MNautoX Test&Tune yesterday@DCTC. Wheels got turned, yo!

[scheides]

Originally Posted by Matt D.

One was about 40-45 seconds long and the other was around 25 seconds long.

Yea like I said in my first post, one was about 50 seconds and the other was about 30

One thing I discovered about myself riding with shawn was that I really am not 100% in this for the competition. Maybe its a little bit of shell shock from my accident earlier this year and maybe its just my nature but if you wanna go fast you gotta really get some aggressive, aggressive inputs to the car (stab brakes, wheel way right, way straight, stab brakes, wheel way left etc) to get the car to truely rotate/dance around some of these cones. I really like the track part of this course and just like I've always thought I'd love to do an open-track day some day.

I do like a little competition but the smile on my face is what I'm after at these events, getting my personal times down and trading notes with people is just part of it (and I do love that part too!). Also, I'm glad I got Anna to come. She really didn't want to, but this is something so different from what people normally do with cars, its just legit awesome. I also love telling people we 'went racing' (my neighbor's brother-in-law for example) and they say, 'you watched who racing?' and I say 'WE went racing!' The look on their face is priceless. Facepalm on buying that ford explorer, I guess :P

[Matt D.]

Originally Posted by scheides

I do like a little competition but the smile on my face is what I'm after at these events, getting my personal times down and trading notes with people is just part of it (and I do love that part too!).

That's one of the things that keeps me coming back. When you're competing against other people and there's a tenth, or even a hundredth of a second separating you and a few other drivers (just ask Brandon about the Milwaukee divisional) it really gets the blood flowing. It's all business when you come up to the line, but when you cross the finish line and see the time and it's what you are looking for, you can't help but holler, pump your fist out the window, hear the announcer say your time and your own little cheering section on the sideline applauding for you, even people you are competing against, it's one of the best things ever.