So Gary, if she hangs on to your ears or something, is that an FIA approved head restraint?
As far as the 5 hours and keeping my cool... it was more like 6 hours of playing, so it was probably more than 200 laps... but that's spread over a few sessions, not all at once. I stop when I get too frustrated. Usually when I come back to it, I pick up right were I left off, but I'm much fresher and have a better mindset, which helps to get the times down.
However, when I used to race NASCAR 2 online in a league, we'd run 50% length races... with all the yellows at tracks like Sears Point and Bristol, it was easily 4 hours straight behind the wheel. And if you think restrictor plate racing is lame, try drafting for 3 hours straight with 15 other people... there is *zero* time to relax when a mistake doesn't only mean ending your night, it means ending 3 or 4 of your friend's nights too. No one wants to be "that guy" that starts "the big one"... it's actually very intense.
Back to the challenge... unless I missed something, Alan took this one... but he also picked it on behalf of Gary... so does that mean he gets to pick again, or is it back to me?