The day of the MGA Research autocross started early for me, but earlier for Bill Mennell and his nephew, Kyle. The were lucky enough to be volunteered to pick up the club’s cones at Mike Olson’s place and also to bring the cones we borrowed from the Healy Club (thanks) were supposed to meet my brother, Mike, Barney Gaylord and me at 7:00 a.m. to leave for the facilities. I promised I wouldn’t tell anyone they took the wrong turn, but they were 40 minutes late. Barney left early to let the facility know we were coming. Anyway, we made it to the track about 8:30.

Barney and I set up the course. It was a masterpiece. We had standard slaloms, slaloms with various distance between cones, slaloms with the cones set on a wide offset, a 360 degree skid pad, a light bulb, a pigtail, and a few other tricks.

The drivers meeting was held, and then we walked the course. There were only two complaints about the course, which were rescinded after they drove it.

We then divided the drivers into two groups. The first group drove their three runs while the other group worked the course, then the positions were switched. This worked out very well, and everybody was satisfied. The course was long enough (on 12 acres, it should be) that we were able to safely start a 2nd car before the first one finished. Everybody did their runs smoothly, and then the fun runs were held.

After the course was disassembled, the workers from MGA research were thanked. Also, we extracted promises from three of them to drive with use next time, as they own a Midget, a B, and a TD.