Sunday, May 2, 2010

Day 3 - The Flat of Iowa

Last night's drive was rough, and that is putting it lightly. Iowa sure has a lot to offer. We drove past the world's largest truck stop, the birthplaces of John Wayne and Ronald Reagan, the presidential museum for Herbert Hoover, and a wind farm.

The wind farm was the highlight of the drive,and it appeared almost majestic. We came up on it late and from far it was just a bunch of red lights blinking, but as we approached it each tall wind turbine had its own light and they flashed in a harmonius pattern. I would've taken pictures if i thought they'd come out, or if I wasn't driving!


This is so cool! Its hard to see, but SUPER is CHEAPER than REGULAR gas in Iowa! Crazy!

When we got to the hotel it was after midnight, Greg and I crashed hard and arrived at the track with perfect timing! As we unloaded, our run group was staging so I suited up and jumped into line. Mid America is a short, flat  track with some tricky corners and lots of run off if you mess up in them. Luckily, I didn't need any of the run off today. The morning session was great, I needed to be a little faster though. The afternonn session felt smotther and faster, but we'll know better when the results are posted. Most likely we are some where around 50 overall, and third in the retro class. Greg took pictures today and the GoPro camera was running. I will post pictures below when we have better internet. Video will be up soon - yesterday's and today's, but I am still having problems with You Tube.

We left the track a little after 2 and should be in Tulsa Ok aronud 8. That means a good dinner and night's sleep! We are going to try and hook up with the Mazda 5 Minivan guys, Richard and Jason, too.

Update: Howard in the Cadillac CTS arrived with the new Crossfire today for both sessions. He didn't hit any walls and will be in Tulsa.








Milage Update: 85,361 - 1101 miles down!



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