We are into day three of the competition, and we finished qualifying for the main events. We are one of only 6 teams to do so. Qualifying was supposed to end tonight at 6, but they extended it until tomorow afternoon because so few teams have finished. We had to pass a tech inspection to make sure our vehicle was road worthy. Then we did weigh in, braking and handling, acceleration, and low traction tests.
We have had to overcome lots of challenges and hurdles so far. They made us move our gas tank during the tech inspection after the competition sponsors had OKed the position a few months ago. We were not happy, but we got it done. Then, we went out to weigh, and we were 200lbs over the weight limit. We shed that in about 20 minutes. Myself and a few other guys also had to get the ABS and power steering working. We were having some communication problems with them.
I’m pretty happy with how we are doing so far. I’ll try to keep you updated.
June 6, 2006
sounds like you guys are doin pretty good. keep us updated and good luck.