Slipstream - November 2013

the control center in the tower.
A driver may not like getting the
black flag with the orange circle,
affectionately called the “meatball”
flag. However, when they come
into the pit lane and the black flag
official finds a leak, or some loose
item, they realize that they were
just saved from a very expensive
repair. When a driver may miss
their brake point and go off track
or spin out in a corner, the corner
workers are so fast to get out the
yellow flag to warn others to slow
down. We truly could not run
such a fine quality event without
this great crew on our corners.
So next time you are at an event,
wave to them on the warm up
and cool down laps, and be sure
to say thank you at lunch time.
Travis Howard, our Gridmaster,
did a fantastic job as always, managing
the “waiting area” on the grid,
as students and instructors wait in
anticipation for their run group
to start. He makes sure everyone
is strapped in, helmets fastened,
windows down and READY. He
smiles all day long! Thank you
Travis, for all that you do.
A 911 follows a
Cayman out of Big Bend
In between run sessions, each
group has a classroom session to
go over techniques, tips about
taking certain corners, and in
general, the advanced instructor
will answer questions. While all
of our classroom instructors do a
great job, a special “yahoo” goes
out to Bryan Bell for the Green
classroom on Sunday, and Craig
Jenson for the Blue classroom
both days. I had many students
come up to me during the course
of the weekend and comment
on how much they learned and
enjoyed their presentations.
Lunchtime featured our charity
laps, and the Susan G Komen
foundation was our charity. We
had record contributions from a
great group of DE’ers and guests.
Families with two small kids in the
back seat of a 911 enjoyed 5 laps
around our great home raceway.
In the pavilion, the catered lunch
from Del Norte was fantastic as
always. More bench racing, and we
can’t wait to get back on track!
On Saturday afternoon, after the
final run group, many stayed for
the track walk. A few of us training
for the Komen 3-Day 60-mile
walk literally walked the full 1.7
mile track, but that’s not what the
track walk was really all about.
Each run group was assigned
a corner to start with, and the
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