I finally made it home at 2 am this morning. The gin palace broke down again around Needles and at the time it looked terminal (alternator). As we were not far from Barstow where Peter was going to drop me off I took off in the atom like a rat deserting a sinking ship! Thankfully after Peter had tinkered around with it for a while they got it going again and made it home.
It was a real adventure! I had a bloody great time despite or perhaps because of all the tribulations of getting there and back. I would especially like to thank;
Randy who made the whole thing possible, he pulled off an amazing event that I will always remember. What a super nice guy!
Peter without whom I would never have made it, he got us there and back in one piece, battled through many and varied difficulties, showed gracious hospitality and dragged my atom half way across the country as I sat back in the recliner and relaxed like the Queen of Sheba!
Mark, Brent, Rob, Kyle and Dave of TMI who built me an utterly fantastic car, showed up with a spectacular presence and fixed many cars quickly and with good grace so people could maximise their track time. Everyone who drove any of the new Atom 3s were very impressed with the build quality and performance. They are doing a great job!
All the people of Hallett who let us invade them for a week, great group of people...I have great affection for the chicken song now!
Chris for his camaraderie in the gin palace and his extensive bar tending skills!
Tim, Tom and Richard for being brave enough to go out on track with me and help me be a better driver.
Everyone else who came and made it what it was, it was lovely to meet so many faces off the forum...except for Darren he just a tosser!
Luckily the hitch held and we didn't lose the trailer...phew. Thank god for the internet too, we were able to find a bloke to come out and try to weld the hitch. Him and Peter are out there now having a go.
