We made it home again.

Well, we finally made it back to

Lancaster County and get to sleep in our own beds again. As much as I enjoyed the adventure, it is nice to be home. One amazing statistic is that we went in completely different directions after leaving South Bend compared to last year and all different tracks, but ended the trip with 3 more miles than 2009. Our total mileage including to South Bend and back was 4864 miles. The vast majority of the mileage was transit miles between the tracks, with only about 200 or so track miles. The furthest west was Hallett, Oklahoma and as far east as Millville, New Jersey. Many of the regulars talk of doing the "Big Western Run" again where the transit mileages can grow to 800 plus miles in a day/night. That would also probably add another 1500/2000 miles to the total. This is a very challenging and grueling event and that would make it more so for both man and machine.

We can probably give you a pretty good run down on the menus at Wendy's, McDonald's, Burger King and Denny's. The track food for the most part consisted of hamburgers and hot dogs along with the brats in Wisconsin. To make the finances work we also looked for the more budget side of lodging, but we found out paying more did not guarantee a better shower. It is amazing how interesting the shower restrictors are in some of the motels.

The pictures above show the Yellow Corvette driven by Danny Popp the multiple SCCA national autocross champion. "The Dog Bone Car" of Brian and Harry raising money for their local humane league and the 2006 Lotus that had a little off track excursion that damaged the front valance and left some tire marks along the side. Check back for any final thought I may come up with.