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We had a nice group of RTR members stay on to race with NASA Midatlantic this weekend. Weather went from our balmy two days to horrible rain storm Friday night. The paddock at Summit was under water at the entrance by a couple of feet!!
Weather for Saturday was only a little better. Darren Mingis and Todd Reidd had a great battle in PTE and had pulled away from the field to decide 1st and 2nd place, but a throttle linkage cable broke on Darren's car to leave the victory to Todd with no further contention. Conditions were really bad, but amazingly the German Touring group managed to complete their race with no incidents. Tom Dymant did not bring rain tires so completing the race was a feat in itself. Bob Turgeon managed a 2nd place in GTS3 with some really close racing with other GTS cars. Jason Mahoney was chasing gremlins in his Spec E30 which he eventually fixed before Sunday's race.
Sunday was somewhat opposite. Sun and heat with long Sprint races (40mins).
Darren and Todd had a similar start as Saturday gapping their group. It remained close at the start, but Darren pulled away having prepped his car just right during the RTR DE jat Summit before the weekend race. Jason moved up the field in Spec E30 with a brave"grass pass" of several cars on the start. Once Jason's car is dialed in he will be contesting for the podium.
Ironically the GTS race that was so clean in the rain was not in the dry. Full course caution consumed a big portion of the later part of the race allowing the field to bunch up. Bob Turgeon pulled of a late pass while in 3rd to take (T4 of the last lap of the race!!) 1st with a bit of luck and misfortune for the two front runners. Tom started well, but was held up by a slower car under yellow never had a chance to recover.
Weather for Saturday was only a little better. Darren Mingis and Todd Reidd had a great battle in PTE and had pulled away from the field to decide 1st and 2nd place, but a throttle linkage cable broke on Darren's car to leave the victory to Todd with no further contention. Conditions were really bad, but amazingly the German Touring group managed to complete their race with no incidents. Tom Dymant did not bring rain tires so completing the race was a feat in itself. Bob Turgeon managed a 2nd place in GTS3 with some really close racing with other GTS cars. Jason Mahoney was chasing gremlins in his Spec E30 which he eventually fixed before Sunday's race.
Sunday was somewhat opposite. Sun and heat with long Sprint races (40mins).
Darren and Todd had a similar start as Saturday gapping their group. It remained close at the start, but Darren pulled away having prepped his car just right during the RTR DE jat Summit before the weekend race. Jason moved up the field in Spec E30 with a brave"grass pass" of several cars on the start. Once Jason's car is dialed in he will be contesting for the podium.
Ironically the GTS race that was so clean in the rain was not in the dry. Full course caution consumed a big portion of the later part of the race allowing the field to bunch up. Bob Turgeon pulled of a late pass while in 3rd to take (T4 of the last lap of the race!!) 1st with a bit of luck and misfortune for the two front runners. Tom started well, but was held up by a slower car under yellow never had a chance to recover.