New rule compliant engine being installed

After 6 months of hand wringing and trying to figure out what to do since the infamous Club Racing Board (CRB) ruined our racing plans for the Norma and obsoleted our existing engines with a rule change unique to us, we finally made it back on track for the Portland Super Tour weekend. We now have to run with 50 more pounds of penalty weight and a dumbed down engine that when combined with the hit from last year is now 25-30 horsepower less than when we won the national championship in 2016.

Despite this handicap (we were the slowest P1 car in a straight line), we won the Sunday feature race over 5 other P1 entries. Our run group had about 35 cars in it spread over 6 classes. Unfortunately, a big wreck caused the last half of the race to be run behind the pace car so it was not a very satisfying way to win. Nonetheless, we did have the fastest race lap on Sunday and showed good pace all weekend long. Our Q1 effort was just .047 seconds off pole at a 1.09:964. This time was 1.1 seconds slower than our best qualifying time last year so the CRB's balance of performance adjustment definitely affected us in a big way.

In Saturday's race, I was having a good battle with the pole sitter, Todd Slusher, who races an Elan DP02 P1 car. Then on lap 14, my throttle stuck wide open at 140 mph going down the back straight away. Check out what happens next: here.

A clamp broke and got caught up in the throttle linkage causing the issue. Prior to that we had a real good contest going on. I always say it just takes one other competitive car to make for a good race. See the battle: here.

Check out the Sunday post race interview link: https://www.scca.com/videos/2034915