Hello From Mid Ohio

[Brian Minkin]

Back from Mid Ohio.  Day 1 was great.  Good weather, Four 20 minute runs and I was able to get around and/or stay in front of all the run group exept 2 GT3's.  Ran in the B run group which is black in our region. 

Day 2 it rained cats and dogs in the morning but the sun came out and the track dryed.  Did not run in the rain because the coating on the track is like is when it rains and you go like 25 to 40 mph which is no fun. Ist run in the afternoon I go out mid  pack. Start pushing hard and the car does not feel right.  Slugish acceleration and lose after turn in for every corner.  Thinking the rain washed away the rubber that was on the track but even that did not seem to fully explain the way the car felt. By lap 3 I realize that the throttle is not producing any power untill it is 50% down.  (have not diagnosed the problem but I would suspect the throttle cable again.)  I stayed out and hung with the main pack for the entire run group but the shortage of torque made the back end tail happy in every turn and it was a challenge to keep the car going where I wanted it to. By the end of the run group only getting 1/3 throttle so packed it up and came home. Good thing I did not try to fix it cause the last run group was washed out by heavy rain again.

Worth the long ride?  You betcha it was.  The runs on day one where some of the best driving I have ever done.