First - huge thanks goes to RS Barn - WOW! That new exhaust and especially the tune job - major improvement in throttle response and overall power, all across the curve. I was glad to have gone to Summit Point three weeks ago to warm up. It made a huge difference and I was able to get up on the wheel immediately.
We were racing the clockwise configuration with the chicane before NASCAR T1. The weekend had two qualifying sessions, one qualifying race and three races. The Pro IT race was the highlight and was 45 minutes, the other two were North Atalantic Road Racing Championship races and each were 25 minutes. I was able to grab pole position for each of the races and tried a couple of different things. Did the outside pole - not the best. Tried starting in third, not the best - stick with second at around 4K RPM and the torque is perfect. Was able to finish first in class and second overall in two races and overall winner in the qualifying race and overall winner in the last NARRC race.
Conditions were excellent except the Pro IT race had a major rainstorm that hit around 25-30 minutes into the race. I was leading overall and missed the chicane turn - no brakes in the wet and had to let the trailing car by. Did the same thing again and had to let another car by before I got smart and adjusted my brake marker. Managed to get one of the cars on the last lap to finish second overall and first in ITR.
Great weekend - no wrecks. But half of the BMWs broke! Two drivers missed shifts wrecking valves, one cracked a hub, one overheated, one had a coil go bad - glad to drive a 968! Car was flawless.
Will try to post the in-car video once it's uploaded.
