that subie in 3rd is reaLLY FLYING

Owen is doing great in the lead.

 

Andrew is VERY fast. He just did a 15.9..... that's scary for a big heavy camber challenge subbie this far into the race. Hopefully owen can open up a gap on him.

 

Looks like Andrew pitted in. Owen holds on... Stay out there man!

 

car has been having transmission problems

 

Looks like the Subie has problems.

Carbonell (MX-5) and Baas (GTI) are the lurking fast guys.

Owen cranking away the laps in the lead.

 

Subbie looks out. Watch Ian Baas's lap times I think they need to keep a gap of 45 seconds or so for Jade to come out in the lead.

 

ugh, Owen's pit stop put Jade way down to 13th,,,,,

 

I'm guessing they had an issue on the pit stop. looks like on T&S they lost about a min. Looks like Jades out lap was a 22 followed by a 18.8.

 

ridiculous pace from the two leaders.

Seems like Jade is having a time coming to grips with the car.

 

He's been hanging around mid 18's since he got in. I can't tell but has Andrew Pitted yet. I after the APR speech at Barber I have a hard time seeing them win.

 

I don't think Carbonell has pitted yet. The top 2 Freedom cars both started down in the order.

What speech are you referring to? The APR cars have been significantly faster than the field in recent races.

Unfortunately, Trevor still needs to pit.

 

Ahh, couldn't find it on my DVR so Nevermind. I just recall an interview that seemed like bragging about APR's resources.

 

P1 in quali definitly the highlight of this race! Great job Owen!!!

Randy got hit badly on lap 1, breaking the RR control arm. Rest of the story coming. Bad luck continues to haunt the team, but superb efforts by all will pay off sooner if not later. : up:

I'll let others tell the rest of the story.

 

I hear the Turner car is badly damaged......again..............
it's amazing the bad luck that continues to plague...

time for a sacrificial burning at Miller...............

 

Heard you are going to Mazda's next year.

 

NOT TRUE.

I am presenting my R56 to Grand Am at Miller in September for final classing for 2010.

Who did you hear that from?

Randy

 

Bad luck continues to haunt the team.

8th place for the #198. Trevor had a catastrophic tire failure on the last lap sending him into the wall at turn 8. The car suffered extensive damage. He was less than 1/2 a mile from the checkered flag. He and Adam both had inspired drives only to be trashed by a blow out. Hoosier has the tire and wheel to find out what happened.

11th place for the #196. This was a real heartbreaker. Owen put the car on the pole and started from position one. He led the race for 39 laps. At the driver change, when Jade took the seat, the seat track jammed. Jade could not get the seat to move forward. After a minute of battling the seat slider, he strapped in and drove the car with his toes. After the race we found the lower right seat buckle had twisted on the mount and jammed into the right side track. This has never happened ever! We are still puzzled as to how and why it twisted. The 1.5 minute stop took the car out of the battle for the lead.

19th place for the #197. The 197 was designated as the sprint car. The plan was for Owen to start the 196 with a quick driver change and then take over the 197. The 197 has all the new RMW engine modifications and was a rocket ship. The car suffered with shifting problems all weekend putting it 14th on the grid but it started the race with a new transmission, clutch and complete shift linkage. We were feeling good!

Unfortunately, I only completed a single lap. A rookie Canadian driver over cooked turn one and tagged me on the right rear corner. I was spun into turn two where the car was struck hard by the Turner BMW. Both cars were were retired with extensive damage. Our car is bad . . . Turner's car is worse. No comment about the driver who caused this . . . but, he took out two season regulars causing thousands of $$ of damages. This was their 1st Koni race with no plans to enter any more. Grand Am missed the incident and no penalties were assessed . . . they ended up 15th, three laps down and were never in contention.

We did leave the race on a high note in spite of the unlucky results. The new engine package was encouraging. All three cars were fast. The handling problems from Mid Ohio are behind us. We are looking forward to Miller in September.

Randy

 

Nice to see you back posting...........Mr. Roach

 

Great thing is that the RSR Minis have the pace to win now and if the racing gods will just shine on ya a bit a win is in the making!! You guys have worked your tales off for a long time to make the Mini a winner in Grand Am and you deserve it.

Will you change all three cars to the R56 next year or will you run a mix to faze them in? Seems a shame to start completely over now that the 53 is finally coming together.....

 

Damn.....bad luck.

Wish it was going to be televised.

 

They need to hire a Irish guy as a lucky charm. Unreal. You guys will have the measure of the field at Miller!

 

you are Irish.... right?

 

Jan... please call Derek and I at HMS as soon as possible... THX

 

Scottish.... We gotta earn our luck...