The ups and downs of Grattans race course, mirrored the ups and downs of our weekend.
Paul Kwiecinski entered the race as the only T3 Global cup car running the event. Unfortunately he spun early in the first race and got hit by another car and broke a suspension upright. Would have been an easy fix if I had the part We need to get some more of these cars out in club racing. Paul had already clinched the Northern Conference Championship with wins at Blackhawk and Road America.
Scott Mooney drove my T4 MX5 to a second place finish on Saturday. This was his first podium finish at the Majors level.
Voytek could not keep up with the kids in SM. But no one could. A strong 4th on Saturday was all he could do. After a short delay to the start of the race on Sunday, we started his motor and the dash light up with no alternator output. I quickly checked connections, but the grid was moving. The voltage kept dropping and after 17 minutes the engine died from lack of moving electrons. Now we know how long you can race without an alternator.
We all thought we had lost the Northern Conference Championship to a bad alternator. Thanks to the guys out front who bested Justin on Sunday, when the points and drops where calculated, Voytek won the Conference Championship by 3 points.
And, we had 8 cars at Road America for the Midwestern Council event. Where we won 6 more races.
It was great to finally meet Tyler and his family/crew. Great people.
Since Voytek doesn't post here, I will thank the crew for him, Ann, Ben, Jason, Bob, Jacob (the new guy), Kyle, Adam and Bentley. Also Thanks to Chris Haldeman of X-Factor racing for the great motors. First time in 8 years that Voytek said he was equal on power to everyone else.
Off to Road America on Thursday for the Double Regional (or whatever they call them).
See you all at Mid Ohio next month.
Dave