okay, now i know why w and his friends love track days so much.

we left for lost hills on thursday evening, and arrived at the grossest motel 6 around 11:30pm. okay, i admit i'm pretty spoiled by my stays at rc hotels, but this was just nasty. and to top things off, the water was soft, so it felt like the soap on my hands wasn't rinsing off. weird. don't get me started with how my hair felt after my shower. ew.

friday morning we woke up bright and early and headed out to buttonwillow raceway. the others (some of whom also stayed at the motel 6) slowly crawled in, and at about 8:30, the guys started going around the track. mostly RX7's, a miata, a 240a corolla GTS, and a few hondas. even a WRX snuck in. w took me for a ride in the CRX, and i had to admit it was pretty fun. eventually, after much coaxing by the guys, i even took a spin, with w as my copilot, telling me when to hug the outside, the inside, brake, accelerate. that was probably the highlight. i was racing around the track!! woohoo! later in the day, others started rolling in. then some dude came with an RSX typeS on a trailer! wtf? it looked like a show car, seriously, with a body kit, fancy big rims... but he was tearing it up on the track pretty good. crazy if you ask me. after a total of 4 blown tires, a minor "incident" with a fence, overflowing radiators, LOTS of dirt on the track (those damn drifters!) and uncontrollable smoke from a tailpipe, we started packing up about 4:30pm. our friend took pics with his fancy canon SLR/digital (we're talking one serious camera), so whenever he gets around to sending us those, i'll be sure to post them. i took a few, but haven't seen how good/bad they are yet. hey, taking pics of fast moving objects isn't my fortay. okay?

so we didn't get to have our thanksgiving yet, but we're going to a friend's house whose parents are making dinner for us! i guess we'll have our turkey dinner tomorrow night.