It was a weird track day, with a misty morning that got progressively wetter. Driving in the rain is a great fun challenge as the edge of the car’s handling reduces to a razor-thin line. But this weird wetness after months of dry weather liquidated all kinds of junk on the track, and the second morning session was a total wash (pun intended) with utterly unpredictable handling. Thankfully the clouds parted around lunch-time and the afternoon sessions were pretty much unmitigated driving joy. I continue to push the limit on turns 10-11-12 and I clocked myself going one mile-per-hour faster on the back straight (up to 127) and one second faster lap time (down to 1.32) during the third session. Now I’m getting geared up for the next-to-last event of the season this coming Saturday at ORP.
Pictures taken by Charles White Photography (all rights reserved).
127, nice! On our local tracks, we don’t get our track Miata’s much past 100. Need to get the Z06 out!