Day off

Lots of work being done and it's exhausting. I could use a day off.

The good news is there was an SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) Autocross at PPIR (Pikes Peak International Raceway). An Autocross is making your way around a parking lot course defined by pylons. Compete against similar cars with 4 runs, each only lasts about a minute, and best time wins. Hit a pylon and you get a 2 second penalty. At best, you'll get up to 50mph. It's more fun than it sounds, and for a car geek like me it's pretty much the best thing ever!

I used to Autocross all the time, back in the day. Now that my daughter Quinn is driving I wanted to take her to see one of these for herself. (BTW, the third date Diane and I ever had was an autocross - I knew she was the one!) Quinn and I spent the day together at PPIR. She preferred to watch Dad drive, but was a passenger for 3 out of my 4 runs. We had a wonderful day, despite the 90 degree temperature.

Used Quinn's car as the Expedition or Land Rover don't Autocross very well and there's no class for SUV's. Back to work today...