What a freaking awesome weekend! The weather was amazing and my dad's RX7 was a total blast to drive. It was the first race the car ran and there are some setup changes to be made like correcting the terrifically tail happy rear end. Otherwise, the Willey Wankel is a solid ride with great potential. I was the test driver and I might have missed a few points about the car, like say oh the rears lock up first under heavy breaking. There were sketchy moments for all 4 of the drivers so I guess I should have pushed it a bit more during testing. Being the third driver and with a good warning that the car handled this way, I still lit up the rear tires and slid into a slow corner like a bonehead. Lucky for me I caught it just short of a spin and the car behind did not cream me. (Thanks AJ)
We had a new driver this time named Ozer who got the full LeMons experience. We sent him out first, someone bumped him, and he spun. So obviously he got to meet the judges. He did a great job going out first. There was no one to warn him that the rear breaks lock up and the car is totally tail happy. He just figured it out on his own.
Cem returned to race with us and again was the fastest on the team, great driving as always. He even told off another LeMons driver in a very classy manner for speeding in the pits.. Another thing about Cem, he has this sweet helmet that I am jealous of..
The first goal was to finish the race and we did that. We also had fun and are home safely which are the most important things when it comes to racing LeMons. There was one scary moment for my pops when someone aggressively turned in on him going down the strait, but he did everything right and kept the car away from a major wreck. After a short break to calm down and look over the car, he went back out on the track. Later he laughed it off and we prepped the car for the next day. (Props to you Dad)
There is plenty of video and tons photos I have to go through, the video of the wreck will be first. Then I will look for the video of my bonehead spin to post that as well.
On to the results, the ones that matter anyway... The real winner was Rich with his IOE award for the horribly awesome IMP and his class C win with his Jag. Congrats Rich!
Good times were had and I can't wait to do it all over again.. which ever car we race. More pictures and videos to come soon. Here is the team pic with Chief Prep "Jay".. Keep it classy LeMons!
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