Denver Pro, Day 0 (Friday)

Well, the trip to Denver wasn't half bad. I flew Frontier Airlines and was surprised to see TVs in all of the head rests! Sure, it was $5 for 24 channels for the flight, but they had a free channel I watched that played some interesting short films.

I got to Denver, after one of the bumpiest flights I've ever had, but who cares, I got to watch TV :D

Went to Hertz and got my rental car, get this , I picked a ............ FORD......I'm driving a V6 Mustang Vert, automatic to top it off. This thing has NO power. I tried revving it in neutral and it stops at 4k, if you drop it into drive the motor revs down and then shifts.

For a short time I was entered in GStock in the Mustang. I got here and all the classes I was hoping would need a 5th driver to make a complete class had filled up before I got there. I was fairly down, figuring I was going to be stuck in the stang for the weekend, which would have been against my Hertz agreement :D

Chris K offered up his IS300 in DS if I didn't find another ride. I ended up putting up a sign on the registration trailer with my cell phone number. Thankfully Adam (from www.autocrossforum.com) came up to me and told me about the car he's driving. He told me the car owner was open to having someone run the car in another class, so I spoke to Aaron Boltman.

I'm now signed up to run his 2004 Corvette Z06 in ASP tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, I think there are 8 drivers now entered in ASP, I'm looking forward to see how I fare! Aaron and Adam will be running the car in SS.

Thanks to both Aaron and Adam, I look forward to running with you guys tomorrow!

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Published 21 July 06 11:32 by Christoc
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# DaveW said on July 22, 2006 9:52 AM:
Cool.  Pete Wells can give you lessons on 4500rpm cluthc drops in someone elses Z06....:):)

DaveW
# Reto said on July 22, 2006 1:52 PM:
I drove those Hertz Mustangs before. I'm wondering if they make a special slow version for rental use (Hertz is owned by Ford). Those things can't get out of their own way. Next time they offer me a free upgrade to a Mustang, I'll tell them that I prefer a Focus.

Glad to hear that you found a nice ride. Aaron is a good guy, I'm not surprised that he's helping you out.
# Reto said on July 22, 2006 1:59 PM:
Well, not that anybody cares, but I don't want to be accused of spreading false information: Apparently Ford does not own Hertz anymore. They sold it to a private equity group end of last year, for $5.6 billion.

It's still  true that their Mustangs are slow, though. ;)
# Christoc said on July 22, 2006 8:49 PM:
Retu, Hertz has Shelby GT-H mustangs, that are V-8s with quite a bit of other upgrades as well.
V6 mustangs are always slow.
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