November 6th/7th at Summit Point Main, NASA-MA Fall Finale

[Jake]

^^Glad you said that! He was coasting through T10 leaving a solid 10ft of track to his left on exit and then just hammering it down the straight. I don't know what transmission was in there, but it really sounded like an old automatic when you punch it and it revs a second, then downshifts, then squirts out. I saw him heading towards Shenandoah on our way out and the douchemeter was pegged. Oh well, cool car, I could get used hauling the fam around in it!

The driver pegged the douchemeter and I thought the car was pretty blang blang or rice, depending on your mood and how the sun hit it. I'd take a stock one though. With the proper three pedals on the floor. His had the SMG. I'm a little bitter because I (and other slow-car-fast drivers) were getting him in the turns, sticking to his bumper - and instead of giving us the point-by when he got to a straight, he'd just stand on the gas. It was frustrating.

After learning about the concept of heel-toe in the classroom, he had the bright idea to ask if power-shifting was beneficial or faster in any way. If a look from Dan Unkefer could kill...

It was also pretty comical to hear Jake go from sheer terror starting somewhere around 7 to absolute excitement coming out of 9.

Those turns were quite the uh, confidence booster. As Carrie says, "Stay in the damn gas!" and everything works just fine.