Well, it was quite a weekend out there at SuperLap Battle. I’m happy to report that I was able to hang on to 3rd place!
For me, that is an unbelievable result. When you consider the list of cars that were attending, along with the fact that they don’t split up the drivetrain classes anymore, I should have been relegated to 6th at best in Unlimited Class. But a multi-day Time Attack event has many challenges—technical, weather, track conditions, other cars breaking down on track that prevent you from running at full pace, finding open laps….the list of challenges just goes on and on. Many cars that show up are high-strung and finicky, which means they may not be able to perform as hoped. The bottom line: Regardless of what your car is supposed to be able to do, you gotta go out and actually do it. And at a heavily contested time attack event like SuperLap Battle, lots of things can interfere with your plans. I have had many frustrating days at these events. But on this weekend, I was able to implement my plan while some others were dealing with challenges. It was a fantastic surprise that I was able to hit the podium.
I’ll get into how I approached the weekend in a future post. For now, here are a few pix from the weekend followed by a video with three continuous laps. (The last lap is my fastest)
Shiny and clean and badged/bannered up and ready for Day 1 to begin:
Baby’s got new shoes!
Podium!
Champagne!
Video with three continuous laps: 1:48.6, 1:48.4, 1:48.003