First Hand Account of a First SCCA Time Trial

Steve Hampton of Chap Racing told me once "You know, I can remember a lot of races I ran and crewed. I can remember stories about what happened on the way to the track,  during the race, in the pits, that night after the race and the trip home. I cannot remember where I placed or where my driver finished. Great memories about racing are as much about what happens peripheral to the race as it the race itself. " He's right! It's the people, the things that broke, the tire that went flat, the tool you forgot, the part you broke, the awful food you ate, the uncomfortable hotel bed you slept in that had newlyweds next door, the creative solutions for getting ready for the next session, the conversations with stewards, courseworkers and other racers... all of it. Here is a great example.

This is the first hand account of Rick Burris at his first SCCA Time Trial event at the Fall 2011 Little Talledega Grand Prix in Munford, AL. Rick is an excellent autocrosser and has logged a lot of hours running  track events in his Evo... I knew if we ever got him in our Miata, he would fall in love and it would take a crow bar to get him out. I swear, every single thing he says below is true. I was there. It was especially true that we all had a great time. _________________________________________________________