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Race results and Over1G-Racing team update, good news about points!!
It's been quite some time since I gave a full report of everything going on with Rhonda and I. What started out a couple of months ago as a simple testing of the car at Summit Point turned into a 10 week, non-stop turn our lives upside down bunch of weekends working on the car, testing, and running 4 races in a 5 week period!! But we have made it, and done better than i could have imagined.
As already posted, when I tested the car I had a huge problem with the axle and brake line, made it passed that, a couple weeks later went to NHMS and won our first National race ever, first race of the year and first back from the wreck. 2 weeks later ( and trying to prep in between normal life and work ) we were at Summit Point where although I finished well, I had a chance at a podium spot but it slipped away. I finished 4th. A week later, Memorial weekend was spent at Nelson Ledges doing the Double National. The only thing that made the trip to Nelson easier was staying at Dave P's house as opposed to a hotel. It was nice to be in a real house!
The thing that made Nelson especially tough ( aside from the track itself that can beat man and machine to death!! ) was time constraints. Since I do my own prep, alone, for budget reasons, I had very little time to fully once over the car after Summit. I did encounter a potential issue but hoped it would not manifest itself at Nelson. It did, as well as another bigger issue. During the quals for the Nelson races my drivers side diff seal let go. I had a spare but pressing that in did nothing to stop the leaking due to the underlying problem in the diff. I had to nurse the rear throught the entire weekend. In addition to that, on the pace lap of the first race my exhaust literally broke apart. All of the welds have began to fail, i limped the car long enough to finish the race and pick up points. Thanks to some savvy paddock welding and the support of fellow racers my exhaust made it through the second race at Nelson, as did the rest of the car. 2 second place finishes, more points on the books. I do have alot of work ahead of me though.
4 races in a month, the testing prior, all the prep, the repairs, everything has just made our lives hectic to the point where I barely have time to live day to day normally. The lawn is tall, the dogs are crazy, man it's actually nice to have some down time for a few weeks to get caught up and SLOWLY fix the car!! The wonderful thing about sticking out such as rigorous ( for us ) schedule is something i never would have imagined. I now sit 1rst place in points for the Northeast Division in Touring 1. Who knows how long it will last, the competition up here is insane and many guys want the spot, but for now it really feels great to be at the tip of a tough division. To come back from the Pocono accident, win my first race and sit for at least some time number one in points is a dream come true to both of us. I'm trying to enjoy the moment, wondering when someone is going to snatch it away from me, I'm not going without a fight though!!
Rhonda is working on getting videos from the past 4 races ripped. Keep an eye out, they will be on the site soon. Thanks everyone for keeping up with us and special thanks to Pfadt Race Engineering for a shock that was able to tame Nelson Ledges rough pavement a little bit!
Joe
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