Nelson Ledges Sports Car Course

Nelson Ledges Sports Car Course is considered the fastest 2 mile road racing course in the country. It is located near Warren in northeast Ohio. The track has not been paved in quite a while and is extremely rough in many areas. They are now under new ownership and things are beginning to improve but much still needs to be done. The track is so rough that one of the cars had the side curtain air bags go off while in the middle of their run. The driver said it sounded like a shotgun going off and startled her but she kept going and finished the run. One other major problem at the track that day was a supercharged Mustang blew its motor in turn 10 just in front of us who were watching from the tower. While checking the track for debris a safety worker found a wrist pin that had blown out of the engine. With a hole in the block the Mustang was finished for the week. One other incident for the day was when the Lotus went off the track and did a little bodywork alteration when it contacted the tire wall. Just cosmetic damage that a few thousand dollars will cure, but still able to continue on. The track was new to both of us and we kind of slipped a little on this day, not quite getting the finishes we were hoping for.

This will be a short drive today with only about 300 miles back to South Bend to finish out the week with a dry skid pad competition. Maybe we can get a good nights rest so that after the banquet we can still make the 600 mile trip home and get there for Mother's Day.