RE: Les: "What was that girly shift doing in there at the end of the run?"

No excuses. Yes, it was very tentative. This was the first event of the season, first run. Our group was in the second heat, and I listened to a lot of the faster cars in the first heat hitting their rev-limiter, so I knew I would be getting to third. Long story short: in past races, from second gear I have hit first before . . . and fifth. Neither is a good thing, and both were memorable. To top it off, it was my youngest son in the car, and I wanted to make sure I made it to third, or I never would have heard the end of it!