Post race

In the morning I changed the dog rings and adjusted the clutch.  Started to put a few things away, getting ready for our return trip.  Before I knew it, time to get in the car.  We sat in the pre-false grid for 1/2 hour.  They needed to land a  helicopter in the main grid.  It was going to be a 30 minute race.  I had a good start and maintained a good pace throughout the race.  Finished 3rd in class.
This evening we enjoyed the COTA party and was entertain by "The Edger Winter Band".
Tomorrow we'll head back to the track and finish packing.

Edger Winter Band

Saturday...Race day

Good news, the chance of rain has been lowered to 20%.  Our race isn't until 3pm, lots of time to take care of those items on the check list.
It's a beautiful track, great facility and has been perfect weather.  The only negative is so many newer cars in our group.  I just don't understand what is so historic about a group of 1999 Indy light cars.

Afternoon Race

The afternoon race didn't start until 6pm.  The car ran well, did drop lap times a little more.  Tomorrow I need to adjust the clutch and change to new dog rings.  The weather will be in question, 40% chance of rain.

Morning Qualifying

Morning session went well. Lap times are improving. Another session late today. 

Afternoon session

Afternoon session went better.  Learning more of the track and getting more comfortable.  See what tomorrow brings.

First session this morning

This is going to be a long learning curve. Many of the turns are blind and no good reference points. The session was blacked flagged twice, only got three laps in. See what happens this  afternoon. 

Ready for tomorrow

That's it, time to call it a day.

The COTA tower.  We went to the top today

Mid day

Perfect weather today. Starting to learn the lay of the land. This evening is a drivers meeting.

Wednesday, day off

Today is test day for some others but we skipped it.  The cost was almost as expensive as the race.  I'll get the setup done this morning and tour the paddock in the afternoon.

On an other note, it looks like I might be able to upload photos.

Setting up

We got moving around 2:30.  Almost done on the setup, we'll finish tomorrow.  The car has been through inspection and it's ready for Thursday.

Guess what...still waiting

We along with most everyone else is still waiting. I'm glad I'm not running tomorrow. 

It's a long line.

Still waiting

Still waiting to get inside to setup, might be awhile. 

Here at last!

Day 4 Bastrop, TX

This town is our base camp.  COTA is about 20 mins from here.  Yesterday turned into a very long day.  Starting with a power steering leak on the truck.  Was only a couple of miles from a Ford dealer.  Spent 5 hours in there waiting room, but the problem was fixed. Their was a positive twist, an antique shop we wanted to visit wasn't going to open until 12pm.  We had planned on leaving the hotel at 9am.  Due to the delay we got there at 3pm.  Great shop and bought some really cool items. Arrived in Bastrop around 11:30 last night.  Today is setup day at the track.