Five Long Years

Five years ago this month, a not-yet-sworn-in attorney drove his plain-jane Escort onto the Laidley Field parking lot and took his first timid run through the cones of an autocross course. That day I managed to finish dead last in my class and a whopping 54th out of 59 overall entrants. Even without much skill (a state that may not have improved much), I was hooked and I've been regularly autocrossing ever since. So, in honor of this dubious distinction, September is time for the Legal Eagle Racing Fifth Anniversary Tour, beginning this weekend in Lexington and continuing on in successive weekends in Charleston and Fairmont. It should be an interesting three weeks.