Wednesday, 7 May

It was a long night.  Each of us got about 2 hours of sleep on the way. We got to our hotel at 4:10.  We checked in, and were in bed by 4:30.  The alarm went off at 6:30.

NJMP is another nice track.  They have a lot of condos and garages on site that people own.   There are two separate tracks on the site.  We raced at ‘Thunderbolt’ in the morning and “Lightning” in the afternoon.  The afternoon track had long straight sections and was very fast.

David had one interesting corner this morning that generated a dust cloud.  It’s the only useful way to answer the classic question:  “How do I know if this is the fastest I can go in this corner?”

We continue to race with the same guys on our run group and getting know each other well.  David finished 38^th in the morning and 43^rd in the afternoon.  There are now 10 cars that did not compete today.

We finished the afternoon session about 3PM.  It took us forever to skirt around Philadelphia.  It’s now 5:30 and we’re making good time on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  By the time we get to our hotel near the Mid Ohio race track it will be after 11PM.  We have to be at the track tomorrow at 8AM.