘not proud this is my dad’s car’ written in sharpie next to it. I think the feeling is changing. 

Ready to roll

Packing went very smooth yesterday so we actually got to bed at a reasonable hour with everything prepped and ready to go. 

A foggy dawn is greeting us as we wait for everyone to wake up and hit the road. 

Packed and Ready to Lunch

With a great effort from the team we got everything packed by 6:30.  So we are ready to lunch tomorrow into the oncoming storm of both racing and weather: