Jonny got out of the car at about 7:05 am and Will got back in. The sunrise was absolutely spectacular – there is nothing like watching the sun come up over a track full of race cars.
Team Gorilla had come in for a pit stop just before us, and it does seem that the driver got out, made a nature break and got back in – as an amateur endurance athlete, I think his is a pretty impressive performance. After our stop the difference is still seven plus laps.
Our Northwest Spec Miata buddy’s team (3D Racing, featuring Pat Newton on lead vocals) is chasing down the Gorilla car and is within a lap, or so.
After Jonny’s fuel stop, a little before 6am, his daughter Sam and friend Kelli came out to see how Jonny was doing. One of their projects has been to help document the race on video. Kelli said hello on the radio and handed off to Sam. Jonny told Sam that he would get her some breakfast when he was finished driving – Sam told her Dad to “just drive the car”.
The big excitement at the motor coach this morning is that Carrie ventured outside in her pajamas. I don’t think anyone would have noticed, but she made an announcement – so I thought maybe it was worth mentioning.
We are on schedule with all of our tire changing and have made our regular checks under the hood. Everything looks good. We are at the 20.5 hour mark – last year the race was a total of something less than 18 because of the fog. We’ve improved on that.
Carrie in her P.J’S outstanding!!!