CAM Goes To COTA: Day 1
It’s the inaugural Austin 400 V8 Supercars race, and as a group Trent, Cherp, James and myself decided to chip in and come down. We’re going to be down here until Monday, and at the track today and tomorrow. We flew in yesterday and went straight to the track. Here’s a brief run down of events preceding and during our trip to Circuit of the Americas here in Austin.
Cherp flew in to Salt Lake from Seattle. He did some prodigious foursquare-ing, and proceeded to creep on us at the terminal in Salt Lake until we found him. Him, Jamie and myself grabbed some coffee before boarding. Unfortunately we were separated during the flight, and they got a window on their aisle. Cherp and I were left to entertain ourselves…
Naturally, when we deplaned, we were greeted by a bar.
It was then time to procure the rental mobile. We were getting a Focus, or something “similar”.
The idea of the Focus gave Jamie a stroke… Or something…
…while Cherp seemed just delighted by the prospect of the Focus.
Similar? YOU BET! Similar price? the BMW was $50 more PER DAY. So we opted for the Focus, which we have claimed as our own. And then we were off!
She’s a sight to behold.
You know who was excited to get in? JAMIE!
We were greeted with raucous backfire from the Aussies and Kiwis during the practice session we watched. We were then treated to a practice session from one of the support series: IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup, where we noticed some familiar cars from Miller Motorsports Park.
We’ll be back out there today, and tomorrow. Follow the lot of us on Instagram and Twitter for more photos and shenanigans: @camautomag @cherp92lx @dubbindahl and @mchandphoto
