As of Saturday night, I am holding first place of six entries in the ITS class by a meager 0.333 seconds! The first run this morning was quite damp after Friday's thunderstorms. The second run was substantially better, but still a bit damp. Even so, I turned a time several seconds faster than last year's best. After several incidents delayed the action, the tires were stone cold. I went for my third run, and managed to turn a 134.207. Jason followed up with a 134.540, only 0.333 seconds behind. I am currently less than 4 seconds behind the record, which was set in 2000. I doubt we will bring it down this weekend, but I have made huge strides from last year, already 5.8 seconds faster than last year's best!
Unfortunately, three of the other entrants had car trouble. One lost a motor mount on his GTI and retired for the weekend. Though he had never run that car at a hill before, he has successfully campaigned his Audi S4 and turned amazingly fast times. Regretfully he wasn't able to continue and raise the bar for ITS competition. Also, the brothers' RX-7 was out of the action after an exhaust bung broke off, leaving a large hole in the exhaust header. The brothers brought it home, welded it back on, and actually got it back in time to run the last run of the day. Dale turned an excellent time, and should get within striking distance tomorrow once he's had a few more runs! With any luck, we'll have at a three way battle for first through tomorrow afternoon!
If you can make it, I highly encourage you to come out and watch the action. Thrills are guaranteed!
Unfortunately, three of the other entrants had car trouble. One lost a motor mount on his GTI and retired for the weekend. Though he had never run that car at a hill before, he has successfully campaigned his Audi S4 and turned amazingly fast times. Regretfully he wasn't able to continue and raise the bar for ITS competition. Also, the brothers' RX-7 was out of the action after an exhaust bung broke off, leaving a large hole in the exhaust header. The brothers brought it home, welded it back on, and actually got it back in time to run the last run of the day. Dale turned an excellent time, and should get within striking distance tomorrow once he's had a few more runs! With any luck, we'll have at a three way battle for first through tomorrow afternoon!
If you can make it, I highly encourage you to come out and watch the action. Thrills are guaranteed!
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