Had a great time in the desert over the weekend with my brother and one of his friends. We were unable to finish the race yet again due to a problem with the car but it was still a good time. We were really setting a good pace and had passed a few other cars before having problems that ended our race. We had to sit in the desert for a couple of hours while waiting for the tow vehicle to arrive but I was with my brother so it was all good. His buddy came to our aid and eventually we got the car back to the pits on a trailer. The whole process took a few hours and was definitely an experience.
While waiting for our tow, we were able to diagnose the problem and come up with a good solution to ensure the same problem doesn't happen again. My brother was really bummed out since the problem was directly related to some work he recently performed on the car. I can understand since he has a lot of time and money tied up in his racing program. For me, it's just a time investment and I decided before ever riding in the car with him that I was just going to go with the flow and help out where I can. I think this makes things easier on him when things go wrong. I just keep a positive attitude and he keeps smiling even when we're standing next to a dead car on the side of the course, in the dark.
Racing dirt bikes was so very different from racing these cars. With the bikes, I hardly ever worried about mechanical problems ending my race day. The worry was always crashing out of the race with injury. With the cars, there are so many things that can and do go wrong. So many more moving parts and so much more electronics really put the odds against you making it the entire length of the race.
I have a really good feeling that the next race will be the first one we finish. He drives really well and we're going to go through the electrical on the car really well before then. It's not until mid October so there's some time to get the car ready.
