NASA MID-ATLANTIC at VIR Full Course. March 29-30.

Lots of first this weekend. First new shaved RA-1's, First comp sway bars, First full course experience to me, First time in wet conditions. Some others but nominal.

Now on to the good stuff.

What can I say about VIR Full Course...Great stuff. Conditions were wet, dry, wet, dry, wet, wet and even wetter. Left all drivers with a chance to better their skills for the conditions. Saturday was intermittent rain and 46 degrees. Sunday was almost all rain and 40 degrees.

First pictures are the new sway bars. They are the Flyin Miata Spec sway bars.

Now comes the fun.

Friday...

NASA Kart Enduro for 90 minutes. Mazda Miata Driver Dean Liu and I battled a loose kart and finished in second place behind first by 23 seconds. Hard to imagine the conditions were sunny and in the seventies. I spent the day earlier getting my very first new set of RA-1's from Sasco Sports. Sticky tires right from the get go.

This is a video Promo that uses the video we shot for the July Kart Enduro at VIR at a projected 3 hours in length.

Saturday and Sunday....

Well Saturday was damp and cold. Worked the three sessions to learn how the car handled with the new tires and sway bars along with the wet conditions. Lots of traffic on the track and lots of tail happy high horsepower cars. Lots of great learning times from my instructor Chuck. He is a SM driver working on his Comp license.

Saturday evening...I ran my last session and came off the track and drove straight to the Kart track. Mustang Driver Paul Norris and I had the bad luck to draw a slower kart. We finished in fifth place. Still a respectable finish. This gives Team Hampton Roads two 2nd place and a fifth place finish in the first three enduros. Talks are in the works of making the July Enduro's three hours long. Two times longer.

Sunday was wet, wet, wet. Was a great chance to work on lines and get a feel for how the shaved RA-1's handled the rain. Lots of good information gained.

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Some videos

Session One. Saturday

Session two. Saturday

Session Three. Saturday

Session Two. Sunday

Hope you enjoy