DAY 0 - Though initially booked to stay in far off Morgan Hill, Valerie and I are able to change our reservations this morning, first to the Residence Inn in Salinas (where Peter and I stayed last year), and then to the even more conveniently located Monterey Marriott

The rooms have changed since we stayed here post-NSXPO 2003. Unfortunately, the widescreen LCD TV is lmited to analog channels in annoying stretch-o-vision...with no options for overriding the incorrect aspect ratio. I need to write a strongly worded letter about this!

The bathroom is larger than we expect, likely due to the fact that this is a corner unit

This is definitely not the Ritz, but it is nicer than staying at a Courtyard or Residence Inn...and it is only 10 miles from Laguna Seca

DAY 1 - Valerie and I arrive at the Acura Hospitality Tent located between Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca's Turns 4 and 5. Unfortunately, we cannot check in yet.

I have parked my NSX towards the end of the second row...not one of the earliest to arrive, but far from the latest

NSXs have traveled from Oregon (somewhat surprising since NSXPO was in Portland this year)

Valerie finally gets to see an Audi R8 in person...I think she likes it as much as I do

Nice gas cap

We head back to the Acura Corral and check in at the Hospitality Tent

ALMS Practice Session begins, open to all four performance classes (P1, P2, GT1, GT2)

#15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01b

#37 Intersport Racing Lola B06/10 AER and #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT

#2 Audi Sport North America R10 TDI

#8 B-K Motorsports Lola B08/86 Mazda

#99 JMB Racing Ferrari F430 GT and #15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01b

Traffic on Turn 4. Prototypes must always deal with passing slower GT cars...one of the reasons ALMS races are so exciting

#9 Patron Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01b

#1 Audi R10 TDI

#26 Andretti Green Racing Acura ARX-01b

#48 Corsa Motorsports Zytek 07S-Q10

From Turn 3 to Turn 4