Those who showed up yesterday for the Fourth Annual Colonial Challenge Cup were rewarded with remarkably good weather and plenty of track time. Along with the usual track cars, there were some interesting entries including a Tesla and a Bizzarrini.
Dervish (with 2 cars as usual), CB, Mark, Woody, and Elder arrived early. The skies were not looking too good and we switched to the rain tires for the first heat. Summit had just repaved the corners that had become corrugated asphalt last year and although smooth, they were slipperier than goose poop. However, by 11 the rain had stopped and the track had dried out-at least on the driving line. By lunch hour, the sun had emerged and with 60° temps, the track warmed up and made for excellent track conditions. And the new asphalt is great when dry.
Don "Small-ball" showed up mid day to get some seat time in Dervish's new 4WD Porsche at the skid pad in preparation for OneLap. And Daniel abandoned the George Mason campus for some "drive-alongs". He was rewarded with hot laps in TrakCar, the Daytona Coupe and the Ariel. Being politically savvy, Daniel refrained from saying which car he preferred to ride in, but there was a permanent grin on his face after getting out of the Atom.
Unfortunately, there are no Dervish off-track anecdotes to report. Other than being summarily thrown out of the Shenandoah Skidpad by the State Dept, it was uneventful. Joe was registered as an instructor (what were they thinking?), and rode along with CB in his attempt to break the 2.00 minute mark. Fortunately, for CB, Dervish later abandoned his job in search of skidpads and I jumped into the passenger seat to try to undo all the bad habits Bill learned earlier in the day. By the end of the last heat, CB had broken into the mid 1.40s.
The organizers provided a tasty BBQ dinner with all the trimmings and (gasp) bottles of PINOT GRIGIO! Needless the say, the day turned out to be first rate.
