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The wind gave me a new
and greater appreciation for
the yellow caution flag with
red stripes. This flag indicates that debris is on the track
ahead. Normally, this would be something from a car. Maybe they lost a bumper or a muffler, but not this time. Shortly after seeing this flag, Jim Graven (a fellow Boxster S driver) and I made our way through turn 14, leading us onto the straight away. Here, he drove to the right and I to the left of a sofa-sized, white cushion that had been blown
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Brendon Jenks, Fred Quintana and Scott Donnahue talk track prep and tires.
Other than colder tires and wishing I had a sweatshirt before the start of session one, what I noticed the most were higher
from the concrete barrier! This too was a first. Believe it or not, it was one of many cushions that tumbled like weeds on Friday and Saturday because of the wind.
After the driving concluded
on Saturday afternoon, intense rainstorms with spectacular lightning and pea sized hail blew through the area. Again, I was thankful for fellow drivers with RVs at the track to be safely inside. The storms passed about as fast as my Boxy made 40-50 mph turns on the racetrack too.
The passing weather front and storms from the night before made Sunday blissful. There was no wind, plenty of sun and cooler temps because of a light, northerly breeze. I knew it was going to be a good day to be on the track.