Ron Earp has kindly invited Jools and I to join him and another Ron to share their car in the Charge of the Headlight Brigade race on 5th November at Virginia International Raceway. This 13 hour endurance race will be our first race, so nothing like starting small and working up, just jump in the deep end and start driving! And keep driving....
Ron and his team have entered 3 cars with 10 drivers, and we will be driving car 43, a Spec Miata (mazda MX5 to UK guys). Ron has prepped this car over the summer with its final testing this weekend. Don't wreck it Ron, I booked the flights last night! I will try and insert a picture below.
Any forum member who lives in the vicinity of VIR, please come and support our corner. Jools and I will be the lost looking Brits amongst about 200 US drivers. Last year there were 70 cars on the starting grid.
Jools and I are really looking forward to this adventure as VIR is a 4 plus mile long circuit with both long fast straights and twisty bits where precision is key. So Ron tells us! Not like the 40 second run hill climbs and sprints we are used to then. Hmmm.
What should be interesting is that practice is at 6.30 pm with qualifying at 9.30 pm in the dark on Friday with the race on Saturday starting at 9 am, finishing at 10 pm.
So as long as we don't forget to take our race licenses with us we shall be having a ball at VIR on 5th November and would like to see the faces behind some of the names on this forum.
Hope you can make it too
Ron and his team have entered 3 cars with 10 drivers, and we will be driving car 43, a Spec Miata (mazda MX5 to UK guys). Ron has prepped this car over the summer with its final testing this weekend. Don't wreck it Ron, I booked the flights last night! I will try and insert a picture below.
Any forum member who lives in the vicinity of VIR, please come and support our corner. Jools and I will be the lost looking Brits amongst about 200 US drivers. Last year there were 70 cars on the starting grid.
Jools and I are really looking forward to this adventure as VIR is a 4 plus mile long circuit with both long fast straights and twisty bits where precision is key. So Ron tells us! Not like the 40 second run hill climbs and sprints we are used to then. Hmmm.
What should be interesting is that practice is at 6.30 pm with qualifying at 9.30 pm in the dark on Friday with the race on Saturday starting at 9 am, finishing at 10 pm.
So as long as we don't forget to take our race licenses with us we shall be having a ball at VIR on 5th November and would like to see the faces behind some of the names on this forum.
Hope you can make it too