2024 24 Hours of Tacoma Report

Nice car!  Keep it in the slot and out of trouble.

Best of luck to you all.

So it's in the books...  How'd we do?  In a full field of entries (14 total teams), we claimed 10th overall, but that's just a number.

Barring several miracles, we are never going to beat the Can Am team, or the Italians.  There are a few other local teams which are always at the pointy end too.  Our best realistic finish was probably (generously) around 5th or 6th, so 10th does not disappoint me.  We had a mechanical issue or two which cost us some time (one straight off the line losing about 50 laps in the first heat on the fast track), but plenty of other people had their share of pit time too.

What the finish order doesn't tell you is there was competition across the spectrum of teams.  We were neck and neck with the Austin guys, only ceding 9th to them by ~40 laps over around 10,000.  I'd call that close.  There were heats where we did extremely well- finishing in 2nd twice, once even on the lead lap!  I was swapping lap times with some of the locals and had some of the funnest and closest racing I've ever had up there.

Also, see people from around the world show up is always excellent.  There were teams from across the US, plus Canada, Italy, and Mexico.  Great people and fierce competitors.  It was clear that everyone was having a good time.

Even the event seemed to run reasonably on time across the week this year, although the sprint races were quite a challenge with 30-40 people entering.  It's great to see the logistics improving.

I know that no one seems to be interested in attending this, but I will be entering a team again next year.  Think about participating.  It is the 10th anniversary and Alan has promised that it will be "something special", although I will be there regardless.  Come join me.