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Originally Posted by Tropical Snowstorm
Looks like so much fun! Glad to see an old longbed puttin in work!!! Get some rest, good luck with the race!
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Thanks! Day two went much better. I found out that part of the exercise for day 1 is to overload the student with info to mess with them. Great. It worked...
However, after a good nights rest we hit the track again. My first session went well, on day one I did not catch anyone in my run group, but during my first session I caught unto a FRS. It felt good. The truck was working great - the brakes were working awesome. So happy and the truck was hooking.
In my second and third sessions - things started to come together and this happened. This is a fb message from a fellow racer.
I had passed a BMW and a Lotus Evora and then a saw the Ferrari 458 in the distance. And then I caught it. I was totally apprehensive about getting to close to it. Then my instructor said: "OMG - the Ferrari is slowing you down - crawl up his @$$."
I said: "WHAT?!?!"
He said: Go, this thing is hooking hard.
So I did, and boy did it feel good when he waved me by.
The best part? I caught him again in 3rd run group. This time he took chase. His instructor found me later to tell me they couldn't catch me. A satisfying day. Obviously, with more training this guy will kill me with a car like that, but man - talk about going from zero to hero with the crowd watching.
In the end, the truck was amazing. Due to the intensity of the day, I had zero time to dial in the Ride Tech Shocks. Here are a few photos. They are just their single adjustable HQs with a custom rebound curve for how I use my truck. Super happy.
