Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Hotlanta Challenge @ Road Atlanta

After my first major mechanical failure at Roebling Road I ended up buying another car. After all, if you need a transmission doesn't it make sense to buy another car. You never know when you need an extra engine, body panels, etc. It seems everyone except my wife was less than thrilled witht he idea.

This race weekend included a record number of Spec E30's and NASA had enough racers to split into three race groups. The Blitz group consisted of 944 Cup, 944 Super cup, and Spec E30. Nineteen cars took the field on Saturday and I qualified mid-pack excited about the race. Unfortunately the accelerator petal came off after the start. After trying to drive around the issue (using my toes) I almost collected another racer when the accelerator would get stuck and decided to call it a day.

Sunday, with the accelerator problem taking care of I was able to put in a better qualifying session starting 5th out of 19 cars. It was a pretty exciting race up until it was stopped early (double yellow) due to an incident.

Unfortunately no photos or videos