Accepted!

Originally from September 26, 2010

We just got accepted into the race. We're that special. Plus we got to keep our number 8. (No one had taken it yet.)

Of course, there are a total of 197 teams registered. Not sure if all got accepted, but damn, that would be 800 drivers, plus other crew and family.

Let's see, Buttonwillow is about 3 miles long, so around 15,500 feet, that's roughly 80 feet per car. Subtract the length of the car and we are have about 65 feet between each car. At 60 mph, that's less than 1 second's travel distance. By the end of Saturday when half the cars have crapped out, we'll be almost 2 seconds apart, on average.

What could go wrong?