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Part XII - Race Day Prep
Morning definitely came too early. This is what I call dark-thirty.
The hotel staff already had coffee going and breakfast goodies out in the lobby (they're used to the race day schedule) so I had some coffee and a muffin on my way out. Friday I bought a sandwich and some chips to take with me (nobody is going to come by with food) and made sure I was stocked up with drinks.
Steve and Dabney were up already getting the timing equipment synchronized with the GPS signals before they hauled it out to the track.
The gear stowed in Dabney's rental minivan.
Wildflowers aren't the only thing that look blurry in the morning. I think Dabney does the whole weekend on about 6 hours sleep.
Finding the starting line in the dark was a challenge but I eventually located it and waited for Ed's RV to show up. He did arrive a few minutes after 5:00, but came from the wrong direction. He couldn't sleep so he'd already been up, had driven to the speed trap location and set up the displays by himself. Rats. I hate it when that happens. We made sure the start line had the timing equipment they needed, set up the lasers for the return finish, then drove down to the speed trap to set up the lasers there.
Morning definitely came too early. This is what I call dark-thirty.
The hotel staff already had coffee going and breakfast goodies out in the lobby (they're used to the race day schedule) so I had some coffee and a muffin on my way out. Friday I bought a sandwich and some chips to take with me (nobody is going to come by with food) and made sure I was stocked up with drinks.
Steve and Dabney were up already getting the timing equipment synchronized with the GPS signals before they hauled it out to the track.
The gear stowed in Dabney's rental minivan.
Wildflowers aren't the only thing that look blurry in the morning. I think Dabney does the whole weekend on about 6 hours sleep.
Finding the starting line in the dark was a challenge but I eventually located it and waited for Ed's RV to show up. He did arrive a few minutes after 5:00, but came from the wrong direction. He couldn't sleep so he'd already been up, had driven to the speed trap location and set up the displays by himself. Rats. I hate it when that happens. We made sure the start line had the timing equipment they needed, set up the lasers for the return finish, then drove down to the speed trap to set up the lasers there.