25 February - Florida Spring Training Day 5: Rain Gives Us A Green Track

Okay, so we got rained on. And it was a little cool (67). But a bad day at a kart track in Florida is still better than a good day at the office.

Awoke to pouring rain but by the time we got to the track, the rain had subsided and beautiful blue sky could be seen to the west. Unfortunately, it stayed there, tantalizingly, frustratingly close but wouldn't work its way over the track. As a result, the track was very slow to dry and required a lot of squeegee work on the big puddles.

The TS Racing guys came early to do a photo shoot, interview and driving impressions of the Corsa Veloce which they are the new U.S. importers of. The Veloce/Sonic was fitted with rain tires and Mike did about a half dozen sessions before turning the kart back over to the team to do some laps.

It wasn't until the after 2:00 that the track was even close to dry enough for slicks. As soon as it was, we sent Dana out on what was to become a do-it-yourself kart control clinic. Dana barely had 10 laps in on the very damp track when the rain came again and I thought we were done for the day. But the rain stopped, the sun come out for about 2.66 minutes and although still a little damp, the pavement was better than earlier. The heavy rains had pretty much washed all the SKUSA and Corvette Club rubber off the track and we were on a really green track. We made good use of the conditions and were able to get the kart dialed in based on Dana's suggestions. Everything we tried made an improvement so that was very encouraging.

We're looking for a better day tomorrow and they're forecasting one. (Formula One driver) Juan Pablo Montoya's father, Juan Senior, is scheduled to be there with an Easykart for National Kart News to review. That should be interesting.

I'm bringing donuts.

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