Nice !

 

One of my favorite U.S. tracks. Was fortunate to run my Mini Cooper S in the June Sprints and other races there, and compete in the first Pro Formula Ford Race. My least fond memory, though, is losing my brakes coming into corner 5 in the Mini at top speed!

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

 

Scary!

Cool that you got to go around the track though

 

Put together a race preview for tomorrow's race at VIR.

http://miniracefan.com/2016/08/26/ra...d-prix-at-vir/

Top MINI in qualifying was the #73 with Derek Jones behind the wheel. He will start 12th.

 

Watching Mat Pombo in the #73 while leading at Road America was truly exciting! That man can drive!!! Hope the #73 continues with that sort of run today! Good luck to all three cars! We really need a podium!!!!!

 

Podium finish for #73 at VIR! The end of the race had me biting my nails as Pombo drove through the field!

Full race recap here: http://miniracefan.com/2016/08/27/ra...d-prix-at-vir/

 

Great news! I saw where it was raining & much later I got back online & it looked like the race might be over....#73 was 18th...I was sad! But not now! Don't mess with the MINIs when it rains! LOL! I assume the other two cars were far behind?

 

The #37 got into an accident just before the red flag. It was pretty wet out there and I guess it went of course. That was the end of the day for them.

The #52 was toward the back for the whole race.

So pretty much as you surmised.

 

CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTSCAR CHALLENGE ON TV


FS1 -OAK TREE GRAND PRIX AT VIR
Sunday, September 4, 2016 – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT


IMSA.TV - CONTINENTAL TIRE - RACE
Friday, September 16, 2016 – 1:40 PM to 4:10 PM EDT


FS1 - CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS
Sunday, September 25, 2016 – 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

 

Heartbreaking news. Apparently there was an issue with timing and scoring due to the rain soaked red flag session at VIR. IMSA did an audit and found that the #83 Porsche finished in second. This bumped the #73 from 3rd to 4th and off the podium.

 

The Bastids!!!

 

Yeah, IMSA should be really, REALLY ashamed! It's not right doing that to any driver (taking them off the podium due to scoring error)! Mistakes happen but this is a professional sport is it not? I guarantee you if Pombo thought he was running 0.4 seconds out of third on the last lap he would have passed the car ahead to get on the podium! This just sucks really bad!!

 

I agree. I bet Pombo would have drove it a little deeper into the corners at the end if he knew the podium was on the line.

 

That stinks.

 

All 3 MINIs finished in the top 10 at Circuit of the Americas! This is the first time this has happened for the team. Full race recap:

http://miniracefan.com/2016/09/16/ra...-americas-150/

 

Awesome! Thanks for the link...nice write-up!

 

Great result!

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

 

You're welcome and thanks

 

73 and 37 both qualified in the top ten for tomorrow's race at Road Atlanta.
Full results here: http://miniracefan.com/2016/09/29/ro...fying-results/

You're not going to want to miss this race. This is the site of the teams best ever finish of 2nd place. There looking to do one better this year

 

Two MINIs finish in the top 5 at Road Atlanta!

Full Race Recap: http://miniracefan.com/2016/09/30/ra...d-atlanta-150/

 

Very respectable! Sadly the bad luck gremlin raised its ugly head on the last lap once again for Mat Pombo! His off season nickname will be "last lap Pombo"! Rotten luck, but very respectable.....true fighters they were indeed!

 

Yeah they have the worst luck late in the race. I'm still trying to find out what happened.

They we're very competitive this year, really has me looking forward to next season.

 

Yeah, yeah, I know. This is not a picture of a racing MINI. I happened to be in the mall in Danville, VA today and saw this vintage picture of VIR on the wall. Great picture, but whoever captioned it obviously didn't know the difference between a Cobra and a Chaparral. I imagine Jim Hall and Carroll Shelby are hanging out somewhere and getting a laugh out of it.

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Ha! Well, at least there is a Chevy engine & a Ford engine in the photo! ;-). Whoever wrote that caption probably had never seen a race car before in '69! Talk about no clue! lol!

 

Bump...it's go racing time again! Team JCW races this weekend at Daytona if I read my IMSA email correctly. Anybody know when qualifying and the race will be streaming live?

Let's go racin!