A long trip and a late night arrival

After 12 hours on the road, team "Barbie Must Win" has pulled into Nelson Ledges Raceway at 11:30 local time. Tents are being setup and anything vulnerable to icky cold and wet is being packed away as we have rain in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Local temp is 43 degrees and a mist hangs over the hundred or so trailers, RVs and rigs covering the wet grass. It's rather amusing to see $250,000 rigs being brought in to transport "$500" cars.



Tomorrow morning we present the car to the organizers for the "Bullshit" session, where we do our best to prove that our car was built for less than $500. If they don't believe us, they will assign "Bullshit Lap" penalties that will decrease our final count. After bullshit detection and tech (to make sure we won't burst into fire on the first lap) we'll get the car prepped for practice runs and the pink Barbie car will be used in anger for the first time.

The road trip was relatively uneventful, except for the tarp that didn't want to stay down. It kept flapping in the wind like mad. It scuffed a little paint here and there took off some vinyl stickers, and sadly, beat up our poor Barbie decklid decoration so badly that by the first stop she was battered and tangled, and by the second stop, she was gone!. One can only imagine the reaction of the driver behind us as a Barbie doll came flying through the air at them.

Barbie at the start:


Barbie at the first stop:


Barbie at the second stop:



Look for another update tomorrow after the tech/bullshit sessions!