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19.486 seconds. :-)
This PEPSI /
Mac's Motorsports racecar is fast out of the box this year! Could it
be that Universal Cycle powerplant?
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Start position -
10th.
The starting
order is the inverse of qualifying position, so we started dead last.
There was a lot of commotion in the pack ahead of us the first few laps,
we had nowhere to go. In lap 5 we passed #67 Tim Johnson in corners
1-2 for 9th place. A couple of laps later we got by #4 Larry
Carlson for 8th. But that's where the progress ended.
We made numerous attempts, but a very wide #22 Rick Walls held us off till
the end of the race, never making any mistakes that we could capitalize
on. We finished in 8th. :-(
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Brent & Clara (Brent's Mom)
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Start position -
1st.
This time the
starting order was as per qualifying, so we started on pole! We
managed to pull away a bit over the first few laps while #54 Craig Ball
and #9 Adrian Ward battled behind us. But after #9 won 2nd position,
he stayed quite close to us the whole race, making a few attempts to get
by. We finished 1st! Flag-to-flag!
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Start position -
3rd
We started on
the inside of row 2. #12 Rick Blanchette managed to fight off an
attack in the second groove by #54 Craig Ball. As Rick surged ahead,
we stuck on his bumper to move up to 2nd. On lap 3, the #27
of Jamie Beatson hit the wall on the front straight after breaking a
suspension part, bringing out the yellow flag. After the restart, we
tried #12 on the outside, couldn't do it, and ended up in a multi-lap
battle with #54 Craig Ball for our position. Craig nosed ahead of us
at the start/finish line, but we managed to pull ahead of him again to
move fully into 2nd place. For a few more laps we unsuccessfully
tried challenging #12, then just tucked in tight on his back bumper and
tried to be patient. It paid off on lap 23. Brent went wide in
corner 1 and was able to get around #12 for 1st when Rick got
caught in the commotion of some lap traffic. #54 followed tight on
our bumper, and continued to chase us for the rest of the race.
There was another caution at lap 35. On the restart we had a pack of
hungry racers attacking from behind, but managed to hold off them off to
finish 1st !!! :-)
What a great start to the season! Many thanks to the
crew for preparing the PEPSI / Mac's Motorsports #3 racecar
- especially the efforts of Chris Huntley and Blaine Thurlow.
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Randy Thompson (1st Semi-Pro), Craig Ball
(2nd Pro), Brent (1st Pro)
GO MAC'S!
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show up - 10
qualifying - 20
heat race 1 - 13
heat race 2 - 20
main event - 60
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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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