Team MINT members Alex and Jose headed to the first round of the ThunderDrift Pro-Am. Pro-Am offers the chance to get a license right into FormulaD.
The day was full of surprises. Neither Alex or Jose were in thier own cars due to the fact that they were not able to finish the cars in time for the event. Jose piloted Sherry's intense SR-powered 240SX convertable while Alex drove Chris's 20-valve Corolla.
Alex was unable to place the car where he wanted it and was fighting with e-brake initiations the whole day. The Corolla was not acting as predictably as Alex had expected and he running off-track. Jose was doing well towards the end of the day, but he was still fighting the different powerband that the SR was giving him.
Rob "Mestizo" was with having similar problems as Alex. He had just put in a hydraulic e-brake and was learning it all day as well.
Lex gave me a scare when he turned up the boost on his FC RX-7 and came flying backwards towards the tire wall I was standing behind. Like Jose, the different powerband was a surprise for me at least.
More pictures here and thank you to ThunderDrift for hosting the event. Thank you to Eric and Lawrence for being spotters and coming out on a Wednesday. It was a learning experience for us all! We will be better come Round 2!!