What I see through my window: views of Daytona from Big Blue!

Out the front door - Chris and his instructor chatting  and below - out our bedroom window - Daytona Lake

 

FBF - me & my cousin Cindy

 Sadly, Cindy passed away from cancer at age 31.  It's been 20 years ;(

Daytona Racing - Day #4

Driving back to the west coast.  We took the long way.  It was nice to avoid Orlando but it was too long!  Easy drive but 2 hours longer, yikes!

 So, it took us all day to get back, unload the Corvette, unhook the trailer, and return Big Blue to storage.  Whew!

We did see a nice sunset at least

Daytona Racing - Day #3

Chris' mom and husband Tony came to watch!

Lunch break!  Chris took Tony for the lunch time parade lap

This is us - in the middle of DIS!

Beautiful day - but the storm was a comin'!

Fortunately, the rains held off.

Chris' sticky tires - so much gravel and other cars rubber stuck to them

All loaded up!  We had to be out of the infield by 7 pm.  Racing stopped at 5 pm

Rains came at 6:00 pm - lots and lots of rain!

 We camped just outside the track, in one of the many parking lots that surround Daytona.  SO we didn't have a long drive in the rain.

Daytona Racing - Day #2

Good morning!  Beautiful sunrise over the lake.  Chris was ready to roll early. The guy across from us started working on his car at 6 am, so we were up early!

While Chris was doing his training, I went on a bike ride around the track

When I got back, Chris' instructor was at Big Blue - getting his car ready to race.

Schedule:

I got some decent photos of Chris - it's not easy when they are cruising by!  And the fencing doesn't help.  I also took some video's, but didn't upload any here.

Seeing him on the banking was pretty cool!

I went to a few different spots around the track.  It's 2 1/2 miles around, so I didn't get to all the corners.  Some were under construction like this one. 

You could rent garage space if you wanted - most did, but since we had Big Blue, we didn't bother.  Over 120 drivers for the weekend!  3 classes:  Novice, Intermediate, Advanced

We left the track at lunch to get gasoline.  It was too expensive at the track & had too many additives

Then I was able to go with Chris on a parade lap after lunch.

It was pretty cool - we didn't go onto the banking, since it was just a cruise, but we drove by it.  The banking is so steep - crazy!!

That evening, we went out for a cruise around town (and to get more gas :))