It's 1:00 on Saturday, the heat is on, the sun is out, and it hasn't quite gotten to be a complete crazy house yet, so I thought I'd just check in and say hi, and use this brief mini-blog as the vehicle to post some more pictures.
If you're like me, you might have thought yesterday's massive day-long blog was really boring. I re-read it last night, after it was posted, and it about put me to sleep, but that also means it was a pretty accurate description of what was a long drawn-out affair... After I wrapped it up, and figured we'd never run, the rain finally stopped, and we finally did get back on the track, running just before midnight! It was, in effect, about a 14-hour day.
It's a good thing we did run again, because Tim "went for it" a bit and really nailed the tune-up. We ran 4.178 when a lot of other really good teams were running high 4.20s and low 4.30s, so we knew it was a big lap and it did put us No. 1 at the time, but we still had a few pairs of major hitters behind us. One by one, they didn't knock us out of the top spot, but the last pair was Tony Pedregon and Ashley Force Hood, and I turned to John Fink and said "I think we're either going to end up number one, or number three..." Turns out, Ashley smoked the tires and did a fantastic job of keeping her car off the wall, but Tony ran a 4.170 and took the top spot. Hey, No. 2 is good, and we're happy with it.
I took some phone shots last night, to document the late-night deal that felt more like the final lap at a match race (where they always stretch things out to make sure they've sold the last beer and last hot dog) so we'll post those here in the gallery... Also clicked a few off this morning, so I'll add those too.
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Me and my new best friend, Rachel Wilkerson
It was about 2:00 a.m. when I finally got to bed last night, so the morning seemed to come pretty quickly, but we're all amped up and ready (the Diet Mountain Dew helps!) Let's go racin'....
Our big crowd is starting to filter in, and we want to maximize every available table and seat in our hospitality area, so I'm actually moving my stuff over to Tasca's hospitality lounge in order to vacate my "corner office" back here in the back... And hey, it's air conditioned over there! If anybody needs me, I'll probably be doing some REALLY IMPORTANT work that will keep me tied to my computer. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Two more sessions, if the rain stays away...
Should be a great day on the mountain!
Wilber, out!