Mosport Summary
We had a fun day at the Mosport Oval! Led some laps, used up the tires and brakes but the car is very racey and responded well to any changes we threw at it. The tires we have been using are now TOAST! (not really surprising to anyone, right?!?! LOL!)
The car unloaded from the trailer and felt the same to Kevin as it did in Flamboro which gave us some confidence as to the setup we're using. Tried some adjustments in two practice sessions to see what we had and came away happy with the car considering the tires we had on it. We only hit two of three practices to save on tires and fuel.
For those of you who don't know, the LOSC format consists of time trials and two 50 lap features. A number of cars are inverted for the first 50 from qualifying results, and the same number are inverted in the second 50 from the first 50 results. We went out for qualifying 16th of 18 cars and our fast time was good for 9th. We'll post our thoughts on the times when we get a chance to look over the qualifying sheet from LOSC officials. With a 10 car inversion for both 50's in effect, we started on the outside pole in the first 50. After a great start, the #19 Trevellin Motorsports Dodge led the field for about a half dozen laps when some of the faster qualifiers caught the car and we started slowly giving up positions. Some cautions kept us in the hunt, until the right rear tire finally started to give up on us. After the brakes went soft around lap 45, we drifted back to a 10th place finish.
We worked on the car during intermission to tighten it up some more for the second free for all. A cracked pad on the LF seemed to point to our brake problem and after changing them and bleeding the front brakes, we dumped some fuel into the hot rod and headed back out to start the second 50 from the pole. Now in hind sight, we should have changed the RR tire and started at the back because the turn 2 synchronized spin with the #81 car relegated us to the back for the second attempt to start the second 50. Kevin drove the car forward a couple positions but the RR was holding us back until a caution on lap 15 gave us a chance to come down pit road and change that tire out for a less used version! This combined with the changes we made allowed Kevin to drive the car back into a 6th place position, even with the brake issue coming back to haunt us by the end.
The car came home in one piece with some tire rubs and only a couple fiberglass cracks, a great day of racing! We've also found some other problems with the brakes so we can get that issue cleaned up.
Special thanks goes out to Joey McColm of the NCATS #50 ATTO Dodge for spotting, he did a stellar job! Joey also brought along some of his gang and we know they all had fun watching us yahoo's run around in circles for the night. A tip of the hat to Leitch Performance Engines and L.A. Collision as well, hopefully we can get to the next event to showcase your support!
And finally, thanks to Lucas Oil, Benson Auto Parts and Grand Prix Kartways for supporting the series!
The car unloaded from the trailer and felt the same to Kevin as it did in Flamboro which gave us some confidence as to the setup we're using. Tried some adjustments in two practice sessions to see what we had and came away happy with the car considering the tires we had on it. We only hit two of three practices to save on tires and fuel.
For those of you who don't know, the LOSC format consists of time trials and two 50 lap features. A number of cars are inverted for the first 50 from qualifying results, and the same number are inverted in the second 50 from the first 50 results. We went out for qualifying 16th of 18 cars and our fast time was good for 9th. We'll post our thoughts on the times when we get a chance to look over the qualifying sheet from LOSC officials. With a 10 car inversion for both 50's in effect, we started on the outside pole in the first 50. After a great start, the #19 Trevellin Motorsports Dodge led the field for about a half dozen laps when some of the faster qualifiers caught the car and we started slowly giving up positions. Some cautions kept us in the hunt, until the right rear tire finally started to give up on us. After the brakes went soft around lap 45, we drifted back to a 10th place finish.
We worked on the car during intermission to tighten it up some more for the second free for all. A cracked pad on the LF seemed to point to our brake problem and after changing them and bleeding the front brakes, we dumped some fuel into the hot rod and headed back out to start the second 50 from the pole. Now in hind sight, we should have changed the RR tire and started at the back because the turn 2 synchronized spin with the #81 car relegated us to the back for the second attempt to start the second 50. Kevin drove the car forward a couple positions but the RR was holding us back until a caution on lap 15 gave us a chance to come down pit road and change that tire out for a less used version! This combined with the changes we made allowed Kevin to drive the car back into a 6th place position, even with the brake issue coming back to haunt us by the end.
The car came home in one piece with some tire rubs and only a couple fiberglass cracks, a great day of racing! We've also found some other problems with the brakes so we can get that issue cleaned up.
Special thanks goes out to Joey McColm of the NCATS #50 ATTO Dodge for spotting, he did a stellar job! Joey also brought along some of his gang and we know they all had fun watching us yahoo's run around in circles for the night. A tip of the hat to Leitch Performance Engines and L.A. Collision as well, hopefully we can get to the next event to showcase your support!
And finally, thanks to Lucas Oil, Benson Auto Parts and Grand Prix Kartways for supporting the series!
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