[Sandy]

Great event, have more mustang (sorry no GT40 yet) video coming soon. Had to winch up on my trailer a 3 month old 430 Ferrari which had a rear wheel come off in a turn (minor body damage), and for run my favorite car (besides mine) was a Datsun 260z that was beat looking street stock looking, but hauled a$$, sounded like a built V8 then after peeping under the hood to see a straight 6 with the datsun 240 SU carbs and point ignition on it was amazed how well it moved. Total cars were about 40, and the variety showed from a Yarus to the 3 legged Ferrari. The 'Z' finally bit the dust as 2 days of being hammered took its toll on the harmonic balancer which also drives the belts, it separated from the crank and went its own way.

While being pissed off that the prancing horse had to be shot and yanked off the course at a 1 hour loss of time, I watch everyone grab torque wrenches and check the lugs. But not me, as a fate tempter I left them be... But I didn't go unscathed! First run back on the track it seem to a bit like rain, but hmm, looks like it's coming from under my hood. Yep, figured something in the cooling system blew. Pulled in popped the hood, and yes, fate did it's job, my radiator cap was not properly fastened. Operator error. And that was the major glitch for the mission.

I did make a few Porsche drivers nervous, but let a 289 FIA Cobra replica spank me as I got confused when a corner worker was waving some odd colored flags at me (no not black), that was enough for him to squeaked by and I stuck a cone under the wheel, then session ended. Good fun.

Excellent event, 2 days of track time $175, and lots of fun.

Sandy