Well, it's a little late after the fact but I thought I'd fill in my fans on the outcome of my most recent race. It was 6/8/08 and it was right here in Eau Claire. One of two "home" races I enjoy every year.

The day started rainy, very rainy. I arrived at 07:00 to help set things up and was waiting for 1/2 an hour before the equipment and anyone else showed up. It poured throughout the early part of the morning but stopped by about 09:00. By the time the first run went off, the track was still wet but the weather was clearing and the temps rising. By lunch time the course was completely dry and getting very fast and grippy.

For the most part this season my class usually has about 10-12 drivers in it. For some reason many of them couldn't make it to this event though so it was just John, myself, and one other driver. I knew I could beat the other guy, Larry, as he has not been able to catch up with me after having been pretty equal for a long time, since the middle of last season. I was confident that all I needed to do was beat John in order to take my maiden win. I was very excited that this was going to be my day.

Alas, it was not. I beat Larry quite handily but by the end of the day I just couldn't catch John. I was 0.25 seconds slower than him and had to settle yet again for a runner-up placing. It took me a couple days to get past it. I wasn't bitter at all towards John, but I was a bit disappointed in myself for not being able to push harder. No excuses, I just simply wasn't fast enough.

Next race is on the 29th and the registration log shows 11 people signed up in my class. Being back to normal in that regard, I really am only good enough to hope for a 4th or 5th place. Still lots of tough competition to overcome to even achieve that though. We shall see...