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I feel sorry for the track concession stand. "Hey, all 200 of us would like lunch right now. Thanks."

Here's the Sundae Cup crowd discussing how they can manage to bump draft each other. 

Remember me mentioning that the goal is to always be eating, sleeping, transiting or racing?

With three of the four not currently possible, that made the choice easy. Andy is asleep.

Its called The One Nap of America for a reason.  Sleep when you can.

I saw people with inflatables like this.  Also can double as rainproof storage shed for gear if needed. 

I, on the other hand, spent my lunch break doing something far more productive. I jumped behind the wheel of Bobzilla's Kia with Space Cadet and Mike Casino for a few parade laps. It was a blast--there might be something to this Sundae Cup class. 

And it's time for the second session. Andy's goal here is to beat Tom O'Gorman in a ZR1 Corvette. Tom had him by two tenths of a second last group. 

Darn, not quite--Andy finished P5.

We're back in the car and headed to our next stop now; we'll be at Lanier speedway in a few hours.

First, though, some gas. We waited until 45 min before the track and filled up. Now the gauge looks like this:

Is that 20 miles beside the fuel gauge the projected range? :D

In reply to Keith Tanner :

It sure is!

Good news! We've made it three whole days before our first fault code.

The car's dash just flashed "Transmission Fault, go to McLaren service center."

Andy puts foam blocks in front of the transmission coolers for transits in order to prevent a repeat of last year's pebble-through-a-radiator incident. The car might be angry that we didn't let it properly cool down and replaced the foam right after going on track, so we just removed the foam and are back on the road. 

I now wonder if $12 Amazon bluetooth code readers and free software read McLaren codes...HA. 

In reply to John Welsh :

They can! We're hoping to not need to resort to wasting time pulling codes, though. 

Here's our transit:

And here's what the highway looks like when One Lap is in town.

While on the road, we're trying to beat the system and reserve garages at tracks we expect will have rain when we arrive. A dry place to park for the day will make rain way less draining. 

Oh cool, look what I just found in my pocket:

Oops! Sorry Bob! 

Fortunately they have a spare key, but that almost cost us an hour. 

In reply to Tom Suddard :

Oh God. Talk about a freak out moment!

The wife and I are pretty paranoid about bringing two keys on every road trip for just this reason. Good to know it also applies to one lap.

If you want a Kia just say so. Don't have to take it. 

In reply to Keith Tanner :

At 3.2 MPG showing, the car is a bit confused about remaining fuel and range

In reply to glueguy (Forum Supporter) :

Is it? It's at roughly 1/3 tank, and 20 miles at 3.2 mpg is 6.25 gallons. Apparently the 720 has a fuel tank capacity of 19 US gallons, and 1/3 of that is 6.3 gallons.

Assuming $5/gallon for fuel, that's just over $1.50/mile in running costs. Plus tires.

Keith Tanner said:

 

Assuming $5/gallon for fuel, that's just over $1.50/mile in running costs. Plus tires.

fun fact: That was the rate for which BJ McKay would haul any load, anywhere, any time, no questions asked. Andy is one chimp sidekick away from being an honest to God American hero.

In reply to JG Pasterjak :

That's the funniest thing I read (and the related visual) today.  Thanks, I needed that on a Monday afternoon.

Just made it to Lanier Speedway! It's time to do three laps on the oval, then head out for Barber. 

Keith Tanner said:

In reply to glueguy (Forum Supporter) :

Is it? It's at roughly 1/3 tank, and 20 miles at 3.2 mpg is 6.25 gallons. Apparently the 720 has a fuel tank capacity of 19 US gallons, and 1/3 of that is 6.3 gallons.

Assuming $5/gallon for fuel, that's just over $1.50/mile in running costs. Plus tires.

All correct.  I was rationalizing the fuel gauge at 1/3 and 20 miles to go.  That's not a level I would expect for 20 miles to go.  Then again, I'm not driving a McLaren in OLOA.

My last time at Lanier, circa 1995.  Opel Manta mini-stock.  Funny that the parking above the track is essentially the same in Tom's photo

Good news: one of the tracks I won't name just called back and rented us a garage for $75. That could mean the difference between Andy getting into a dry car in a dry suit vs. getting into a wet car in a wet suit. And that could mean the difference between winning and not.