Our pre-event prep was minimal: add some magnetic numbers, pop off the hubcaps, and give the car a full bath.
Now that our Ford Fiesta has a bit more rear bar, we wanted to see how it works for extended periods. We made plans to run it at the SCCA PDX driver school at Daytona International Speedway.
A note, first: This isn’t the full 24-hour track but rather the Driver School Course. This layout uses the east horseshoe and the infield’s kink but adds a few tight turns before rejoining the 24-hour course part-way through the west horseshoe. Just before the banking, the school track then cuts back across the infield and rejoins the 24-hour course at pit-out. Each lap is only 1.2 miles, but it’s a busy trip.
Our pre-event prep was minimal: add some magnetic numbers, pop off the hubcaps, and give the car a full bath. We also torqued the lug nuts and checked all fluids. We retained the same tire pressures from our previous test day. That’s all there was to it.
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