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Originally posted by LateBrakeU2
Lots of guys laps are slower at night during the long races- most mul grads can turn qualifying laps all night long, go figure
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I arrived at Riverside for the "Playboy 4 hour Enduro" to drive a stock VW Golf. As I had to work for a living, I arrived during the night qualifying. I had many laps at Riverside under my belt so when the car owner asked me if I wanted to go out and practice, I said "naw, it's Riverside and it's a Golf." However, he insisted so I stuck the helmet on and went out. After probably 3 or 4 laps I came in. The car owner told me that I had just gone faster than any of them had, day or night. I said "it's Riverside and it's a golf."
So we had the pole for our group but the two other drivers would start the race. The first driver burnt the front tires off in about 20 minutes and the second driver smashed the right side of the car breaking all the glass out and smashing the windshield on a diagnol from top right to bottom left. He pulls into the pits after the crash and says to me "you want to drive?" I said "what the hell". Running down the back straight the windshield started to cave in, so I pulled into the pit and told them so. A crew member, standing there with a hammer asked me "what do you want me to do ?" I said "give me a full face helmet" The windshield didn't fall in but was just kinda' concaved
Now, I've driven Mulholland without lights many a time. And racing at night is pretty much normal for us. But let me tell you that trying to look through little triangles of glass that light up like a spider web on a dewey night when faster cars come up from behind all the while trying to spot your apex ................ that was hard. Thank you Mulholland.
oh, btw.........7pm and we're writin' stories, we should be racin' the hill!