Day 3, Monday June 31

Today was Gymkhana and Funkhana day at the Conclave. The organizers had an outstanding venue for these events: the vast, smooth paved parking lot of Qualcomm stadium, home of the San Diego Chargers. This event was jointly run by the Conclave and the local Porsche Club. They put out thousands of cones on a course that was probably a mile long. It had lots of tight turns but also straights that certainly had speeds over 60 mph.

I stayed away from the event, since we needed our car to make it home -- but it was very tempting. Spectators had a great shaded viewing area and catered barbecue. The barbecue was delicious and good idea, no restaurants were within walking distance. About 50 cars participated. In our group, Ross Kells and Bob Lee entered their Sprite and 3000 respectively. The Sprite was fussy in the morning, she didn't want to idle. But after some aimless fiddling, Ross decided she ran OK at higher RPM and off they went to the races. Judy and Doug Wrobel tried out the Funkhana.

Bob Lee seemed to have the fastest time of our group. I think he probably placed, his racing experience did not hurt. But Ross and the misfiring Sprite looked good too. There were some timing glitches.

After a day of racing and talking, we retired for the evening. I met for dinner with my Aunt and Uncle Barrett and my cousins Kathleen and Paul Duke and their kids JJ and Lauren. Once I managed to find the restaurant (this problem does not bode well for the rally on Wednesday), we had a too brief reunion. They enjoyed seeing the Healey, but mainly we enjoyed each other's company. We must do this more often....