Reporting Live from Mid Ohio... (Pictures taken less than an hour ago!)
 

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escapA8 speaking here live from ryoung's garage. As you can see, there's even a D3 that showed up. docmusolf showed up as well.

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PaulW is washing his car: it's got to look good for the pictures the track photographer will be taking today! ;-)

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We did a track walk this morning at 7 am (yikes, that's early!) and it's pretty amazing to experience the track out side your car, standing still. You hardly recognize it after going at an average pace of about 75 mph...

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Ooops, that's some heavy traffic on the track. Chicago style!


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Now that's what I call some nice elevation. The track may look big when you walk around, but feels rapidly smaller in your car the faster you go around the track.

Stay tuned today for the latest lap times live here from the A8/S8 garage at Mid-Ohio!!!

Randy's first run....a few 2:00's and one 1:59.....Paul has his work cut out for him!
 

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The driver of the hour...ryoung.

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The competition is on! ryoung and PaulW exchanging tips to improve their lap times...

Paul's first run session......1:59!
 

He pulls it off on the last lap.....gets signed off too, next time out the car will be 230 lbs lighter without the instructor....watch out!

But first will be going out with Randy Probst in Randy Young's run session....we'll see the real time this car can do....have the video camera mounted!

The real Randy Pobst! Holy Sh?t!.......How did the D3 do?

escapA8 with his stock car and Ferodo D2500's just did 2:15!

Terry ran his D3 the first time out at 2:30

Pssst... it's "Pobst"... don't p*ss him off... ;-)

Correct ;-)

Just did my ride with Randy Prost.....he did a 1:55
 

Holy **** Batman! Can you say full throttle for three laps, drifting through EVERY corner!!!!

He loved the brakes, we were in the advanced run group and passing everybody!

He was held up at the end, I'll give him a 1:54!

pw

2nd run updates.....Paul's ahead!
 

Randy couldn't get past the 2:00 on his 2nd run.....

Paul just finished his.....1:58 flat! I was sliding the car all over!

Passing S4's including a new one with a 4.2 six speed all over the place. If they don't have a stage 3, they don't have the power....

However.....if I went to the next group....this wouldn't be so....it's ALL ABOUT driver ability.....

We are having fun!!!

Two more run session this afternoon.

Randy says that Randy Prost got a 1:56 and nont a 1:55....so I'm two seconds off his time! ;-)

I just like the sound of it.....the way he ran my car around the track it wouldn't really last much more than 3 laps....it had a lifter tick for the first time ever after his run.....I heard it yesterday too on the track, put an extra 1/2 quart of oil in and all is well.

pw