From left to right: Me, my sister Lisa, her friend Sharon, Matthew, Benjamin, and Sam

One Lap of America April 30 to May 7, 2005
Article provided by David Goodman.

Introduction | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8

Tuesday May 3, 2005 Day 4
Today started like every other One Lap day with us arriving at the Summit Point Shenandoah track and unpacking the car. I had run this course last fall in its afternoon configuration but this morning we are running a slightly different configuration. I walked the track for about 30 minutes and then settled in for my run session. Shortly after my run session, my sister Lisa showed up with her two kids and another friend of hers. She brought us a picnic lunch and the kids had a great time checking the cars out and talking to people. Shortly after lunch the results were posted and Sam and I came in 14th overall for that run group which put us at 14th in the overall standings.

The afternoon session began with a dramatic crash of the number 64 Subaru WRX STI. On the back straight the car was too far on the right when it became airborne, lost control, drove through the carousel almost flipping on its side and then crashing head on into the tire wall behind the turn. Fortunately the driver was OK but the car was crunched pretty badly. This was a sober reminder to all of us to stay left and make sure you go over the rise perfectly straight.

After the afternoon run we packed up the car and drove to Mason Dixon Dragway where Sam and I had a great time watching the cars run and participating as well. In the ET run I ran a respectable 13.092 and that was with not shifting into second well. On my ET runs we made it to the 4th round before we were eliminated.

As of this writing, the day’s remaining results are in. We ranked 10th for the afternoon session at Summit Point, 17th overall for the ET drag races, and earned 445 points for the bracket drag. This performance combined with the loss of the Subaru (the crash) and the Supra (mechanical problems) has propelled us to a tie for 10th overall for the entire event with an Acura
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