Save Mart Event at Sonoma Raceway 4/15/14

Save Mart has been a major sponsor of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma Raceway for 23 years.  Each year the track hosts a day of appreciation for the Save Mart group and it is always a very fun day for the participants and for the people who run the event.  For several years now I have been fortunate to be asked by Sonoma Raceway to be the lead instructor for the event.  This year was particularly special because I was asked to bring my Ford 5.0 powered Nissan 240sx drift car to give rides in the morning.

The day went off without a hitch.  We started a presentation at 10:45am, then onto drift rides, then by 11:30am we began autocross practice for the participants.  At noon we drove the participants on Hot Laps in the Toyota Camrys on the road course (instructors driving were: Jeff Sakowicz, Alex Schutte, Andrew Shoen and myself).  After lunch we held the autocross challenge, a timed competition for the participants and wrapped up by 2:30pm with awards and a short presentation.

Once Alex and I had cleared the main paddock of all the autocross cones and got everything put away, I gave drift rides to a few friends at the raceway.  It was a great day of work and even better playing around afterwards.  Thanks again to Sonoma Raceway for all of the amazing opportunities that I have been given over the years.

Drift Rides at Sonoma 4/15/14