Friday bloody friday

The forecast is not getting any better. It looks like we will have changing conditions today. It's best to go out and get a safe run in the bank before trying anything. Well, my 'safe' run turned out to be a disaster and I hit a cone. Now I'm sweating bullets watching the weather, wondering if I'll have a second chance to get a dry run in.

It is starting to drizzle and I'm at the end of the run group for 2nd runs. Now I'm just waiting until they come around for me to take my second run. Then I'm in the car and waiting, and waiting, and waiting - then there is a stoppage for some reason. The course continues to get wetter. I finally get to take my 2nd run. It's already slippery and I'm sliding around a little bit. It's a decent run, not fast, but clean. The announcer does not announce where I'm placed. I have no idea.

The weather continues to come in and now just as Dale finishes his 3rd run, the rain comes in. The cameras come off the car. It's wet enough now that it's not even worth mounting the full tread tires. I opt to finish my last run on the shaved tires and see how much sliding around I can do. I was right, my last run was several seconds slower.

All this time, I don't hear the announcer. I have no idea where I am. Did I move up (or more likely fall out of the trophies) or move down? Either way, it was out of my hands. Fortunately, I only dropped one spot and stayed in the trophies.

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I'll let you imagine what Dale is trying to say