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welded up. Kris arrived with
the spares and we threw her
back together. Now we can
relax. WRL does a nice job
of having the drivers meet-
ing the Friday night, plus
beer and brats, so let the fes-
tivities begin.
Everyone is anxious to get
the drivers meeting over as
we see a storm approach-
ing. We had the car under a
canopy while we were mak-
ing repairs, and the tent was
tied well down so we were
not too concerned. That was
a bad mistake. It was the
storm of the century. Tor-
rential rain coming down
horizontally had no problem
drowning the car. The storm
also had no problem flatten-
ing the tent, and filling the
insides with water. Every-
thing was soaked, so no bed
for the night. We managed
to find a Motel in Council
Bluffs. A little bit of a set-
back, but at least the car was
ready for Saturday, and we
had gotten all our weekend
wrenching behind us (or so
we thought).
Saturday starts with clear
skies, although storms can
be seen in the distance. We
started near the front and the
car was running great. We
were not the fastest on track,
but in Endurance racing you
don't have to be. Some cars
were pushing hard from the
start (not untypical). After
others made mistakes, and
we didn't, we had made it
up to Overall 1st place in the
race, and things were going
well. All of a sudden the car
becomes uncontrollable. I
know the feeling, it was just
