NASA-MA March Madness 2019

[Jake]

My wife dropped a B18C5 in my lap... I think she was tired of seeing how dirty I was after a motor swap. Even with that amazing birthday present... I'm still holding tightly to the 11th hour MM traditions.

Button up and burp things tonight, dyno tomorrow night... leave it on the trailer and load up for VIR Thursday morning, roll out to VIR around noon on Thursday. Sylvia will be quizzing me off my flash cards for the 4.5 hour trip... I think at this point she can pass the written test.

Sylvia continues to be The Best. Love it.

As for the written test, you have been around this for so long that most of it will not be a huge surprise to you. Know your flags and know the passing rules. Especially the passing scenarios. There are a few in the CCR and I might suggest that Sylvia read those to you and ask how you should respond. 

We had 21 people in my comp school and 8 of us passed, but I think the majority failed for their driving. Make sure you keep on pace - this is racing school, not HPDE. You'll have some practice starts that see you race the rest of the lap - put your right foot down goddammit, you're racing now. Then get two-by-two again for the next practice start. If you do leapfrog/side-by-side drills, don't dally and keep up with the pair ahead of you. You'll be assigned a partner for those so make sure they know to keep up. Should be someone in a similar car so you won't be outmatched power-wise.

Cobetto was very displeased with the Mustangs in my school driving at Miata pace. Just don't do that and you'll be good.