HAD A GREAT TIME LAST WEEKEND AT AUTOBAHN COUNTRY CLUB WITH NASA GREAT LAKES!
Friday was practice day and it started off rocky with my times being very off. After some coaching from Nathan Nicholson I was able to drop my times by 2 seconds.
Friday night was my first TREC race where Tyler Wettengel and I ran over 100 laps and finished out the endurance race till dark, where we finished 2nd place in our class and 4th overall.
Saturday morning it was a little chilly out, but that didn't delay our qualifying and racing. I qualified 10th. Race 1 started in 10th but fell down to 15th with my lap times falling off, my car just didn't feel right on the new tires, so I wasn't real comfy with it.
Sunday morning was another cold morning, but I was ready to go. I started Race #2 in 15th place, passed a few cars but then a double yellow was thrown due to a car in the guardrail. We were on yellow for most of the session. By the time the green flag was flown, it was the last lap of the race, since it was a timed race. I finished out the race in 11th after 3 cars got dqed. Race #3 we all had a great start, I went from 11th to 9th , but due to one of the Thunder roadsters that knocked into me, I went back to 11th place and that is where I finished.
RESULTS:
TREC RACE: 2ND PLACE
RACE #1: 15TH AND MY FASTEST TIME WAS 1:43.0-WHICH I AVERAGED ABOUT 1:44 1:45.
RACE #2: 11TH AND MY FASTEST TIME WAS 1:45- CAUTION RACE ONLY GOT IN 1 1/2 FULL RACING LAPS.
RACE #3: 10TH AND MY FASTEST TIME WAS 1:41.785- WHICH WAS MY FASTEST TIME OF THE WEEKEND, BUT AVERAGED ABOUT 1:42 1:43 LAP TIMES.
BIG THANKS TO Nathan Nicholson FOR ALL THE HELP THIS WEEKEND. YOU HELPED ME IMPROVE SO MUCH FROM THE START OF THE WEEKEND TO THE END, WISH I COULD HAVE HAD BETTER RESULTS, BUT THIS IS HELPING ME PREPARE FOR NEXT SEASON.
BIG THANKS TO TYLER WETTENGEL FOR PARTNERING UP WITH ME FOR THE TREC RACE. WITHOUT YOUR HELP IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO PLACE 2ND!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT NASA GREAT LAKES AND NASA Central Region FOR PUTTING ON AN AWESOME EVENT. THANKS TO ALL OF NASA AND CREW FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF YOUR CLUB AND TEEN MAZDA CHALLENGE. I AM LEARNING A LOT AND HAVING A LOT OF FUN PREPARING FOR THE 2023 SEASON. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING THAT I COULD BE OUT THERE JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE!
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSUEM IN A FEW WEEKS IN BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY!
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