The F1 Track that is.

Figured you guys would get a kick out of seeing yours truly before my big race Tuesday night. That’s me along with Derek Kerr, CFO of US Airways, before our heat at the F1 Racing facility in Phoenix.

Yes, thank goodness I wasn’t in the same heat as US Airways President Scott Kirby. The guys in that heat were far too competitive for me. Melanie Trottman from the Wall Street Journal, Doug Parker, CEO of US Airways, Mary Schlangenstein from Bloomberg, Bob Mann, Scott Hamilton, Derek, Andrea Rader, director of corporate communications at US Airways, and the red-hot Elise Eberwein from US Airways, were some of the folks in my group.

So who won? Motor-Mouth, er, Elise. (Motor-Mouth was her racing name.) No, I didn’t come in last. But I didn’t exactly tear up the track either. I can see that the more you do this, the better you get. And I, after all, was a mere rookie.

I tell you what. It was certainly easy to tell which one was Elise, as she didn’t have a suit on and as she flew by you, you’d just see her hair flying past you. I think she passed me at least three times.

She and Melanie also got tangled up on one of the curves. I managed to avoid the fray.

Oh, yes, Doug came in second. And he was not happy about finishing second to a. …..girl. He claimed the time-keeping mechanism for the race must have been off. (You don’t race laps, you’re simply racing against the clock, as each cart is electronically tracked.)

It was a blast. These things go about 45 miles an hour, and I tell you what — racing these gives you a much better appreciation for the stamina and strength it takes to race bigger things. Your upper body strength has to be pretty damn good!

Good time was had by all. This was a great way to kick off media day festivities at US Airways.