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August 17, 2005: More "sound testing" at the track.
Last time was legit, this time was just a chance to play. A few Miatas came along, ranging from Janel's supercharged car to a couple of turbo monsters - and one frustrating little naturally aspirated car with a sick motor that beat a couple of the forced induction cars. It was good fun with a bunch of coworkers. Personally, I dropped down to a 1:06.818 - that's about 3/10ths slower than the fastest car at last year's Open House. That driver isn't coming this year so hopefully I'll be able to take the top spot. The Seven proved to be both solid and fun and I spent most of the lap in a slide and giggling. In the middle of one of my fastest laps, I decided that all the work had been worthwhile.

Interestingly, a coworker took the Seven out (after many subtle hints on his part). He found it a little abrubt in the transition to oversteer and had the front tires go off on him after about 5 laps or so. Neither Bill nor I had the same problem. He also complained about the same thing in his own car so perhaps it was driver-related.

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