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[ninjabones]

Calling Darren and Todd..

I had to leave on Saturday afternoon... race results aren't posted on the NASA website.  How did you guys do on Sunday?

I accomplished my goals... didn't crash and didn't finish last.  Darren, hope I didn't hold you up too much in the carusel when you were chasing Todd in Saturday's race.  I was chasing down another miata and we were battling for about 7 laps before I was able to make the pass stick on the second-to-last lap.   Both of my pre-race sessions (practice and qualifying) were in torrential rain and I hadn't been in a miata or at Summit Point in over a month.  I did really well in the rain and actually qualified 3rd (out of 7 SSM cars).  But, by the time of the race the track was completely dry and hot, and I was turning pretty crappy times for the first 15 minutes of the race.  I pulled another rookie move and missed a shift at the start (which was enough to ruin my good qualifying position and put me at the back of the SSM pack by turn 3).  It took me like 15 minutes to get comfortable on the dry track, and by the last two or three laps I was getting faster, but still only in the 1:34 range ( I still need about 2 - 3 more seconds).  By that time I was battling for 6th place (yes, both of us were frantically trying to avoid finishing last). I made a pass at turn 1 on the second-to-last lap and defended pretty well for the rest of the race.

So, this Miata thing is really getting humbling, but at least I'm making progress.  Three races and I have a DNF, last place, and now a second-to-last place.