....of our four week trip has come to an end and we are relaxing comfortably in the Ocean Drive Hotel in North Myrtle Beach. The view from our room is most enjoyable and we will be here for a minimum of 5 days.
The VIR race was great. Weather was clear and sunny with temperatures ranging from the mid 80's to low 90's. SVRA added something unique to this event...a standing start for formula cars.
Fridays practice was not without its difficulties.
Three cars came together when one of the lead cars failed to take off. Very unfortunate, but even in light of this little pimple on the ass of progress, the drivers decided to go ahead with the Sunday standing start. The start was a roaring success and will hopefully be added to the venue for future races. It is just an extension to what vintage racing is all about. Up until 1970, not many road races were started with a rolling start.
Three cars came together when one of the lead cars failed to take off. Very unfortunate, but even in light of this little pimple on the ass of progress, the drivers decided to go ahead with the Sunday standing start. The start was a roaring success and will hopefully be added to the venue for future races. It is just an extension to what vintage racing is all about. Up until 1970, not many road races were started with a rolling start. VIR provided us with a new Mini Cooper 'S' as a pace car. Can't say I was overly impressed. The interior fit and finish certainly isn't up to BMW standards. Acceleration WAS impressive but overall handling was marginal at best. With the traction control 'OFF' it had a tendency to light up the front tires out of the slower corners and produce a lot of tire chatter in the faster ones. On the last lap of the Friday touring 
session the roof light blew off and came directly in the rear window. The ensuing explosion was enough to scare the crap out of me and shower the complete interior with mini shards of glass. VIR had to retire the Mini for the weekend and drag out the Cadillac CTS for us......now that is a car! VIR remains one of my favourite events. Great track, low key event...just a lot of fun.
session the roof light blew off and came directly in the rear window. The ensuing explosion was enough to scare the crap out of me and shower the complete interior with mini shards of glass. VIR had to retire the Mini for the weekend and drag out the Cadillac CTS for us......now that is a car! VIR remains one of my favourite events. Great track, low key event...just a lot of fun.Two weeks and we are at Road Atlanta for the Finale.
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