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pumping, race cars going around outside, etc., it just doesn’t work. Food....6 guys can consume a lot of food in a 2-3 day weekend. You need good meals to feed people and keep their energy up; which meant we hauled the grill, the refrigerator (ha ha...no, seriously), a giant pile of food, 8 coolers, and the chest freezer for our ice. We hauled in three generators to power everything, including AC in the trailer for the drivers to cool down after their stint. We hauled in spare transmissions, brakes, axles, and various bins of parts we might need. Roughly 250 gallons of fuel were needed which we hauled. With all the gear, we used our 48 foot gooseneck enclosed and 24 foot enclosed with two trucks just to get the cars and gear out there. A 10x20
foot canopy wedged between the trailers in the paddock made a great resting area, with another 10x10 canopy set up in our pit box for the race.
We arrived to the track Friday morning and started setting up the small sized home we had brought with us. Friday practice started at 12pm and ran until 10:30pm, allowing everyone enough time to get familiar with the car during the day and at night. With a small break in the evening, we had 8 hours of available test time, which we took advantage of. Aaron brought his Boxster with as well, so we could beat up on that car on the track without being too hard on our endurance car. Even with that, we put a quick 2-3 hours of seat time on the