The first one was rescheduled so not so many people showed up. It was very laid back and exciting at the same time.
** I must pause now to interject that I had no idea about ANY racing whatsoever. And when I mean no racing, I mean NONE. No bike, motorbike, running, NASCAR, nothing! Okay, I had the concept of going around in the circle a bunch of times and saw a couple dragging for dollars on SPEED here and there. I don't think that counts.
I fully expected my 6 year old son to love ride day. He drove his Cadillac Escalade up and down our cul-de-sac, over curbs, through shrubs, in reverse. This is the same boy that whenever anyone came over, he would ask to see their car. Then when they took him out, he'd ask to see their engines. And if it was a girl that didn't know how to pop her hood, he'd find the release for her. He could tell me most makes of cars driving down the road at about 4 years old. No question, he was going to love it.
The big question?? My 14 year old daughter - the non-competitive one that hangs in group sports where no focus is directly on any one person. The one who barely said yes to ride day. *sigh*
Truth is, I NEEDED her to like it. First of all, there aren't too many activities that allow a 6 year old and 14 year old to participate together at the same place/time. Secondly, I am scared to death of her getting a real driver's license. In the back of my mom mind, I am thinking that maybe this would give her a little pedal and brake control and situational awareness (Please?!) before I have to pee my pants while trying to teach her to drive.
So we go to ride day...
The first ride day there werent too many people there so we kind of just wandered up unsure of ourselves. I think we paid like $20 or something a kid. They had cars for us to try and gear we could borrow. We had a basic, "this is what you have to wear/how to get in the car/where are the gas and brake orientation."
The kids went out on idle speed and did a couple laps. If they stayed straight - ish and seemed to be okay, the people on the track would stop them, chat with them, and ask if they wanted to go a little faster. Then theyd turn the idle up a bit. They did this a few more times and then came off the track.
As I said, I was totally not worried about my son's ability to keep a car on the track but luckily my daughter did too - with 0 prior experience but a few go kart runs!
So, of course my son thought it was fun but I was so unsure what my daughter would say. I pulled the helmet off her head and she said.... she loved it!
Well, let's try Track Day #2....
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