Joel Miller – Update From The UK

Written by Team USA. Posted in Driver Blogs, Joel Miller

Published on September 11, 2007 with No Comments

Bedford, England (September 11, 2007) – I wanted to send you an update on how the first leg of the Team USA Scholarship went for me this past week in the UK. I left LA on Friday, August 31 and arrived into London’s Heathrow International airport Saturday morning. It was arranged for me to go and watch the Formula Palmer Audi round at Donington Park that weekend, so I went straight to the circuit once out of customs. After watching the cars on track, I was very eager for my two test days on Tuesday and Thursday of that week. After the race meeting Patrick and I drove to Bedford which is the Formula Palmer Audi headquarters. On Monday, we got fitted to the car and poured our seats in preparation for our test. Both Tuesday and Thursday comprised two hours of testing each in the later part of the day. I was able to pick up the car quickly and post competitive times in my second on track session for Tuesday. When the day finished up I was over half a second clear of the other drivers on track. The driving instructors were very happy with my performance the first day, and looked forward to seeing what I could do the second day.

Thursday brought in some humidity which hampered the power of the engine a small amount. However, after making a few changes to the car I was able to drop another half-second in my overall lap time. At this point, the driver coaches said I was well on pace so I opted to try some experimental changes to the car. I wanted to see what different changes would do to the balance of the car so I will have a good understanding come the race weekends. All in all, the two test days went very well for me. I was able to get a good feeling for the Formula Palmer Audi car, and valuable car testing with different setups. I am looking forward to going back to the UK in late October to contest the race weekends and maintain the Team USA name on top of the podium.

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