SCCA Majors TWS Memorial Day Grand Prix
05-26-2015, 03:53 PM
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SCCA Majors TWS Memorial Day Grand Prix
Do we need rains, do we add a defogging/blower setup for the windshield, do we need to groove the stickers??
Many questions for a possibly very soggy race weekend. Went with the defogging/blower setup and had a tire groover on standby. Only had rain during Saturday's race, not too heavy though. Had a major storm Saturday night - it left the track soggy (and the off track surfaces swampy) in some places on Sunday, made it interesting!
Details, pictures and videos below.
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Qualifying (Saturday morning)
First weekend with race car at TWS - this was my best time for the SCCA Majors race (1:51.679). Definitely leaving a LOT of time on the table. Had a BLAST though! Was difficult to get a clean lap, finally did, late in the session...oh, the black flag early on did not help...
Video:
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Saturday Race (Race 1 of the weekend)
Fun race at TWS! Started P8, the start was a little disjointed but made the best of it. Ended up going off-track (spun hard, had to restart), got passed by 5th place in my class but was able to not only catch him but also passed him to regain 4th.
Results: 4th in class out of 7. 8th overall out of 23.
Video:
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Sunday Race (Race 2 of the weekend)
Another fun race at TWS! Due to the previous night's downpour the track was soggy in some places and going off-track meant a bad time - this happened to two fellow competitors, Mark Boothe (sorry man!) on the first lap and John Vining with a few laps to go (he was in 2nd), both in the same spot, cars ended up very near to each other.
Results: 4th in class out of 6 (GT2), 8th overall out of 22 (Group 4).
Video:
With this weekend's finishes I am now 2nd in points in the SCCA Majors Mid-States Conference. Next up is the SCCA Majors at High Plains Raceway in Colorado and then, maybe, fingers crossed, the SCCA Nationals at Daytona International Speedway (the Roval).
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Many questions for a possibly very soggy race weekend. Went with the defogging/blower setup and had a tire groover on standby. Only had rain during Saturday's race, not too heavy though. Had a major storm Saturday night - it left the track soggy (and the off track surfaces swampy) in some places on Sunday, made it interesting!
Details, pictures and videos below.
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Qualifying (Saturday morning)
First weekend with race car at TWS - this was my best time for the SCCA Majors race (1:51.679). Definitely leaving a LOT of time on the table. Had a BLAST though! Was difficult to get a clean lap, finally did, late in the session...oh, the black flag early on did not help...
Video:
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Saturday Race (Race 1 of the weekend)
Fun race at TWS! Started P8, the start was a little disjointed but made the best of it. Ended up going off-track (spun hard, had to restart), got passed by 5th place in my class but was able to not only catch him but also passed him to regain 4th.
Results: 4th in class out of 7. 8th overall out of 23.
Video:
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Sunday Race (Race 2 of the weekend)
Another fun race at TWS! Due to the previous night's downpour the track was soggy in some places and going off-track meant a bad time - this happened to two fellow competitors, Mark Boothe (sorry man!) on the first lap and John Vining with a few laps to go (he was in 2nd), both in the same spot, cars ended up very near to each other.
Results: 4th in class out of 6 (GT2), 8th overall out of 22 (Group 4).
Video:
With this weekend's finishes I am now 2nd in points in the SCCA Majors Mid-States Conference. Next up is the SCCA Majors at High Plains Raceway in Colorado and then, maybe, fingers crossed, the SCCA Nationals at Daytona International Speedway (the Roval).
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