Trackday with Little Red Riding Hood 小红帽的一次赛车经验

2014 September, marked the 1st and last experience of track day with my little red riding hood(going to call her Little Red, short form LR). Sadly, this probably is the only track day I have photo documented in my life as previously camera smartphone almost none exist or too expansive to own, and later I got married and has no time to play with cars at all.

2014年9月，这是我第一次，也是最后一次与小红帽去参加赛道开放日（从现在开始我们叫它小红吧）。很不幸的，这么久以来我都没有拍过任何赛道开放日的赛车照片，因为以前的智能手机一般都很贵，然后又是一大堆借口结婚生孩子然后就没有再去开放日赛车了。

We entered the range early in the morning, having briefing at the candy shop(usually where we address the front office evacuation area. Laying down rules such as racing should give way to the fast approaching vehicle from the LEFT(in a country practice right hand side driving is abnormal). All participants was anxiously waiting for the moment of truth. Not long after that, I finally get a chance to try my LR to see how she perform(set aside all the worries for now, I will share with you how horrible it was in the near future).

我们一批人很早就到了赛道排队，然后就是赛前须知。大家聚集在糖果店前面（办公室前面的火警聚集点）不耐烦地听着。虽然不耐烦，规矩还是要遵守，毕竟行车安全最重要。比如，马国是右驾的，要靠右手边让比自己快的后方车辆从左边越过是不正常的。但是，在赛场就不同。不久终于比赛开始了！我终于有机会体会一下小红的实力了（暂时不提小红以前的可怕经历，改天有机会再跟大伙儿分享）。

Sadly, just before we start the race, rain started to pickup and gotten heavy. Everybody was paying much attention to gripping and trying our best to fine tune our racing line in the wet, we're enjoying traffic free(other than the same category vehicle few cars in the track). After some hours of fun, queuing to get back in track, more fun, and more anxios waiting for our turn, came lunch hour. Me and LR make some rest, do some checking on LR health.

不幸的，比赛还没开始就下起毛毛雨，而且越下越凶。大家都提起精神，在没有其他交通使用者的情况下（除了同组别的其它车辆在场以外），小心的将车子推向爪地力极限。我们都高兴的玩着，排队，再入场玩，再不耐烦的排队，就很不经意的过了几个小时。趁着午休时间，我和小红也小休一会儿，顺便检查一下小红的健康状态。

Lunch hour done, and race resume! We're queuing to get back in the track again. Thanks to @r3aperz , Asni, and John Teoh(official event photographer) to help taken these photos. Some of these photos I downloaded from the official website several years back, which I weren't able to quote them anymore as I no longer find them over the internet. After some more fun in the track, and we (me and LR) finally need to leave as we have other family commitment needed to attend.

午休时间终于过去了，赛道从新开放！我们又在从新排队入赛场去。特此鸣谢@r3aperz, 阿斯尼 和 约翰张（举办当局摄影师）帮忙我们派了这些照片。有一部分的照片时数年前我从举办当局网站下载的，不过已经找不回图片的原址所以没办法一一为大家附上。由于当天傍晚还有家庭聚餐，不得不早退。于是我跟小红就很不舍得的提早离开了赛场。

As a conclusion, I would like to use a loser phrase as my closing

"It's not about winning the race, it's about the experience that we gain during the race."

Make it two

" I didn't came here to race; I came here to test my newly installed mods in my car"

I enjoyed it much with my little red riding hood. She's not the best car I had in my life, but 1 of the cheapest, most dangerous, super excited little red car I can ever had in my life.

以下我就用一则失败车手常用的箴言来作为我今天分享的总结：
“我根本没有想过要赢，吸收经验才是最可贵的”
还是再加一则吧
“我不是来比赛；只是车刚改了新玩意儿想试试实力而已”

这次赛车经验，我和小红帽都没有损伤-全身而退，我们都乐在其中。虽然小红不是我最好的一部车，但是无论是他的价格/危险性/娱乐性，都是最高分的一部。

Later added: 21/12/2017
Little Red Riding Hood breaks a leg 小红帽跛脚记 https://steemit.com/cars/@davidke20/little-red-riding-hood-breaks-a-leg