Hear the whine of the engine down
the straights. Watch my gal pal,
Valerie Wilen scream by me (she
was really, really good) and smile
as she weaved through turns 3 and
4. I wanted to understand what
using the whole track meant.
At the end of the weekend,
I was better. I was beginning to
understand how to move more
quickly around the track without
scrubbing off as much speed. I
knew where I needed to be on the
track to find the straightest line. I
was hearing Bob say, "what are you
doing over here?" less often. I was
happy to point the 20 somethings in
their CRX's on by just to overtake
them on another part of the track.
I was even more happy to remove
my helmet at the end of the session
and pull on a baseball cap over
my matted hair. I was truly having
FUN.
- Deborah
Editors Note:
Deborah was apprehensive
about participating in a DE event.
She was worried she'd look foolish
in front of a group of "great drivers".
After some encouragement and
under the guise it would be "good
for our marriage", she decided
to give it a try. Bob Wayman was
encouraging and never made
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