Hi all,
Sorry for the late post – all day at the track followed by a team dinner at Casa Ramos in Willows.

We had a good day of testing, making some more set-up adjustments and fresh tires made a huge difference (the ABS brakes actually work!!). Matt took the wheel for the standard after dark qualifying and put us outside on the front row in the E1 class. He had a faster lap earlier in the day, but it was a crowded track for qualifying.

We went through several cycles of practice pit stops and driver changes. Everyone felt good with the systems and the whole team is excited and optimistic. As promised it is nice and sunny, but the typical Thunderhill wind is making it feel cooler than the thermometer says. The dry weather is still forecast to hold through the weekend.

Tomorrow we have a team drivers meeting at 7:30 am followed be car prep, pre griding the cars, pre race activities and the green flag at 11:00 am. Andrew will be our first driver then Sammy, me, Johnny and Matt. Stints should be about 1 hour 15 minutes, so if all goes as planned Matt will be getting in the car just around dark. We will probably double stint over night.

Thunderhill is abuzz with energy, a 25 hour enduro with mostly amateur teams is truly one of life’s great adventures!

Mark P.

PS - I forgot to mention - the weather in the mountains warmed up just enough that both the

Caddell's and I had pretty good roads coming down.