Whomever punked out on this event missed a good one. I went Sunday for the Time Trial. Perfect late Fall conditions. It was warm enough to heat the tires and the track, but boy, the motors loved the cool dense air. The BDC ran tip top, and thanks to FF for getting Ed Hunter's old built T5 in her in time for the race. Temps were spot on all day, including idling in paddock and grid. It shifts a little different, and I blew a few, but it sure was nice not to have that crunchy sound dropping into third at turn 1.
EMRA is a fun club. Laid back and, shall we say, race oriented. The TT format was everyone in the group on track at once, every lap timed, and the passing by point by only rule interpreted more like "try to be nice and don't kill each other," so there was the ocassional duel. Lots of heavy iron and fast drivers. I ran in intermediate, but nearly everyone was fast and experienced and drove prepped cars. There was no shame in that, as it turned out, because it was less crowded than the advanced group. That group seemed to have a number cars slower than our group, and the traffic really hampered the fast guys' ability to get a clear enough track for a hot lap.
It was a bad day for Corvettes. Fred won one of those duels I mentioned with another fast C4, whose driver made the mistake of thinking he could match the Fast One's corner speed and braking, and ended up in the dirt, but with no contact. And a silver late model Z06 also went off at 5, but went through the tire wall into the concrete, and really banged it up.
Fred almost took the FTD trophy, but a big black nasty 700 hp Corvette with a giant wing squeaked by him by 3 tenths for the win.
Jen, Larry and Andy Thomas were over at the SCCA Rallycross eating dirt and they stopped by to say hi at lunch. All in all a great way to end the track day season! Sorry you missed it.
