Well, I've been remiss in my reporting, so I apologize for that...
The March race was supposed to be our annual "Dash races" on a high school oval. That's where we suspend the 1-hour format and run 20-minute races. We get to gear the cars up and run as fast as we dare since battery life is not an issue in a 20-minute race. Unfortunately, the school where we were supposed to run cancelled the venue and the race organizers had to move the race. They moved it to a parking lot course at a different school that is a big triangle with one unusually tight corner. I don't think that particular course is suitable for the high-speed Dash races. Also, that venue is 3 hours away from me. I decided not to attend and I'm glad I didn't. The bad corner I mentioned caused two rollovers and one crash. The crash, thankfully, didn't cause any injuries, but one of the rollovers caused some severe bruising on one driver.
In April we raced at the Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida. This is a course we have run several times and it seems to further deteriorate every year. It was so rough in one section this year that I dropped out of the race after about 15 minutes. I was running my purple Open Class car. At least two other cars dropped out because the beating actually broke something in their steering or suspension. Between races, the race organizers rearranged the course to eliminate the rough section. I finished the full hour in the second race and got enough total laps to get second place!