Well...that was fun even if I was just watching from the Marshal stand !!
Looks like Luc reduced his personal best lap time by almost 3 seconds
and Mike Benjamin tried everyway conceivable to get into and around corner nine as fast as possible (not all worked in his favour
) but I always looked forward to his next attempt.
- Everyone had their "A" game going and a few actually tried their "B" and "C" games...and maybe a few others. Then there was "screech", our nickname for him. I have a new found respect for those FRS Scions, screech did everything he could to unbalance the car and each time that FRS would just work it's way thru the issue. Now it didn't help that the FRS was equipped with only a street tire (which was a Michelin brand that got abused for the entire day and showed almost no wear!) and it chose to voice its complaints at each and every corner and kink on the circuit. I was in corner 9 and I could tell where that car was at any given moment and I would cringe each time it arrived at my corner stand.
- It was not until later on, when Luc got behind the wheel of the FRS, that the tires stop complaining for the most part and the brakes started getting a workout that I saw what the FRS was able to do on the track. With the proper equipment these cars could be a real joy to drive on a track day.
- I must also add that Jonathan C and his Subaru rally car put the biggest smile on my face while I was in the turn 2 marshal stand, for the morning session. I noticed that the car looked to be giving him a little issue with stability coming thru the last part of corner 1 so I decided to watch for his arrival to see if he was getting a handle on it...WELL...let me tell you, that car arrived at the turn in point for turn one with no intention of turning any way that Jonathan actually wanted to go, for a moment I thought the WRC had arrived for a Tarmac session at AMP! It could have been that Jonathan was actually performing the proper rally sequence for power thru a right hand turn by first getting the car to turn left and then I thought no...that would only work on gravel. Looking at Jonathans face I noticed a rather concerned expression and an almost fascination at what the car was doing..."will this really work in this situation"? To his credit he did actually get the car under control and execute the rally maneuver at which point he proceeded down the hill to my position and flashed a large smile. "yeah, that's right, I'm the man !!! sure Jonathan sure.
Thanks to all the competitors for a great day at the track..."come back real soon ya hear".
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