She's Going the Distance

Do you remember that song by the group Cake? She's going the distance, she's going for speed. Anyways...

Jordan is a HUGE car fanatic, and he has a couple fun cars himself. A 1973 Porsche 914 and a 1990 Porsche 911. He is a member of the Porsche club, and today they had an auto cross event at a local race track. The boys and I went out to see him at the track to give him lunch and watch some of the cars.

Jordan decided that I needed to give it a try. I refused at first. I have not driven a manual transmission on a regular basis in years! But, he kept nagging me and then bribed me with a shopping trip. Hmmmm, okay!

So, I put on a helmet, and got in the car with an instructor. He took the car around the track a couple times(it's not just an oval. There are several sharp turns you have to make.) Then we took the car to the parking lot so I could get used the stick shift. Then, it was off to the races! Luckily, there is only one car on the track at a time. These are time trials. I drove the track three times, and posted a record for the day. The slowest time! But, I didn't do too bad, and my time improved with every run. But the clutch was really starting to smell by the time I was finished. Jordan had to kick me out of his car.

It was fun to try something new, and maybe I will tag along with Jordan to event like this in the future.