I had a lot of fun racing at last night's Odd Thursday race! Although the turn out was somewhat light, the enthusiasm was just the opposite! We had some very close racing and we also had the pleasure of meeting a new racer Fernando, who quickly adapted to the Too Bad Motorplex course.
We started the night of racing with the Can Am Class. Chris was the winner, followed by Terry, and Doc. Next up were the Le Mans Class car which was the NASTE Point Series Race of the evening. The top four cars in this race were all within one lap of each other. Rico posted his fifth point series race win of this season! Chris and Terry were in a tie for total laps, with Chris' faster lap breaking the tie for second. Everyone stuck around for the BRM Group C race which made for a near record setting number of entries. Chris again raced to the win followed by Dan in second and Rico in third. The Over 50 Class was raced with a field of eight, again another great attendance mark for the last class race of the night. Mitch was back up to speed and returned to the first place spot on the podium. He was followed closely, just 1/10th of a lap behind, by Al. Bryan ran a great race to finish third.
Highlights of the night's racing included Chris beaking the total accumulated laps record and the fastest lap time record in the Can Am Class. One of the closest finishes in a points race with Rico just 3/10ths of a lap ahead of Terry and Chris who were tied for second. Chris' 1/4 of a second quicker lap time over Terry secured the second place spot. In the wild BRM race Dan's Porsche made contact with the inside wall imbedding his car's front diaplane in the wooden structure. That was definitely a first at TooBad Motorplex! Earlier in the race Rico had taken an off-table excursion which destroyed the back end of his Porsche 962. Nobody ever said the BRM class was easy! In the Over 50 Class we saw three California Sportsman cars entered finishing fourth, fifth, and seventh. It really was a fun night! Thanks to all that made it out!
Here are the results:
Can Am Class
1 Chris Kouba 62.1
2 Terry Abbott 57.0 - 1st in USRRC
3 Dan Fritz 56.6
4 Rico Locati 55..4
5 Al Christensen 55.3
6 Bill Bostic 54.8
7 Mitch Brooks 53.0
8 Greg Petrolati 51.6
9 Fernando Carvalho 43.3
Le Mans - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No. 11
1 Rico Locati 55.7 laps - 9 points
2 Chris Kouba 55.4 - 9.019 fast lap 8 points
3 Terry Abbott 55.4 - 9.288 fast lap 7 pts.
4 Dan Fritz 54.57 - 6 pts.
5 Bill Bostic 52.9 - 5 pts.
6 Greg Petrolati 52.4 - 4 pts.
7 Al Christensen 52.2 - 3 pts.
8 Mitch Brooks 49.9 - 2 pts.
9 Fernando Carvalho 44.7 - 1 pt.
BRM Group C
1 Chris Kouba 60.4 Laps
2 Dan Fritz 58.7
3 Rico Locati 58.5
4 Greg Petrolati 57.2
5 Al Christensen 57.1
6 Bryran Dickerson 56.2
7 Mitch Brooks 54.2
8 Bill Bostic 52.5
9 Fernando Carvalho 50.0
Over 50
1 Mitch Brooks 54.4 Laps
2 Al Christensen 54.3
3 Bryan Dickerson 52.4
4 Dan Fritz 50.8
5 Rico Locati 50.2
6 Chris Kouba 46.3
7 Bill Bostic 44.9
8 Fernando Carvalho 43.9
