Wednesday, May 5, 2010

If it's Mid Ohio it must be Wednesday




We kind of lose track of what day it is. After a couple of days things start to run together and you have to stop and think what day it is. This morning we arrived at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, just a little north of the center of Ohio. This is one beautiful course, very well maintained and a neat park setting. I think the track surface is one of the best I have ever seen on a racetrack. This is a 2.4 mile course with a very fast downhill staight and lots of elevation changes. The gravel pit runoff area at the end of the front straight is called China beach. I don't know where the China comes in but it does look like a beach. It is a very challenging course to get right, but we don't have that chance, we do the best we can. After the one recon lap you are then flagged on for your competition laps, most drivers come back in saying "How much better I could be if I had some time on that track.
Only 527 miles to go and we will arrive in Millville, New Jersey to run on the Lightning 1.9 ten turn road course. After New Jersey it on to Nelson Ledges Road Course in northeast Ohio, then on to South Bend, Indiana to finish the week.

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