One Lap in a Yaris

South Bend to FL = 13 Hours

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Sun, 13 May 2007 08:06:46 -0400

Rolled into a place called Marianna or something like that around 3:30am. We took an alternate route because we'd heard that part of I-75 was closed. The pleasant side-benefit of that detour is that it completely avoided the suck that is Georgi...

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No more drive-by squirtings!

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Sat, 12 May 2007 16:48:24 -0400

This is likely the last One-Lap car we'll see on our trip back home. Cool car. He's also from Florida, and his Miata has a rotary conversion that was done by the shop Dan Rasp works at. Very slick conversion, those guys are good! I took a few...

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Headed Home

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Sat, 12 May 2007 14:12:28 -0400

We really gotta love this trophy... cuz it's all we got. No cash, no prizes, just a trophy... and lots of memories. Maybe someday I'll start actually remembering the memories, they're mostly a blur right now! QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Fireball guy" f...

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The Car is the Goodness.

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Sat, 12 May 2007 10:50:09 -0400

Okay, so at the dragstrip, we proved that this car has the best acceleration in our class (of the cars that didn't break) with a solid first place finish. Today, we proved that our car has the most grip with .97g and another first in class finis...

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The End of One Lap

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Sat, 12 May 2007 09:07:24 -0400

Ooooooh, a helicopter. (?) (don't get me wrong, I support our troops, I used to be one... but what's a helicopter got to do with auto racing, and why did they have to spend $50,000 of my tax money to bring one here?) sorry for the rant.

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A New Day Dawning

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Sat, 12 May 2007 07:18:41 -0400

In spite of a day or two of REALLY crappy weather, most of our mornings on this trip have been things of beauty. This morning is no exception. Clear and sunny. Probably cold, but that will soon pass. Looks like Loren's going to end up driving ...

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Back to South Bend

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Fri, 11 May 2007 23:24:57 -0400

So, we packed up around 2:30pm and headed for South Bend. Only about a 4 hour drive, so we took our time. The first part of the drive was on a pleasant 2-lane country road, and we were following some One Lappers in a Corvette and a GMC Cyclone....

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The Last Race

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:10:40 -0400

Jeff finished the afternoon session without incident... which pretty well wraps up the whole week without incident. Not even a 4-wheels off incident that I recall. (of course, I'm not experiencing 100% recall of this week, and likely never will...

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Morning at Mid-O

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:33:52 -0400

Looking good this morning. Jeff learned the track quickly with a little help from an experienced Miata driver who caught up to him and spurred him into driving a bit faster. Amanda's diff has proven to be a major problem for her causing a lot o...

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The Final Road Course

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Fri, 11 May 2007 09:37:50 -0400

Here we are at Mid-Ohio. Got here a little later than optimal, so Jeff only got to walk about 1/3 of the track. This is one of those really fast and technical tracks, so Jeff is out now trying to watch other cars drive it to gain some insight. ...

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