Rick Schwalenberg at the Driver’s Edge had a great idea: Since TWS is going away in the next year or so, we better drive all the configurations we can on it. So we decided to do four in one weekend. It was pretty awesome. I’d never driven the 1.8 mile short course, but it sure taught me this: It’s the best configuration if you want to learn turns 1-3 and 11-15. You get round to them so fast, it’s like concentrated practice.
We also did the standard tried and true 2.9 clockwise and counter clockwise.
The weekend was marred by two things: We had a car wreck in turn 6 and my suspension left the building.
The wreck was in Red group, and involved a new C7 corvette. He left the track surface in turn 6 and went over the berm where it’s a good drop. The car flipped. Driver was largely unhurt, but it’s always sobering.
My suspension on the right rear of the car decided to walk a little. Once we got the car home, I discovered the right rear eccentric bolt was turning freely! That meant the suspension was shifting around 1/2″ every time the right side of the car was under load. Made turning left exciting.
I loaded up a friend’s car (since Sheri was not along this weekend) on the two car trailer along with mine and we boogied back home, arriving before dark.