How do you do this?

[michael lang]

I did really well I think. It was just coming to grips with the higher speeds and getting my eyes to adjust to things happening so much faster. I couldn't tell you how much faster in terms of mph but I could feel it and I could see it happening. There were times during certain laps when there were no other cars that I would experiment with different things where I just committed to it and I would come out of it with no incident and it just raised my confidence level. So from that point on, every time through that section of the track, it felt as though I was going faster than I ever had before. It was such a rush! I guess the trick of getting your eyes to acclaimate to things happening much faster is not really one set answer, it's a combination of a bunch of little pieces that when combined make the whole puzzle come together.

Another thing I noticed is that the Potomac guys liked to pass very late in the passing zone so many times when I would give the pass to the faster car he would pass just about at turn in. It didn't really rattle me but I felt as though it was great training because it forced me to look through that car as if it didn't exist and it made me want to reel that guy in at track out. Eventhough my car didn't have the hp to keep up on the straight I know he knew I was right there. So from a training stand point of momentum maintenance, that was a great experience.

All in all, I think that event was very successful in getting a taste of what being in the more experienced run group was going to be like. I feel fortunate to have had the training that I have because without it I would be way over my head.