This past weekend I spent most of Sunday at Mach 1 Racing School at MIS learning to drive a racecar and running laps, it was a blast.
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| The school runs ex nationwide or cup cars with new motors, around 450 HP. |
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| Not as fast as the cars that are racing but fast enough to scare me. |
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| Suited up and ready to go, the racing suits are fire resistant and really hot inside. |
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| They allow passing but not bump drafting :-)). |
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| Our safety guy, he looks stern but is really nice and funny, although he did warn us, you get "talked one time" then screw up again and you're done. |
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| Ready to go, well almost. |
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| Fire suit - check, helmet - check, gloves - check, HANS (head restraint) - check. |
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| Climbing in and out of the car was the hardest part!!!!! |
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| Really ready to go, the car is running, right before the screaming starts. |
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| Running laps, well over 120 MPH. |
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| Overtaking a slower driver. |
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| I swore I hear the crowd cheering then remembered, no crowd, it must be me screaming. The cars go through the corners so fast it's scary, I was sure it was going to just drift up the track and into the wall. Thankfully it didn't |
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| You can't tell under the gloves but my knuckles are white from hanging onto the steering wheel. |
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| Made it alive and you couldn't get the smile off my face for the rest of the day, oh wait, I'm still smiling. |
