The Barbie car's track cherry has officially been popped! Clownshoe Motorsports drivers Brent Meyer and Robert Phelan took the car around for a shake-down run during the night practice session. With only one run around the block since its completion, this was definitely sink or swim time!
There were quite a few cars on the wet track, with bright shining lights from every direction making for limited visibility. There was lots of traffic going different ways as people learned the track and got used to racing at night, but the Barbie car did just fine! The first couple of laps had us concerned with a rubber-burning smell, but upon return to the paddock spot, no problems were found and back out she went!
It started raining again as Brent went out for the second stint, and our plan to use only Rain-X and no wipers showed its flaw. In night racing all the other cars' lights light up all the water droplets on the windshield, making it very difficult to see. We've reconfigured the windshield fasteners to accommodate the wiper blades, and we'll be putting the arms back on tomorrow morning.
Our radios are having a hard time keeping the team in communication with the driver, but we're hoping some extra antennas will fix that for tomorrow. All in all the car has pretty good power and seems to be handling OK in the few laps we ran. We're all pretty excited about the race start tomorrow at 12PM.
Keep watching this space for details from the moment the green flag drops!
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