Any racer who loves his or her mom so much that they put it on their car is ok with me.
Up at 3:15 a.m. On the road an hour later. Arrived in Ridgecrest with a thousand yard stare around noon-ish.
Found the hotel, then drove out and found the pits. Met up with Jason Mace of Class 11 Coalition and eventually Class 11 driver fame. The plan was to meet up later and he’d take Richard out for a run around the course later in the afternoon.
Roxanne and I headed back to the hotel to catch up on some much needed sleep. Not sure what Richard and his brother-in-law did. Scott and Carrie were inbound in “The Cube” and eventually Creech and Crusty departed with 1107 in the toy hauler. Seth and Kristy were inbound in Seth’s chase truck and hauling a small sleeping trailer.
Eventually made it over to Contingency and Tech, where the cars were being inspected. Bought the hat and the shirt, purchased the GPS track from PCI, which I’ll load into the 1107’s GPS unit tomorrow.
Tomorrow all the drivers and co-drivers will pre-run the course. we’ll get the data loaded in the GPS unit, we’ll get last minute tweaks done then hit the afternoon driver’s meeting where we get last minute updates from race organizers. Drivers and co-drivers will head to the pits and those of us staffing road crossing 11 will load up and head out. Assuming there’s internet connectivity, I’ll be updating via Twitter at @desertdingo .
Shots from todays activity, courtesy of Roxanne.
