I just got back from our "road trip" to the Rolex 24 Hour race in Daytona which we also used to give the car a shakedown run to be sure everything was working well. Had a great trip except for the start. Wednesday morning when we left the weather didn't co-operate and I woke up to snow already on the ground, instead of the wintry mix that wasn't supposed to start until we were well south of here. After a failed start I returned home and changed tires with my other Corvette. These were all season high performance, wrong sizes but close enough and a lot more grip in snow covered conditions. Five miles or so south of York and it turned to all rain, if we would have only left a little sooner.
The race was great to watch and the Corvette ran well. We averaged about 21 mpg and about the only adjustment needed to the car will be to refine the tune a little as it was running rich until it warmed up. The weather in Florida was a whole lot better than at last years race when we were freezing and with a brisk wind. This year Saturday was in the high 60's and Sunday got up to the low 70's. Probably should have stayed down for another couple of months because when we returned we came home to temperatures in the 20's and another wintry mix.
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