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  1. Nathan

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    #3 rsstopper, Jun 23, 2011
    Day one at Road America and it's raining ! :(
     
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    #4 Crashton, Jun 23, 2011
    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. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #5 rsstopper, Jun 24, 2011
    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.
     
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    #6 cct1, Jun 24, 2011
    It's been raining here for like two weeks straight, why should it be any different now?:D 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.
     
  6. Steve

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    #7 Steve, Jun 24, 2011
    And you said Road America wasn't a good track for the MINIs... :D

    I guess this means they're well set up and the drivers are really on their game. Well done! Fingers crossed for the race.
     
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    #8 rsstopper, Jun 24, 2011
    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:
     
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    #9 N2MINI, Jun 25, 2011
    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??
     
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    #10 sdmidget, Jun 26, 2011
    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

    :D
     
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    #11 Crashton, Jun 26, 2011
    Congrats on a fine finish Team RSR. :Thumbsup:

    Was the caution due to weather or cleaning up someone's mess?
     
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    #12 sdmidget, Jun 26, 2011
    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."

    :(
     
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    #13 Steve, Jun 26, 2011
    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:
     
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    #14 Crashton, Jun 26, 2011
    I hope Nico Rondet is OK. Yikes, must have been a hard hit.
     
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    #15 rsstopper, Jun 26, 2011
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    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.