Racing is what we do. So, despite the unfortunate circumstances, we have to be ready to race this weekend. |
She'll never see a pack tighter than what she'll see here. And it's at night, so it might be a little different. There's a steep learning curve. |
Some guys (in the IRL) are big on chasing the camera, ... and those guys are a little bit upset (over the media frenzy surrounding her). |
That guy put everything he had into becoming a race car driver. |
The car was flat out all the way around, and that is all it had. It definitely helps that we tested here last week and the team was able to pick up some additional information. I think we have a good racecar, too. This is a trick track, and the race is always crowded and busy throughout the 200 laps. We haven't had the best luck this year, but the Sonoma race was a confidence builder for the No. 15 Argent Mortgage/Pioneer team. |
The luck we've had has been kind of unexplainable, but this was a good rebound for us. |
The track was really slick and dirty this morning. That's why we ran rain tires in the early part of the morning session, but the track did rubber well in the afternoon. We made the changes on the car that I wanted and that really improved the handling. The track is a little bumpy than last year, but we can deal with that. I'm a little upset because what always happens on the a street course happened on the last lap. I felt I was on a 63 flat (seconds) lap and the yellow came out and we didn't the lap in. That seems to happen a lot on the street course. Right when you have everything together for a flying lap, boom, the yellow comes out. It is frustrating. But we'll be better on Saturday. |
They're having a rough time, but they'll get better next year. |
Watkins Glen is a lot faster. |
We all know what we're doing when we go out there. |
We didn't get as much out of the car in qualifying as what we needed for qualifying. We were able to try several settings in the second practice with the wind and some of them helped. We want to be prepared for any kind of conditions in the race. Last year, we had some trouble early, but that was a freak deal. This year is a whole another year. Now we'll be ready for the race. We were able to run some race setup in practice with full tanks. I was pleased with the car in that configuration. We just couldn't get the speed for qualifying. Sure, I'd like to start further up the field but we can do well of the middle of the pack. The race is much different than qualifying. |
Well, I think he had a lot of heart. That guy put everything he had into becoming a race car driver. At least he went out on the top step, where he wanted to be at, in the top level. So he fulfilled his dream, everything he wanted. |
When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten. |