September 13, 2003

NHRA #6333

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Saturday, September 13, 2003

@ Calgary's Race City Motorsport Park

 

 

Calgary Series

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     Qualifying

     Heat Race

     Main Event

     Points Today

Chris getting Brent strapped in.

 

Qualifying - 6th

 

19.60 seconds.

 

Heat Race - 8th  (15 laps - PROs only)

 

We started in 5th position, on the inside of row 3.  In the first corner of the race, the Mac's / PEPSI #3 racecar got squeezed down into the dirt while trying to follow #34 Dave Kindopp as he was passing #12 Rick Blanchette. #12 cut in right behind #34, forcing Brent to take the dirt or get hit. Numerous cars got by. Early into lap 2 we were still behind #12 and had fallen back to 9th. We gained a couple of positions to 7th in the next lap or two. The car was really loose, and quite a handful as the back end tried to step out in nearly every corner. #9 Adrian Ward got by us and we spent the rest of the race in 8th, on the tail of #9, fighting our poor-handling racecar. We tried some feeble attempts to pass on the last few laps.  A disappointing race!  :-(

 

Main Event - 4th  (50 laps)

 

We started way back in 8th place, on the outside of row 4.  There were 31 Legends cars in total in the combined PRO + Semi-Pro + Masters main event.  We spent the entire race behind #27 Jamie Beatson, who was in front of us in the starting grid.  Brent and Chris had adjusted the #3 Mac's / PEPSI #3 racecar since the heat race, but it was still too loose.  So, the strategy became: try to stay close to #27 and wait for opportunities.  It was a race of yellow flags.  By lap 2 we already had our first yellow when #77 Bob Lailey spun in corner 4.  After numerous laps under caution, we raced again but #77 spun again on approx. lap 13, bringing out another caution.  Then one lap after the next restart #42 Hugh Williamson, in 3rd at the time, spun in corner 2.  We braked hard, but then #55 Gary Lister hit him, straightening him out, and he kept going - just in front of us.  Narrowly missed him, but did get some racecar debris thrown at us.  #42 kept going just barely in front of us, but coming out of corner 4 he broke and veered to the wall, skidding along the will all the way down the front straight, bringing out another caution at lap 17 (and moving us up to 7th).  There was yet another caution at lap 26.  Around laps 35-40 we made a few attempts to pass #27, but didn't get very far up beside him.  On lap 43 the 2 leaders tangled in corner 3, causing braking, spinning, avoidance, and a bit of contact amongst the top cars.  Being further back, we were able to get around without slowing much, and jumped to 4th position by corner 4.  The yellow flag was thrown AFTER the leader crossed the start/finish line, so THAT was the lap used to determine restart order, allowing us to stay in 4th, rather than going back to our position from the previous lap.  A bit of good luck, but we'll take it after our bad luck 2 weeks ago!  We finished the remainder of the race in 4th.  A decent finish for a mediocre day.

 

 

 

Brent, Carmen, & Chris.

 

Autographs after the race.

 

show up - 10

qualifying - 15

heat race - 13

main event - 54

For finish orders of ALL cars, see the Racing Results section of the Legends Cars of Alberta web site.

Also, check out the current points standings in the Calgary Championship.

Are you wondering about the Legends race procedures and lineups?

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