Another day of FATT using Flipper. Beth came and was in the red and white RPPerformence miata, as a student. It was a lot of fun and I instructed her for the last two sessions. I also got to take her out with her car for the instructor demo session so that she could experience a bit more of what that car could do (in my less than well experienced hands).
Unfortunately, the day was tainted by Flipper's engine giving up on the warming lap of the very first session of the day. It seems like it might be the head gasket and I have a video, of course, here. The engine never got very hot and this happened first thing in the morning. That was a real downer as I was really looking forward to driving on the track at the same time as Kai, who had rented the #70 Miata from RPPerformance.
Engine is being looked at.. It is unlikely that it will be cheap and very unlikely that I will be able to race during the Turkey Bowl. This could be the real end of the 2013 racing season. Sniff...