Well we sure hope it's a preview as we swept the weekend by putting both cars on pole and winning all the races. We ran both the Norma in P1 and the formula enterprise car in FE2. This was the first time in about 7 years that I attempted to do the double...meaning driving two different race cars over the course of the weekend. With my arthritic neck always being a concern, the physical demands placed on it by all that seat time and high g forces made me a little nervous heading into the weekend.

Fortunately, my neck held up well and we were able to run all the sessions. The Prototype 1 field had 11 entries including Todd Slusher who is looking like my strongest challenger. Todd and I have already had several good battles this year at Portland and most recently at Road America. This time I edged him out for pole position (see pole lap here) but it turned out to be moot as he got the jump on me at the start of both races. In race 1, Todd getting the lead early turned against him as he ended up hitting debris on the track that punctured his radiator. I was right behind him when it happened and watched bits and pieces of fiberglass and metal fly by. In race 2, we had an epic battle all race long with my margin of victory being less than 8/10ths of a second. Watch the full race video here.

In FE2, my only competitor was Tom Burt so not sure how we'll stack up at the Runoffs when the fast young guns come to Sonoma. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to the challenge.