[Wichita-SCCA] Action!

[Tom Urbanek]

And BIG thanks to Kevin for letting me drive his Miata!  That thing was 
wicked fast!  I now have R-compound envy.

--Tom


>From: "Greg Laws" <GLaws at cox.net>
>Reply-To: "Wichita Region SCCA." <wichita-scca at wichitascca.org>
>To: "Wichita Region SCCA." <wichita-scca at wichitascca.org>
>Subject: Re: [Wichita-SCCA] Action!
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:31:22 -0500
>
>The Enduro was a blast!  Cudos to event chairman and course designer Kevin
>Anderson.  I don't have official figures but I think that the total turnout
>was between 24 to 28 despite the cold, overcast, and very windy day.  How
>cold?  I was the starter for the first heat (of two) and I lost feeling in
>all fingers, both hands well before my shift was over.  The wind died down 
>a
>bit for the second heat so things became much more bearable.  I really had 
>a
>ball with the Phrog.  It is totally together now, I'm driving better than
>ever, and the Nationals are only 10 days away.  Whoooeeee!
>
>We ended with everyone taking two runs of four laps each, which was plenty
>in that weather.  The busy course kept one hopping but even the big cars
>seemed to do well with it.  The Phrog's time was 163.?? seconds I think.
>There were probably several others with a quicker time.
>
>We started the day with almost a full page of coverage in the local ACTION!
>newspaper magazine courtesy of Sydney Bland of the Ark City
>Traveler/Winfield Courier staff.  She is the ACTION! editor and reportedly
>drives a BMW M3 so clearly she is "one of us".  I'm not sure if it was the
>weather, or competition from the Walnut Valley Festival (Bluegrass) this
>weekend, or that car guys in south central Kansas just don't read at that
>well but I don't think that we saw any actual response from the article in
>terms of additional spectators or entrants.  It wasn't for lack of coverage
>however, and for that we owe Sydney a BIG round of applause.
>
>I'm sorry that more didn't come to this special event.  The extended track
>time was of great value to me and the course was quick & smooth.  It was 
>the
>perfect setup for Nationals.  Those who went to KC or Salina missed
>something special at Strother Field.  Did I mention that it was blast to
>drive?
>
>Enjoy,
>Greg Laws
>