I’ve noticed a few common trends among used cars in our target budget and age range. Dented fenders, missing radios or air conditioners, monstrous upholstery choices, and the like, but many also carry a curious extra pedal… I’m ashamed to admit, I don’t know how to drive standard. I decided it was high time I learned.
So I tried something new today:
It’s good to have friends in high places. Meet Bo of the Harris Hill Raceway in San Marcos. Excited by the lunacy of our upcoming adventures, he took me out in a Mazda 2.
Once I proved adequate at making stop-and-go circles in the parking lot, I got to go out on the track! The closest thing to a track I’ve ever been on is RR 2222. Driving is a lot more fun without a parade of soccer moms in Suburbans.
Track Facts:
1.82 Mile Long
11 Turns
36’ Wide
150’ Elevation Change
Track Record (4 wheels) is 1:16.376 in a 1995 Porsche RSR 993
Thankfully, my lap time was not recorded because I was fighting an instinct honed through years of driving SUVs: anything I did today should have tumped me over into a ditch. But I learned a lot, and I had a blast!
Just five more days until I put my lessons into practice.