Barbie had a little moment, is back with a vengence!

The action continues! Brent had to bring Barbie into the garage a second time because she was still overheating badly. Super-heated as she came in, we had to work carefully. When we finally got everything open, we tried some novel air-bleeding solutions while Tom got belted and plugged into position for his drive. Once Tom was ready, the wrenching team tightened up the last few bolts and we all crossed our fingers as we sent him out. After a lap or two, the radio call we all wanted to hear came in: "She's doing fine! Temperature gauge looks good!"

Since then it's been smooth sailing as Tom ticks over lap after lap. We had an accidental black-flag, so we had to come through the pits briefly, but beyond that it's been uneventful. Even got a radio call from Tom saying "Having fun out here!" This is what it's all about!

Radio communications are working pretty well. There are some portions of the track where the driver is out of contact, but other than that we seem to be in good shape. Some of the team is in town getting a larger antenna for our transmitter, so we hope to have that cleared up.

The best part of the morning though had to be team Barbie getting into their costumes (including Kat, our chief Barbie model) and wandering down to the driver's meeting with Aqua's "Barbie Girl" blaring. We got TONS of attention and everyone wanted to take pictures. SO COOL. Watch http://www.jalopnik.com for coverage! We're famous!



Tom is at 3/4 of a tank, and the wind is getting ridiculous out here. Have to reinforce the camp before it blows away! Will keep you posted as we can!