Its been a couple of weeks since we were at Watkins Glen and our next event is in September at Road America.
After we got back from Watkins Glen we were a little lazy and didn’t really look at the car all that closely. Once we started to break everything down we noticed that we have an oil leak that is not supposed to be there. Are there any that are? So we will take the car back to Pat Williams Racing for a closer inspection, and prep it for our next race. We still have to make more permanent the repairs we made between run sessions in NY, but over all the car is in good shape and we will be ready for the next race.
The RAC Racing team is a team composed of friends and we have rules. One of the rules is that we must be comfortable at the track. We get teased about that from time to time but our racing friends weren’t so quick to say anything at Atlanta this year when they all took cover from the rain in our trailer. We know the comfort rule sounds kind of wimpy but think about it…we usually are away from home at least 8 hours or more and we will be there 3-4 days. In that 3-4 days we wont have all of the comforts of home. So who wants to work all day and be miserable? Not us, so we made it a rule. When there is down time we have to be comfortable…now that its a rule …we have to obey it.
We don’t have a TV and a satellite dish (yet)…and we don’t have an air conditioned lounge but we do have plenty of places to sit and relax. We have a fan to make sure that we have a cool breeze and also a microwave to heat up our lunches. We have plenty of food and drinks. We have music in the background and shade for us and our cars. Now does that sound too bad…does it?
What has that got to do with the summer break? Well…we also don’t race in the extreme heat of the summer either. that violates rule #1. 
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