When it was our turn to hit the Ultra 4 course everyone got excited, because this was it the chance to jump a Bronco Raptor. Most importantly someone else's Bronco Raptor. The rain had started to sprinkle pretty consistently. This actually benefited us greatly as it laid down the clouds of fine grain silica dust that cover the valley. Everyone with two drivers got to take one lap each. Since I was the only person there solo I got the privilege of driving it twice.
I had Tony as my driving instructor and he was awesome. I went last so I a bit nervous as now I was doing my laps in front of the whole group. I listened to everything Tony had to impart about taking the first lap slow and learning the course. My right foot however had not been listening it turned out and took the very first sharp turn too fast and wide. Which meant I total messed my up first jump and didn't get any air at all. I did good on the rest of the course. After some more tips from Tony I did much better on my second run. I cut the first turn short, increased the throttle and nailed the jump with a ego reaffirming about of air. The rest of the course went by pretty well but not as good as my first run. I fell into the deep ruts a couple of times and it really slowed me down.
