Road America is next. We race at 6:15 Friday evening. Schedule: http://www.grand-am.com/assets/2011RoadAmericaOfficialSchedule.pdf We will have a new driver for this event and one who is well known to racing fans everywhere. Kenny Schrader of NASCAR fame. Watch for a press release in the next day or so. 195 Dicky Riegel and Kenny Schrader 196 Ron Farmer and Jason Hart 198 Sarah Cattaneo and Owen Trinkler We may also race the 197 with myself and and VJ Mirzayan depending on the prep schedule and timing. We are still working hard to get the 198 back on the track after the mess at Lime Rock. The 198 sits 18 points back in 5th place. Road America is a long and fast 'old school' track that will not favor the Mini's. We have tested there and the cars are quick but the Turbo cars will have an advantage at the top end. Grand Am continues to impose a rev limit on us so we are further handicapped. Randy
Good luck Team RSR. I wish you good weather & clear track tomorrow. All of us guys in the Old Fart Motoring Club will be pulling for you.
RSR Minis qualify 4,6,8 at Road America :cornut: 4 Sarah Cattaneo 6 Dicky Riegel 8 Ron Farmer Owen set fast of the day during morning practice.
It's been raining here for like two weeks straight, why should it be any different now? Supposed to be nice this weekend. Wish I could get out there (on call this weekend), I saw one of the cars running with MVP track time last fall (there was also a Challenge car there too), you guys are FAST on that track, it's fun to watch for anyone who can make it out there, definitely worth it.
And you said Road America wasn't a good track for the MINIs... I guess this means they're well set up and the drivers are really on their game. Well done! Fingers crossed for the race.
Results Three top ten finishes. 198 = 4th 196 = 7th 195 = 10th 1.5 hours of the race were run under caution including the last hour!! :mad2:
That's great on 3 top 10 finishes but a bummer to run around for the last hour under caution.... I assume from your frustration that you thought ya'll could have even BETTER finishes had it not been under caution??? How did Schrader do?? any chance he'll be in the car again??
I think that Kenny REALLY enjoyed himself! Per the Grand-Am site: "This is as much fun as I've ever had in a race car. This is fantastic. It is really neat. What a beautiful facility. My biggest surprise driving the Mini was the brakes, and how it stops on a dime. I have a little problem when the right-rear tire comes off the ground - where I grew up, that ain't good." - Ken Schrader, No. 195 RSR Motorsports Mini Cooper S
Per Grand-Am.com, "The race ended under caution after Nico Rondet crashed hard into a barrier that destroyed the ST pole-winning No. 18 Insight Racing BMW 328i with 24 minutes remaining and significantly damaged the wall."
24 minutes? There must have been a few of those then given Randy's post: "1.5 hours of the race were run under caution including the last hour!! :mad2:" That's pretty sad given the entire race was scheduled to run just 2.5 hours...a single hour of racing interrupted by 1.5 hours under yellow. :nonod:
Rondet was running fourth in the class when the Insight Racing BMW crashed heavily nose-first into the barrier in Turn 2. Rondet escaped injury, quickly stepping from the car and walking away; however, the barrier was damaged too heavily for the race to be restarted in the remaining time.