Thanks for the pics you guys!!
Just wanted to say it was really fun racing with everyone yesterday! We all packed up and headed out to Elsinore Friday after work, and got to the track just in time for Jason to spend a couple of hourse helping out a few fellow racers, and get himself strapped in for the heat races.
I haven't been to Elsinore since last year, and last time I was there in the SR1 I never made the main race (battery shorted out). Jason and I weren't able to make practice on Friday, either, so we just figured we'd go out in the heat race and get used to the track again. Turns out we got the two fastest times, after I almost ate it pretty hard on the big sail-away table after the step-down - lol! I forget sometimes that I have a little-bitty wheelbase in that SR1...
It was awesome to see so many SR1 / UTV entries in our field....over 20 entries, I believe, not counting the XP class!
The main was fun for me while it lasted. With the inversion, Jason and I would start in row three, with plenty of trashtalk going on between us - haha! I wanted to get out in clean air as quickly as I could, so at the start i just beelined it between everyone and chased Gary down for first place. I knew Jason was going to try to do the same thing, but I wanted to get to clean air first. I made the pass on Gary (whose new SR1 looks great!) and was in the lead and trying to increase my lead with every lap. I felt some pretty serious vibrations in the air, but figured it was just mud crammed into my wheel.....but nope.
About lap 5, I came into turn three, and found myself stopped suddenly, and facing the k-rail, minus a rear wheel!
So, I spent the rest of that race on the infield watching Jason and Gary battle it out for the win. The tow off of the track, backwards, was actually pretty exciting, too - lol!
So, that wraps up Round 2 of the SR1 Championship Series, as well as the So Cal Lucas Oil Regional Series! The track was fun - the rythm section was my favorite part....the crowd was great, the pits were packed....everything about yesterday was awesome!
It was good to see old race friends and make some new ones....as well as see alot of my fellow LOORRS racers out there mixing it up as well!
Thanks for the pics, Joey/UTVUnderground! Can't wait to do this all again, next time! Congrats to the winners of all the UTV classes yesterday! I hope to see these classes continuing to grow and grow!!