Firstly, Donna deserves a big round of applause
for the past weekend. She drove consistently and with
due respect for the other drivers. Well probably more
respect than some deserved !!<br><br>As Donna alluded to,
Ralph and I had our first rookie race this weekend. We
took the freshly rebuilt (from the ground up
patactically), and painted 2002 (The Mango), to a track I had
never driven, and Ralph had driven once in his M3 a
couple of years ago.<br><br>We both drove in the 3 hour
enduro,Ralph drove the Saturday race, and I drove the Sunday
race.<br><br>I first reaction to the weekend was...WOW, what a
test of fire !! 60 car fields, 30 second differentials
in lap times, crazy red-neck Mustang/Camaro guys
with depth-perception problems...<br>Actually, while
the CMC boys were a little 'erratic' with their
lines, it wasn't worse than I expected given the
situation we all were placed in.<br><br>Now the enduro was
another level all together. Imagine driving Skyline Blvd.
(the Peninsula of east Bay, it doesn't matter). Now
try it at, say 90mph..(well some don't need to
imagine )<br>Now turn off your lights !!<br>NOW add piles
of sand, oil and various small car parts to the
road, and your getting the picture.<br><br>The corners
were illuminated (if you can say that), by reflectors
around the apexes, on the inside and outside of the
ramble strips.<br>The trouble is, the first time you go
out in pitch darkness you dont realize immediately
that the reflector is on the OUTSIDE edge of the
rumble strip. Boy did I feel like a pinball for a while
!!