Is there any website for coverage of this event? It sounds pretty cool.
Ray the rat
At 02:18 PM 06/19/2006, Benn wrote:
>By Friday most of the tech work and re-techs (few cars pass on the first
>go-round) were done, and I could go out to the dynamic events, including brake
>testing, skidpad, autocross, and endurance events. The Saturday endurance
>event is the climax of the meet, with multiple cars on the track at one time,
>and each car required to run 20 laps around a 1.1 kilometer course. Each of
>two drivers do 10 laps for each team. The level of excitement and adrenaline
>for the drivers and teams is crazy-high at this point. I worked tech during
>driver change and at the black-flag station. I had to tell one team that they
>were out of the running due to a wheel problem. The teams are not allowed to
>do any work on the cars during this event, so any safety problem is an
>immediate DNF. Do you think they were "disappointed"? Hell, I almost
>started crying. Those cars finishing are then sent to the fuel check station
>for a mileage check. The level of "high" is palpable for those teams who
>finish, and especially for those who did well. (Some drivers clearly have
>auto-x or similar race driving experience, while others obviously never slid a
>tire in their lives--and still haven't.) After this all the points for
>various aspects and events are totalled and the winners announced. Texas A&M
>took top honors overall.
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