[gordner]

I was impressed with the good drivers in the first episode, but then you wonder how half of them got there when they cannot do a "Rockford turn" (always referred to as a 180 cap where I grew up), or the fact that water may negatively affect their engines.
They clearly had time for car prep after seeing the course, as the commentator mentioned the one guy putting sheet metal below his engine to divert water. Knowing that, how do dumbasses get to the starting line with their air intake 2 inches off the ground and not protected?