I didn’t deserve to do well today. I drove like a jackass, and actually probably finished higher than I should have. I qualified 11th and finished 15th. However, on the first lap, I crashed and fell to 24th position. I fought my way back to 16th, before overshooting turn 5 and falling back to 17th, […]
Tag Archives: Road America
Road America – Race #2
I didn’t expect to do well at Road America. The Honda Civic Type R is not cut out for Road America’s long straights and high speed corners. Even so, it’s hard not to be disappointed with my results today’s race. I qualified 18th on the grid and ran into trouble on the very first corner. […]
America’s National Park of Speed: Road America
I love Road America. When I was a kid, I used to go to Elkhart Lake three or four times a year for races at Road America. My friend’s dad was RE of the Chicago Region of the SCCA, and my friend and I would work timing and scoring at the races. We worked everything […]