Practice Day 2 at Mid Ohio

This is delayed from yesterday:

Today was another practice day. Things went pretty well. We had a couple of rain sessions and both drivers were keeping up a good pace. Thanks to the Verizon/Penske Rolex team we got to hang out in their "condo" while our sessions were going on. The "condo" is a two story pit vehicle. Everything has carbon fiber trim. Its like a luxury super car that you can't drive... and that's two stories...

Things looked like they were clearing up and we were all excited to "relax" for the rest of the day. (I put relax in quotations because there really never is a way to relax at a race when 

you're on a team). John and I went to talk out some radio issues with

Toto, when all of the sudden he kicks us out, tells everyone to lock up the trailer and says one key phrase- "This is tornado weather and I don't want the trailer spinning around like last time!" Whoa, slow down... Tornado? Last time? John and I booked it back up to the trailer. Sure enough, there was a tornado warning for our area. Thankfully everything mellowed out and the day continued as usual.

Once I wasn’t afraid of being swept up and carried away, I took a little tour of the track. I still can’t believe the post card landscape. It's amazing.

We left the track pretty early in race weekend terms, so we headed back to our bed and breakfast, Somewhere in Time” and introduced ourselves to some of the permanent residents.  Molly, the old draft horse, is 31 years old.

Tune in for more tomorrow, its qualifying and the GS/Rolex race. I should have something more interesting to say.

 

Goodnight!