I talked to Lori earlier today, to find out that thanks to their having family out that way to visit, that it wasn't a total loss of time and money...although it still is a bummer (I.M.H.O.)
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I too wish that he could've gotten another chance to correct his first run, because it's the pits that they logged over 4000 miles (round trip) to include a race that truly wasn't such for them....