This years One Lap of America event is over and we successfully made it to the end. We completed and got points in every event and made it back to South Bend and from there back to Lancaster County. The mileage added up to 4861 in total and 3669 during the official event including transit distances and on track mileage.
We were able to place 15Th place overall and 9Th place in class, which we consider a very respectable finish. Obviously we would have liked to finish in 1st place, but with the level of talent and equipment we competed against we consider our finish a success.
Our last event was on Saturday and was the Dry Skid pad competition at the Tire Rack facility in South Bend, In. It was a very threatening sky and a brisk wind and it was trying to rain. The temperature on the car thermometer was 49 and it felt like less than 30 and you could see your breath. Scott was able to get a .902 g's and placed 27Th and then it was all over except for the group picture and the banquet.
We met a lot of nice people and had a very enjoyable if tiring week and my mind is already working on the consideration of doing it again in the future, maybe even next year. I had a great time and the title of this blog was correct as it was a real adventure.
The pictures above are the 1st place overall Nissan GT-R (orange/silver) and the black Porsche GT2, 2nd place overall. I also included another picture of our entry, just to remind everyone of the number 22 car.
That's all for today but check back, I will probably have some more musings to share.
Jim
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