Topic: Sebring: Terminally Confused vs. Roland's RX7
Sebring had so little traffic that our in-car videos are some of the most boring footage I've had the pleasure of reviewing. The only bit that might be somewhat interesting is comparing my drivers various lines through turn 17, some of which are quite amusing.
Well, there was something else interesting to watch...
Our Civic started Sunday in 5th place and we were doing our best to stay there. We had no chance of keeping up with the two Porsche (how do you pluralize that word?? Adding a "s" looks weird) or the RC Spiders BMW - they were all too fast for us. Duff was just a bit faster than us, but they had class B in the bag and were taking no chances with crazy driving. No way we could make up 8 laps even if they started pedaling. The black and pink Civic (breast-friends theme, I think) was right behind us only one or two laps down.
By the time 12:30pm rolled around, we still had 5th and the 4 cars in front of us had added a few more laps that we would never make up. The Civic behind us was keeping pace and making up laps lost to driver changes often enough to concern us. I sent our last driver, Paul, out with instructions to not let the Civic pass him twice and to make the fuel last until 2:30pm. He is our fastest driver and tends to drain the tank alarmingly fast.
Well, Paul went out and immediately found himself in a race with Roland's RX7. It is a good 20 minutes of driving with some interesting exchanges, especially when the black and pink Civic gets in the middle. Roland had no idea the two Civics were actually racing for position. Paul unwisely used a ton of fuel but had a lot of fun. We wouldn't have made it to the checker without the double yellow for the green Porsche oiling the track (thanks!).
Here is Paul's entire stint - only the first 20 minutes or so are interesting. Apparently Roland overheated himself and exited the track around 20 minutes in.
http://youtu.be/T9A7t-tGvoA?t=6m31s
We might be yellow, but at least we are slow
I'm a WINNER!
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