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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 [...]
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 [...]
The team is ready. The car is ready.
After months of preparation and a year of waiting, the final round of the 2008 racing season is upon us. The team has tirelessly prepared the car to last through the longest endurance road race in the United States. With the extended length of the final round of the season, RJ Racing has enlisted the help of several new drivers and crew members. In addition to regular drivers Rob Gibson and John Gibson, the team has enlisted the driving talents of John Mueller, Dion Johnson, and Mark Powell…
2008 25 Hours of Thunderhill
After four years of running my favorite race, the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, it was distressing to think that I would miss the 2008 version of the extreme enduro. A long scheduled surgery to address a painful hamstring injury looked like it would keep me on the sidelines. But…
