Friday and Saturday began at the lake with local restaurant The Alpine preparing breakfast burritos, and a visual course instruction from the shoreline thanks to gracious volunteers Grant and Carol. The morning session saw participants taking part in practice runs through the course, and experimenting with turning on and off the various assists their car had to track down the fastest way around.

Each afternoon began timed runs. As drivers found out the changing conditions on the lake meant places that had grip in the morning suddenly were void of any traction, they had to quickly adapt to find any semblance of speed. Driving quickly on the ice, speed is found in smoothness, and a trained eye to find grip not always on the racing line. Sometimes an aerial view of the track can help, not sure Alex was able to see the fastest line from that high up!