This weekend My team mate and I took on one of the most difficult tracks in North America. During the Friday practice sessions we tried many of different set up’s.
By the end of the day we had a pretty good car. All the crews hard work at changing set-ups back and forth ( changing the springs from soft springs to stiff and back to soft) paid off and in the Saturday morning practice I managed to do a 1:30.5 lap time which placed me in the top three before handing the car over to my teammate john.
Through out the whole weekend we were trying to find rear grip. Even though the car was fast in morning practice (when the track temp was cool ) we decided to make some changes so that the car was strong in the race.
Come race time john delivered the car to me once again perfect ( which is saying a lot at a track as tricky as Mosport ). When I got in the car I quickly realized the car was rather tail happy. The car was a real handful to drive and coming in the pits to make a change was not an option. The team made a good call and did what they could by adjusting tire pressures on my next set of tires. The #40 car finished a strong 15th over all with many good battles in the race.
This coming weekend is the Mid Ohio event. John and I have both raced at Mid Ohio and I feel the porches’ will have an edge over the high horsepower mustangs there.
-scott
