007_SuperCoupe
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Well, after making the roughly 7-hour trip home with just enough time to get the SC unloaded, we headed another 1.5 hours north to meet Grandpa with the other 2 kids...then the 1.5 hour trip back...We got home at 9:00 last evening.
The event seemed to start out pretty interesting with check-in at the hotel...For those of you who checked in on Friday afternoon you know what I'm talking about...for those of you who don't....let's just say she had more facial hair than John Shelton! And then the smell of the very recently flooded hotel room was enough to get me to go all the way to Walmart to get some $15 in airfresheners...I think by Sunday either the smell was gone, or I was just used to it...
Then came the "Who wants to volunteer to go to the dyno at 8:00?" Well, I figured since I've got the 2.5 month old, I should just go a head and jump on it...that, and I definately wanted to be back to the hotel room to watch my college football team lose in the last 13 seconds of the game... I only think there was 2 other witnesses to Dan Sly loosing his windshield for a 2nd year in a row. I think we need to get a warning light rigged up for him....
That was followed by an impromptu burnout in the parking lot...Wow, that was rough. Nothing like bouncing the engine off the rev limiter... Then there was the battery tie down (You're welcome Marc...even though you really only needed it once...) and changing the accessory belt in the parking lot.
The dinner "prizes" were fun while I was able to start putting names with faces.
And then there was the "cruise" and the police and after that, I'm not sure what happed...I made myself pretty scarce for an hour or so.
Sunday's competition was just a total blast. Once the "inspection" was complete, we were down the track. Dave N made his first pass and Marc just stayed at the starting line with the record slowest reaction time of the day....over 7 seconds...just to see Dave's car run...
The rest of the competition went well for those who didn't break and good for those who could get fixed. For those who couldn't compete, it was even better because of all the help that was being thrown around to get people back on the road.
I had a really great time, and even though my wife had to spend more time inside than she would have liked, she also had a great time. On the way home she was even talking about getting her own SC to compete in years to come. We've already started the SCS fund for '06...
The event seemed to start out pretty interesting with check-in at the hotel...For those of you who checked in on Friday afternoon you know what I'm talking about...for those of you who don't....let's just say she had more facial hair than John Shelton! And then the smell of the very recently flooded hotel room was enough to get me to go all the way to Walmart to get some $15 in airfresheners...I think by Sunday either the smell was gone, or I was just used to it...
Then came the "Who wants to volunteer to go to the dyno at 8:00?" Well, I figured since I've got the 2.5 month old, I should just go a head and jump on it...that, and I definately wanted to be back to the hotel room to watch my college football team lose in the last 13 seconds of the game... I only think there was 2 other witnesses to Dan Sly loosing his windshield for a 2nd year in a row. I think we need to get a warning light rigged up for him....
That was followed by an impromptu burnout in the parking lot...Wow, that was rough. Nothing like bouncing the engine off the rev limiter... Then there was the battery tie down (You're welcome Marc...even though you really only needed it once...) and changing the accessory belt in the parking lot.
The dinner "prizes" were fun while I was able to start putting names with faces.
And then there was the "cruise" and the police and after that, I'm not sure what happed...I made myself pretty scarce for an hour or so.
Sunday's competition was just a total blast. Once the "inspection" was complete, we were down the track. Dave N made his first pass and Marc just stayed at the starting line with the record slowest reaction time of the day....over 7 seconds...just to see Dave's car run...
The rest of the competition went well for those who didn't break and good for those who could get fixed. For those who couldn't compete, it was even better because of all the help that was being thrown around to get people back on the road.
I had a really great time, and even though my wife had to spend more time inside than she would have liked, she also had a great time. On the way home she was even talking about getting her own SC to compete in years to come. We've already started the SCS fund for '06...