Day 0 Nationals. Lincoln Nebraska

Monday is day 0 for us. Time to get the car unpacked, check for damage from the trip out from California, get the car tech'd and then head off to our practice sessions. The unpacking and inspection is uneventful. The car appears to have arrived undamaged.

While we are tech and registration, we start running into friends from the East Coast and start chatting. It makes waiting in line for tech a lot quicker. It's nice to see some old friends again. The Schoonmakers are long time C4 drivers that have been tempted over to the dark side to run a Civic on street tires in ST. It's nice to see them and what their car is like too. We also get to see interesting vehicles like this 'Lotus'



Neelu is with me for her first Nationals event, courtesy of Rick Jung providing a competitive ride. There is a chance of rain on Tuesday, so Rick has the rain tires out and is getting them ready - just in case.



Practice sessions are uneventful. We test the car out and this time, the car is behaving a lot better than it has in years past. The car isn't bottoming out and feels good. Times are competitive and we have no complaints. Angela joins us to check out the car and get some seat time as well. She is excited to be driving the Bridgestone Civic.

After everything checks out and we've had our course walks, we pack up and head out for dinner at the Firefighters Hall before heading off to the museum to look at more cool cars.



It's race day tomorrow, so we stop in at the museum, but we don't stay as long as we'd like. We need to get back to the hotel, rest and prepare for race day.