We attended the Mazda Rev It Up Tour today at FedEx Field. We got there pretty early in the morning, arriving at 8:30. Nad had pre-registered, but I decided against. I honestly thought that it was going to be a drag strip with a couple of cars and one hundred people on line. Definitely not worth the $40 admission fee.

A cursory glance of the driving area showed that I was wrong. There were no less than 30 vehicles on hand, and the entire event was set up like a driving course. After a crash course in racing techniques and driving safety, we were able to hit the track in a Mazda 3 sedan, Mazda 3 hatchback, and Mazda 6. We learned how to slalom, control the car under high speed conditions, and braking effectively in a turn.

After a few laps, we hit the competition course to beat the time set early that day. Neither one of us were able to beat the posted score, but Nadia kicked my ass all over the place. Throughout the day on each of the practice courses, she beat my time from 2-15 seconds. Obviously, I wasn’t cut out to be a performance driver.

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