My apologies for the delay in reporting back our results .... we are headed to Virginia tomorrow so I thought I better get this posted fast. Calabogie was a beautiful track and the facility has some excellent potential as they continue to build out the property. As all tracks do, there were elements that reminded me of other tracks. Overall, the track was nice and smooth with lots of elevations and a good flow to the turns.
Our results were mixed for the weekend with our team coming in second overall for the weekend by 1 point with a first place on Saturday, GT-MC pole and third by two-one-hundredths of a second on the Sunday. If I had any doubt that I am still a rookie, my simple mistake of hitting my brake and accelerator pedal simultaneously during the Sunday race for blips took away any of that doubt. By the time I realized what I was doing and fixed the problem, I had but four laps to catch the car ahead and made a valiant attempt to do so with my nose at the door at the checker. I wonder if the new engine would have helped as it was not ready for Calabogie and we managed to get eighty hours on the original motor without any failures .... hats off to Dodge for that!
We look forward to supporting Calabogie in the future and want to thank both Nick and Bruce for helping me out. Bruce - you have an awsome track and I think that you and your partners have put togehter an incredible facility with the best yet to come!
Virginia next .. then Mid-Ohio for my first pro event. That's right, I said it ... we are excited and I will post a stand-alone announcement next about our three race deal at SPEED World Challenge GT!!
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