NASA Weekend · 8 April 07

No, not that NASA. I’m referring to the National Auto Sport Association. Last weekend David and I went to the Fool’s Paradise weekend at VIR with NASA Mid-Atlantic. Three days of pure driving pleasure. The weather couldn’t have been better for driving.

Thursday started well other than receiving a frantic phone call on my way out of town. Apparently Chris Cobetto had an incident on 360 and needed any and all hands to assist moving his racecar and NASA gear from his trailer to another. All the while I was on the phone myself accepting my new position at Comsys.

Once down at VIR the stress levels weaned and I spent the evening helping a fellow track buddy prep his beautiful M3 for the weekend’s activities. I managed to get three hours of sleep and Friday started out with a bang. The day consisted of track time and class time. Class, track, class, track, rinse and repeat.

Saturday started out early with an Instructor’s meeting and then immediately followed by a session for HPDE 2. This set the tone for both days – riding, driving, riding, driving … I was in the car 12 times on Saturday, 9 on Sunday.

I managed to get some video from a HPDE 4 session. See it here.

Okay, now to the point of this post. NASA put on one of the best track events I have been to yet. The weekend went very smoothly despite the 500+ cars in the paddock. The mixing of racing and driving went much better than I had anticipated. The levels of professionalism and organization were first rate. In addition, we all had fun and we were all safe.

I highly recommend NASA driving events. They put on a good show!