A short drive to Alabama had the teams pulling into Barber Motorsports Park for the Birmingham GP. High Times Racing, and their driver Zoomy, were quick off the trailer and took pole position by only 8/100's of a second over Hi-Wind. Crazy had a good qualifying session placing third on the grid.
A red flag was thrown at the start of the race due to a number of the competitors spinning off the track at turn 1. A restart was deemed necessary and all the cars lined up again. The second start went much better than the first with all the drivers using a more cautious approach.
The cautious approach didn't help Zoomy much as he fell back to last place. His first target was Crazy.
Not willing to give up the position without a fight, Crazy dives deep into the next corner taking the position back from Zoomy.
After getting past Zoomy, Crazy lined up Tex. He put up a good fight but Crazy finally got thru to take 2nd place.
Heading for the end of lap one, all the drivers were nose to tail waiting for someone to make a mistake.
Diving deep to protect his position, Crazy slid off the track. Pushed by Zoomy, Tex also waits too long to brake and locks up his front tires. Zoomy dives inside to take advantage but can't make the pass stick as Tex fights his way back.
Hot on Tex's heels, Zoomy makes the pass at the next corner.
Hi-Wind pulled out to a small gap but Zoomy was hot in pursuit having gotten by both Tex and Crazy. As Zoomy was closing the gap on Hi-Wind, so too was Crazy on Tex. Having gotten a good run on Tex, Crazy went to the inside which caused him to push wide at the corner exit allowing Tex to counter with the outside/in move, giving him the preferred line.
Crazy pushed out wide and dropped a tire onto the grass causing him to lose traction and go shooting across the track, narrowly missing Tex as he went by.
A small bump with the guardrail was the only contact but it was still enough to set him seconds off the pace and out of contention for the win.
Hi-Wind and Zoomy were starting to distance themselves from Tex when the unexpected happens...
...Zoomy went into turn 7 and hit something sticking out of the curb, yanking his steering wheel to the right, sending him headlong into the tirewall with dramatic effect!
Surprisingly, his car was still running so he put it into gear. But, before he can get back onto the track, Tex passes by. Having lost one position already, Zoomy gets pointed back in the right direction just as Crazy happens onto the scene. As he gasses away, the fenders keep the tires from pointing in the right direction causing Zoomy to go off the track, once again catching air!
With his car in bad shape, he slightly overshot the pit entrance but managed to get in for repairs.
After such a flurry of activity for the first three laps, the remaining laps were pretty much a let down! Neither Crazy or Tex were able to advance their position and Hi-Wind maintained his pace to record the race win. He also had the fastest lap of the race for the bonus point.
Birmingham GP race results
