I was on fire this weekend. The Nuformz/BFGoodrich Viper ran flawless and I had a lot of fun. Evergreen Speedway is definitely one of my favorite track on the FormulaD circuits.
I qualified 3rd on Friday and that put me up against my Team mate for this event, Pat Mourdant. Pat is a great young driver and he has his future before him.
I took of a little bit when leading him and I was close when following him. I moved on to Top 16. Props to Pat though for running so hard with that car!
In Top 16 I was matched up against Ken Gushi and his Scion tC. Another young very talented driver. I was leading him first, but unfortunately he broke his drive shaft. Not a great way to win, but now I was in Top 8.
Now I was going up against Tyler McQuarrie in his Nissan 350z. I was leading and got a gap on him in the oval. I kept the distance through out my leading run. It was time for me to follow Tyler and I stayed on him pretty good through the whole track. The judges gave Tyler the win. I was very confused about the judging result. After the event I was told I did not wait for my competitor and that was “not cool”. The issue I see here is that at the drivers meeting it is clearly said that it is up to the driver to ask for the pace cone. I was not asked that so I kept my normal qualification speed the whole way. The result turned out to be, I was out. I exited in Top 8 and that now puts me 4th in the points for the Championship. There is still a great chance to bring home the championship so don’t count me out people:)
The Nuformz/BFGoodrich Viper ran perfect. We had the perfect setup and the BFGoodrich KDW was giving me the performance I needed for that track. I felt confident that I was gong to have a podium finish this weekend, but I guess I was going to fast…..
I’m coming back strong in Sonoma!
Drift Ya Later
