I have had the good fortune to ride along with Eddie as he turned several laps on the race track.  These were not race events but lapping days.  Riding in the car with Eddie is a very intense experience as he is on the edge at all times.  He accelerates hard, shifts gears fast and often, and he really gets on the brakes.  All of this intensity makes you feel like you are pushing the very limits of the car but you never really feel completely out of control.  This has always been my experience riding with Eddie but I do have to mention the day that I thought we were going to hit the wall at VIR, and I mean hit it hard.

Eddie and I were in his Corvette Z06 and he was really pushing it around VIR’s Full course.  After several uneventful laps we got a late pass from a slower car  as we approached Oak Tree turn.  Oak Tree is one of the slowest turns on the course and if you make a mistake you are greeted by guard rail and tire walls only a few feet from the track.  To make the pass,   Eddie carried a lot more speed into the turn than usual,  in fact WAY more speed than usual.  I knew we were in for a hard hit as Eddie turned the wheel but the car continued to slide straight for the tire wall.  I began to brace myself as Eddie starts to chant “Oh my God,    Oh my God,    Oh my God.”