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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

Friday May 6, 2005 Day 7
Well the curtain is beginning to come down on another One Lap as we have completed the final two road course events at Nelson Ledges. I’m happy to report at this point, we have won the Vintage Foreign class. While we dominated throughout the event, it was still a very real possibility that a mechanical failure or mistake could sideline the car and Glen and Lou would take the lead. That possibility was eliminated this afternoon when we exceeded the amount of points Glen and Lou could catch up with if we did not finish (DNF) the remaining events.

So down to the numbers. We placed 20th in the morning and 26th in the afternoon at Nelson Ledges. As it stands we are in 13th position overall 30 points behind Scott and Steve Ahlgrim in 12th and 85 points ahead of the DynoComp Subaru STI. The final event tomorrow is the dry skidpad challenge, an event that I am notoriously poor at. The goal for the remaining event will be to preserve our top 15 ranking and hopefully prevent the DynoComp car from overtaking us. Of course rising to 12th position, a mere 7 positions tomorrow is possible, but I’m going to have to become much more proficient at the skidpad overnight.

The NSX controversy took a turn today after some intense discussion between Brock Yates jr. and the NSX drivers. After it was all said and done, Brock declared the matter closed because of a lack of evidence proving their guilt. I managed to get what I thought was some good inside information about the subject, I won’t share it because it is second hand, but my understanding is that if the people in the know feel like talking, those guys will be going home empty handed.

Right now Sam and I are about an hour east of South Bend and closing fast. We are very much looking forward to some cold beers, a good meal, and maybe some more cold beers. Tomorrow will be fun, the pressure is off, we are completing our most successful One Lap ever, and the only thing left to do is enjoy the victory. Our success has not gone unnoticed, as many people I normally would not have interacted with have sought me out to congratulate us on our success. Both Brocks have also commented on how well we have done. I must say it feels good to be recognized.

As is always the case, this One Lap is not even over and people have begun to plan for next year. People are anxious to begin applying what was learned this year. I guess I’m no different, although now I can look at a first place trophy on a shelf in the middle of next winter and know that we have succeeded on a nationwide stage. continue>