Sebring In The Rain

No, it was not the latest musical on Broadway. It was the wettest track weekend I had ever been to. Out of six sessions that were scheduled in my solo run group, four were either in the rain or took place just after a rain storm, one was completely washed out and cancelled due to track flooding and one was held during somewhat dry conditions for about 15 minutes. Needless to say – from a driving standpoint – it sucked. I did get to test out my shaved Toyo RA1s for a little bit and wow did they stick (even had some grip in the wet believe it or not).

Sebring In The Rain

Joining Team Minspeed for the first time were three ladies that put the other cars in the Novice run group on notice! Now the Novice group did have a better time on the track than those of us in solo and was able to fit in about three sessions in reasonably dry conditions and two in the wet. So all in all, they got to stretch their MINIs a bit and pass some higher horsepower cars.

I am still sifting through video from the weekend and will have to find some time this week to post them. With as little track time as we got, it will be tough to get some decent footage but I will do my best. One thing that proved entertaining this past weekend was a calendar shoot for a local tire company featuring a few of our MINIs (and some models). Stay tuned for more!

[ Sebring Track Weekend Photo Gallery ]