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25 Hours results and thoughts

I’ll have more detail later but wanted to give some final thoughts to keep everybody updated (although a couple days late…).
The team put in a huge effort. Our budget and team resources were very limited (especially compared to other teams) and we were able to finish 3rd on track (out of 17 cars in our [...]

2nd In Class!

I’m just home from the drive back to Oregon. Lots of stories to tell and I hope to get to them in the next few days. Until then, here is a brief update…
The second place car in our class (we finished on the same lap) was docked a position (details later) and we moved up [...]

Fog and a race win

I ended the last post saying “whatever obstacles are in our way I’m sure we’re prepared to handle them.” I think I spoke too soon. The one obstacle that we are having trouble handling is the fog. I didn’t say weather here because we can handle almost all weather: cold temperatures (just make sure the [...]

This car is a rocketship!

Friday was all about testing. We had a day and a half of work to do in 6 1/2 hours. The day started early (as usual at the track) and it was non-stop until about now (11:30pm - finally sitting down and the first thing I do is reach for the laptop to blog).
After a [...]

Qualifying Done

Qualifying, just after sunset… into the dark, is complete. The Muscle Milk Daytona Prototype is on the pole with a sub 1:50 lap time. Despite the economy, the paddock is full with more than 70 race cars and more big rigs than I’ve ever seen at the 25.

In our E2 class we qualified 7th with a lap time of 2:10.3. Pole in E2 is 2:05.1…

Thursday - Arrival day 25 Hours Thunderhill

Thursday was a travel day. Rob, Tim, Norm, John and I made the trek up from Southern California, picked up a weekend’s worth of supplies and made it up to the track in time for some last minute engine tuning that garnered us some extra horsepower – always a good thing.

Mark was already at the [...]