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KCRPCA advanced group going out for rst time out in 3 years!
weight etc. You know, the usual. Having almost 4 months to pace around the ga- rage waiting for the rst DE of the year, I had plenty of time to plan my triumphant return – nally back at HPT.
Like a child waiting for Christmas, the day nally arrived. By then, I had every- thing neatly organized (typical DE stuff - tools, spare oil, brake uid, jack, torque wrench, pyrometer, OBD-II interface to Harry’’s Lap Timer...seriously, I could go on) and every system on my Porsche checked, rechecked and inspected - in- cluding the all important brake uid ush. I loaded up the truck and put the car on the trailer at 5:30 a.m. Just as the eastern sky over Kansas City began to show the rst misty hint of light, I de- parted Overland Park following the old Santa Fe Trail west to my destiny. I was seeking a brighter, high speed horizon.
I arrive safe and sound, unload and after a valuable eight o’clock driver’s meeting, we were lined up on the start- ing grid. It was really happening. We were rolling out onto the track. It was cold. It was rainy. It was windy. It - was - spectacular.
The track was alive again. It was smooth. It was fast. The old hump over the railroad track was gone. Alpha zero
S Stanton, T Jones, S Thorne, F Quintana
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