Leading the way at Buttonwillow
We are 5 weekends and 10 races into the season and, so far, no one has matched our pace on track. We've had one DNF from a broken electrical connector but otherwise we've won every race entered. This past weekend was no exception at the Buttonwillow Majors event and again we crushed the all-time SCCA track record in each race. Ultimately we lopped about 4 seconds off the old race record in turning a 1:37.321 and averaging 108 mph on the 2.9 mile track. In Q2 we turned a weekend best time of 1:36.513. So the season is off to an exceptional start as we near the halfway mark. We now hold the all-time track records on Buttonwillow's two most challenging configurations.
Several years ago the SCCA started a special award for something called the Super Sweep. The Super Sweep is the most challenging award a Club Racer can achieve. To earn the award the driver must (in a single class):
1. win a Majors Conference Championship
2. win at one of 10 key Majors races
3. win the national point standings
4. win the National Championship Runoffs
We have pretty much wrapped up #1 and #2 and are currently 2nd in the national point standings and need one more win to clinch that honor. So we are adding another Majors event to the calendar at the end of May for Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA. It's a classic old track in the Pacific Northwest region. If we can get another win we will achieve the maximum points possible and check off #3 above.
Of course, the hardest part and the real focus of our season is #4, a win at the Runoffs. We've got a plan to up our game to a whole new level for that shot at the gold medal at Mid-Ohio. Stay tuned... and watch the post race interview here.
Smiling for my son after a satisfying win on Sunday. Thanks for coming Aaron.