A few weekends ago, I ran my very first race event in the new Oreca 03 LMP2 car that was recently acquired. It was at Laguna Seca in Monterey, CA and put on by Masters Historic Racing. We competed in the Masters Endurance Legends portion of the event which consisted of two 30 minute practice sessions, followed by a 30 minute qualifying session, and then two 40 minute races. As I got more comfortable and familiar with the car, the speeds picked up and the lap times went down and I qualified on pole just slightly faster than Steve Romak in a Pescarolo Morgan LMP2 car.

I won both races leading flag to flag but had Steve on my tail the whole time. In the first race my lead was generally less than one second while in the second race it was a little more comfortable at around 2-4 seconds. I don’t recall ever having that much pressure from the driver behind me over one race, and for sure never over the course of two races. It was great fun and exhausting at the same time. I can only imagine running the car for 24 hours at LeMans where it did compete back in 2011/2012. The acceleration capabilities of the car are far superior to anything else I’ve run in the past. The livery on the car matches the way it ran at LeMans. I’m definitely looking forward to more races in this car.