Tuesday, June 11, 2002

>>>Tonight I'm saying hello to my brand new Esperante GTR-1.  I cleared the last three time trials tonight.  Complex String (4:52:395) was very tough and I had to take a short break to clear my head.  I was so close it was totally messing with me.  I picked up the most time by clearing the first right hand turn as tight as possible and being very smooth on the throttle through the box 90 degree corners and the alternating circles.  The high esses ruined a few winning attempts, but in the end I had to play it safe in that section.  Tahiti Maze (1:58:598) and Swiss Alps (1:23:067) were surprisingly difficult.  I had very little trouble with neither the Rally License nor the Rally Events.  I had thought the Time Trials would be more of the same, but there was very little room for error.  I'm not very good at picking a clean rally line and it showed in these two races.  Luckily these two races were pretty short and a little perseverance paid off tonight. 11:34:31 PM