Week 1 Race Results

We decided to start our season without Crazy and just keep track of the races that he joins us on. We had a great night of racing with everyone scoring at least one win.

HiWind and Tex started the night out right with a finish line difference of only 0.009 seconds on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

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Tex started the night out with his first of three consecutive poles. Followed closely by Zoomy, then HiWind. The track was having problems with it's timing and scoring so when the starter yelled "Go!" to start the race, Tex got a jump on the other two competitors. Unfortunately he threw it all away by sliding on his cold tires into turn one, easily allowing 2nd and 3rd place drivers to pass by.

The end of lap 2 saw Zoomy having problems negotiating the final chicane, ending up head first into champions wall. HiWind got by easily enough but Zoomy collected Tex when he was getting turned around to continue. Fortunately it didn't affect Tex much because he did a 360 and carried on with chasing the leader.

HiWind was in the lead chased closely by Tex who was putting the pressure on to make him make a mistake but Tex makes a mistake of his own. The start of lap 4 sees Tex lock up his brakes in turn 2. HiWind returns the favour by sliding off turn 3 into the runoff area allowing Tex to catch up and pass him by.

It was a good race to the end with HiWind making up distance under braking but not having enough to get by. He was close leading up to the last chicane and was able to get a run at Tex leading to the start finish line.

Feeling perhaps that he didn't have enough to get past the leader, HiWind decides to take him out instead! He turns sharply into the leaders rear quarter panel and turns him towards the inside wall. Tex bounces a couple of times off of the wall and is able to get back on the track and finish ahead of HiWind by a mere nine thousandths of a second! Just another day at the races!

Montreal race results

Race two saw us at Mosport International Raceway. Tex had pole but screwed up the start which Zoomy and HiWind took advantage of. Zoomy took the point and never looked back to record his first win of the season. Tex snuck by HiWind on lap 4 to finish the race in second.

Mosport race results

The Toronto Molson Indy is race 3 in our schedule and the last of the Canadian races for the first part of our season. Tex secured pole position for the race but is still having problems with the race starts. Both HiWind and Zoomy get past Tex on the start. Zoomy got by HiWind in turn 3 when HiWind went in too deep on cold tires.

Both HiWind and Tex took turns spinning out while Zoomy never looked back. Tex was able to get by HiWind on lap 3 when he spun and that's the way the race finished.

Toronto race results

Watkins Glen International Raceway was next on our schedule. Zoomy finally broke Tex's 3 race pole position sweep with pole of his own. Tex still had problems putting the power down on the start of the race. HiWind got an awesome jump at the start and was moving in between Tex and Zoomy when Tex's car veered over and hit HiWind's car at the start forcing HiWind into Zoomy. Zoomy wrecked, Tex slowed down and HiWind took the lead!

After pressuring HiWind for 3 laps, Tex finally got by going into the bus stop chicane. All of the battling between 1st and 2nd allowed Zoomy to catch back up and put the pressure on HiWind but to no avail. HiWind held him off to take second place.

Watkins Glen race results

Finally we travel to Lime Rock Park. One of the shortest tracks on our schedule but fun nonetheless. Zoomy took pole on his last qualification lap with HiWind second and Tex third. Everybody got a good start with HiWind getting the jump off the start. It was enough to allow him to get past Zoomy in turn 1 and take the lead. A little bobble by Zoomy off of turn 4 lets Tex get a run past him along the straight leading up to the hill turn.

Zoomy spins at the entrance to turn one effectively taking himself out of the race. That leaves HiWind in the lead with Tex close behind. And that's it, that's the way the race finishes. HIWind gets his first win of the season with Tex in second and Zoomy third.

Lime Rock Park race results

At the end of 5 races the season standings are:
1) Tex 38 points
2) Zoomy 29 points
3) HiWind 28 points