Severely underpowered, unprepared, and unrested… Round four proved to be a bit of a challenge… and a small wake-up call. I somehow managed to qualify Top 32 in both Atlanta and Houston… but was definitely not the case in Sonoma.

Aside from the general unprepped aspects of the car as far as weight reduction, chassis rigidity, etc… ol’ grrrl just didn’t have enough steam to connect the huge sweeper coming out of the first clipping point towards the second. Something didn’t feel right with the car all day. It was like she was running on half the cylinders… because it definitely felt like half the power. For some time after the event, I was convinced the motor was going… but after I got back to Atlanta… she ran just fine. Altitude is the only thing I can accredit it to… and even that’s a stretch.

I struggled immensely during practice with massive amounts of understeer… but managed to lay down qualifying runs that I was pleased with considering the circumstances. The first of the two runs I played it safe… second gear the entire time. The final qualifying run I came barrelling in third, but scrubbed too much speed heading towards the second clipping point. A functioning e-brake would have been great. I knew I wasn’t going qualified for the main event. Getting to Sonoma four hours before I had to be on track after a week of towing the e46 across the nation didn’t help. Regardless… it was a blast!!! It was absolutely beautiful up there… albiet a bit windy at sunset.

I successfully gave the nation a black eye after towing from right coast and back… stabbing the nation’s highways with a knife made of anarchy and mayhem. I got myself into a heap of trouble in Vegas after my Ferrari Drift Demo on the strip. I’ll post more later once I get clearance from my lawyer on it. Things got ugly… and I can’t even post to video until things cool down.