We only came to practice. But after the spot where our truck and trailer was parked literally turned into a running stream we decided to white knuckle it through the night and try leaving in the morning.
We just can't seem to catch a break here in Wisconsin. What first appeared to be a winter that was never going to let go quickly turned into the Great Lakes Tsunami season. Saturday we only managed to get in two practice sessions before the skies began to threaten. Weather reports were coming in fast of impending storms packing high winds, hail, and in some areas tornadoes. This got the attention of my youngest who is absolutely horrified of even hearing the word much less being in the middle of one. We noticed several members of the club heading for shelter in the registration building and it didn't take much coercing for the girls to leave the trailer and head there themselves. Sam and I, as stupid as it sounds, decided to ride it out in the trailer until it got too bad. And although the "women and children first" line echoed in my ears the fact that I had a refrigerator, a pizza in the oven, and a television at my disposal made it hard for us to make haste with our departure.
We survived the night and the morning brought more grey skies with the forecast of rain all day. In grand fashion the registration windows opened and we were led to them like the Pied Piper leading rats through the streets of Hamelin. Everyone plunked their hard earned cash down in hopes of getting in what we could in what little time we had when just as if Mother Nature and registration were in cahoots with one another, the rains came and they cancelled the day. One hour and a thorough drenching later we were on our way home.
Our next stop was going to be the Dunlop Super Nationals at Road America but we're seriously re-thinking our approach to the rest of the season. Rising fuel costs as well as our inability to run strong on race gas is forcing us to contemplate removing key events from our schedule and just focus on Badger. We started the season very optimistic in our chances at competing in the regional and national events but given the fact that it takes hundreds of dollars in just diesel fuel to get to these venues leaves us no choice but to cancel a select few. We are still committed to competing in the BKC Points race #13 scheduled for the end of August at Road America but outside of that we are unsure about anything else. Check our schedule frequently for updates.
