Practice and Qualifying for The Rolex

Well today was our first day of practice and qualifying. Our Day started of well with Duncan Ende in the car running solid 1:52's. We switched Drivers to Hima Maher and unfortunately, he was caught up in an incident as a by-stander. A ferrari spun and took us out. We had Damage to the right front and and fender area. John Bedell, our stud crew chief, got our car repaired in an hour and half and we were ready to go for the aternoon session. Hima finished out his stint and Pierre Bourque got in and again we we're running solid laps. It was getting into the last hour of the session when I got strapped in coming off a caution, It was mayhem. I was in a 30 car pack and I wondered where the hell this guys learned to drive. Nobody was driving the line and everbody was very twitchy.I posted slow lap times secondary to the traffic, but is was fun watching Helio and Jimmy Johnson zip by me in there prototypes. Brought a smile to my face ! I acheived my goal of bringing the car back to the garage in one piece.
Next Duncan Climbed back into the car and the Hot Shoe qualified us in the top 25! with a time of 1:52:2. TRG made an Impressive showing in qualifying with 3 cars in the top 10. We had a team meeting and presented John with personal Photos of the playmates and before you realized it. It was time for night practice. Rain had started to fall, and the track was getting slick. The decision was made to run slicks. WOW!! I was glad I was going last. Again John made the right call and the track dried out. I climbed into the car @7:30 and started my laps. Flying into turn 1 at 170 mph I was distacted by the large ferris wheel in the infield with its multi-colored lights. It was crazy. everytime I went into 1 My eye were drawn to the lights, it was wild. Luckily, the drivers were slightly calmer for this session. Only almost wrecked twice !! Night driving is a blast, Nothing like driving faster than your headlights. Got out of the track around 9:30 pm. Long day. Sue was busy making friends with the playboy bunnies.
Tomorrow is car prep in am, Break in new parts in the afternoon,put the baby to bed for a 1:30 start on sat.

Ron