| The drive yesterday morning to Laguna Seca was awesome. 72 degress (F), clear, sunny, and light on the traffic. We climb the hill to the main gate at Seca, get to where we pay the parking fee, and all seems great. Out-of-nowhere, this pick-up in front of us slams it in reverse and backs his super-hitch right into the front of my Z. 
This guy drives by. We ask for a ride and he declines. I challenge him to one lap around Seca and he chuckles. 
Proof: [ http://rabbit.circa.ufl.edu/albums/alvin/MOV01048.mpg ] Good thing I was driving this:
 and that is actually Rob's Z32TT that got hit - sorry Rob! I guess the Zs park this way? 
We get there just in time to catch this 2002 smashing into the wall. Who needs a bumper anyway? 
That causes all kinds of commotion: 
This is our buddy, David Rayes, in his T2 350Z track model: 
Pete Brock, John Morton, and Bob Bondurant signed his #77 car a few months ago at the Monterey Historics, here at Laguna Seca: 
Me thinking I was going to drive a session: 
The start of David's first session of the day: 
Later in the session: 
Congrats to David, who won both of his sessions in the T2 class. He also placed 10th out of 46 cars since they mixed the groups. This car has been at Willow Springs with us in past events. 450AWHP with a widebody kit. 335s (or 305s?) all-around, and very fast. He was running solid 1:38s yesterday: 
I think this huge mess happened in the F-series car class... 
Acura also had 4 test TSX cars mixing it up on the course. I'm not sure what their times were, but they were very fast.
Watch them here:
[ http://rabbit.circa.ufl.edu/albums/alvin/MOV01114.mpg ] 
On the way home, there were some words shouted between the cars. That inspired me to not call anyone names, but show them what I was thinking they were with this: 
If you've been in a hole for the past 2 years, and have never heard a 350Z, listen/watch here: [ http://rabbit.circa.ufl.edu/albums/alvin/MOV01030.mpg ] And here are a few from the track:
David in his Z-
[ http://rabbit.circa.ufl.edu/albums/alvin/MOV01075.mpg ] David in turn 4
[ http://rabbit.circa.ufl.edu/albums/alvin/MOV01086.mpg ] Rx7 crashes
[ http://rabbit.circa.ufl.edu/albums/alvin/MOV01087.mpg ] A great shot from where we were watching
[ http://rabbit.circa.ufl.edu/albums/alvin/MOV01113.mpg ] Enjoy!
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