Wednesday September 14, 2005

Reno Diary 9/14 Got back into town 11pm last night from MSP. Qualified in this morning's short session at 187 mph, slower than last time by 4 mph. Hmmm what's up with that? That put me 2nd in Silver as far as pairings

Our first race at 1405 had me starting in the last row due to the inverted start we all voted for last season (it makes for lots of passing and therefore better racing). It was a total cat fight. I passed about 5 airplanes and missed winning by 0.2 seconds over the 6-lap (~20 mile) race. Another 100 yards and I would have had it. No Maydays, no sketchy moves. Just good racing.

We really have to think about incentives and inverted starts. In the semifinal, noone will want to win because it places them in the back of the starting grid for the finals. Already talking about handing out the money in different ways to prevent people from just flying around at MCA hoping to lose.

Just got back from our banquet tonight. Basically another excuse to drink beer and tell "There I was flat on my back" stories. Wayne Handley was there talking about crashing the ag-cat in the box canyon and his various other crash experiences. Overhead someone else telling their midair supersonic F104 ejection over Vietnam story. There's so much aviation depth in this group I wouldn't even dare to try. "uhhhhh, one time my dipstick fell out...." ( Sep 14 2005, 09:03:44 PM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]