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06-22-2009, 07:40 PM
It was a fun weekend -- I have mixed emotions about my driving 
Saturday's race was the big race and I really wanted to go for it. About 30 minutes prior to the qualifying session the sky opened up and it was coming down pretty good. Normally PTE cars are the fastest in Stinger, but as Todd mentioned the H2 cars were with us this time and they were an unusual challenge for us!
Overall in Stinger on Saturday I qualified 2nd in the rain, a full 3.3 seconds ahead of the next PTE car. My car was totally hooked up with a brand new set of Hoosier wets and my KAAZ LSD. All of those RTR rain sessions finally paid off!
By the time of the race, conditions cleared and we all switched to dry setups. At the start of the race, my first time ever being on the front row, I was a little distracted trying to keep pace with the pole car and watching for the green flag. Somehow I was in the wrong gear, watching the wrong thing, and the green came out and I lost about 7 spots! Silly mistake
I managed to still drive reasonably well and make it back up to 3rd in PTE, but no chance of getting back up to first!
Sunday's race I qualified poorly in very good conditions. Traffic was a huge issue for me in qualifying and I just couldn't get a good lap in! I qualified fourth and made it up to 3rd during the race. Most of the race I was stuck behind an H2 car that just wouldn't let me by! Finally I bumped him pretty darn hard on the bridge straight and then got a point-by!
All in all it was a great weekend -- RTR guys are familiar with me always working on my car at events and this weekend was probably the first time ever having the car out where I didn't have anything to do. The car worked really well and I'm looking forward to our next race in a month at VIR!
Saturday's race was the big race and I really wanted to go for it. About 30 minutes prior to the qualifying session the sky opened up and it was coming down pretty good. Normally PTE cars are the fastest in Stinger, but as Todd mentioned the H2 cars were with us this time and they were an unusual challenge for us! Overall in Stinger on Saturday I qualified 2nd in the rain, a full 3.3 seconds ahead of the next PTE car. My car was totally hooked up with a brand new set of Hoosier wets and my KAAZ LSD. All of those RTR rain sessions finally paid off!
By the time of the race, conditions cleared and we all switched to dry setups. At the start of the race, my first time ever being on the front row, I was a little distracted trying to keep pace with the pole car and watching for the green flag. Somehow I was in the wrong gear, watching the wrong thing, and the green came out and I lost about 7 spots! Silly mistake
I managed to still drive reasonably well and make it back up to 3rd in PTE, but no chance of getting back up to first!
Sunday's race I qualified poorly in very good conditions. Traffic was a huge issue for me in qualifying and I just couldn't get a good lap in! I qualified fourth and made it up to 3rd during the race. Most of the race I was stuck behind an H2 car that just wouldn't let me by! Finally I bumped him pretty darn hard on the bridge straight and then got a point-by!
All in all it was a great weekend -- RTR guys are familiar with me always working on my car at events and this weekend was probably the first time ever having the car out where I didn't have anything to do. The car worked really well and I'm looking forward to our next race in a month at VIR!