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We conclude our wrap up of our racing at Laguna Seca with the Lucky Dog racing series by summarizing our Sunday race and our overall thoughts and experiences.\\xa0 We had a great trip out to Laguna Seca and the track is wonderful.\\xa0 Did our Saturday continue into Sunday.\\xa0 Yes.\\xa0 Did our car give it everything it had?\\xa0 Yes.\\xa0 Did we finally break the podcast curse and finish a Lucky Dog race?\\xa0 Well\\u2026\\u2026listen and find out.\\xa0

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Highlights of our review include:

1)\\xa0 Race car status and prep review

2)\\xa0 Mental\\u2019s first rolling start in a race and our thoughts on tire warming of street tires

3)\\xa0 Mental\\u2019s Stint to start Sunday race day

4)\\xa0 The setup of our race car and how to drive it optimally

5)\\xa0 Many of the differences between the Lucky Dog series and Lemons

6)\\xa0 Vicki\\u2019s technique to remove some of the oil leaking into the cabin of the car

7)\\xa0 A discussion on window nets

8)\\xa0 Mental seems to have a \\u201cnew\\u201d Miata attraction developing

9)\\xa0 Performance variability between the series and within some of the car\\u2019s by different drivers

10)\\xa0 Our goals for the weekend and goals for our day/stints

11)\\xa0 Our primary issue turns were #6, #9 and #1 (and late Sunday any straightway, lol)

12)\\xa0 Vicki\\u2019s thoughts on going through the Andretti Hairpin 3 wide and the aftermath

13)\\xa0 Our repair efforts, several of them

14)\\xa0 Erik won an award from the race, with a bit of our help

15)\\xa0 The joys of a random steering direction on center

16)\\xa0 Our end of day exploits

17)\\xa0 Favorite cars we were able to have several great laps of back and forth racing with

18)\\xa0 Mental completes his full set of competing in all amateur endurance series that use production-based cars

19)\\xa0 Track thoughts about Laguna Seca

20)\\xa0 The upcoming Champ Car race at Watkins Glen

21)\\xa0 Mental takes over hosting and we review our goals going into the race

22)\\xa0 Bill shockingly overthinks things and wanders down a path away from racing

23)\\xa0 Bill befuddles Mental enough that he is left without words

24)\\xa0 We question our training and preparation and Mental

25)\\xa0 Bill points out a gift that Mental received but wasn\\u2019t even aware

26)\\xa0 Vicki and Mental bond over Veggie/Vegan and Bill will have none of it

27)\\xa0 Front wheel drive thoughts and the difference between it and the way a car is prepared/set up

28)\\xa0 Best/Favorite cars of the weekend

29)\\xa0 Our usual Good, Bad, and the Ugly

30)\\xa0 Overall trip takeaways

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Mental was able to get down to a 1:54 on Sunday

Vicki was able to get to a 2:06 on Sunday

Bill was only able to get to 1:59 on Saturday

Fastest lap of the weekend was 1:41 on Saturday and 1:40 on Sunday by the red #97 Miata

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Overall, we loved our time with Lucky Dog and their team.\\xa0 Please try to race with them if they are ever near you.\\xa0

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Also, we really want to thank Erik for allowing us to use his car and experience this great track.\\xa0

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Best regards,

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Bill, Vicki, and Alan
Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast
and team members in the GHiT
Immature Endurance Racing Team

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