Saturday was my dad's birthday but because we were racing we postponed it until Sunday. Mom had a birthday brunch planned at a local winery which was really nice, and while we waited for our meal mom and dad did a wine tasting.
After the brunch I took off as quickly as I could, grabbed my racing gear and headed to Penticton Speedway, I didn't have a ride secured for the day yet but I brought my gear just in case. After all the hot lapping sessions one of the drivers came up to me and asked if I would want to drive his car, of course I said yes and jumped in it for qualifying.
I went out onto the race track in this little hornet car for my qualifying lap and just drove it as hard as I could. On the first corner I accidentally pressed the clutch instead of the brakes and slid way up the race track, and on the second corner I drove it in way deeper to make up for my mistake and when I hammered on the brakes the car nearly spun right around because of too much rear brake. Even with a terrible qualifying lap I was in the A heat, I started in the second row on the inside and I fell back a bit still trying to get a handle on the car. We started the main event way at the back of the pack and worked our way up through the field. There was an accident that I had to come to a complete stop to avoid while the race stayed green we lost quite a few spots but after a caution flag the field was bunched back up. After a 40 lap race with 21 cars we pulled off a 6th place finish in an unknown car, it was a riot and quite a different experience from driving the late model. Any opportunity I get to race I will take, I enjoyed having a great time racing without the added pressure of points or the series I run in.
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