What a great finish for the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour series. After 11 events we finished the series in 10th place in the point standings. This was our 47th top 10 points finish in 55 years racing.
The day went very well for our team. I was determined to run hard in the warn ups then go easy in the heat and be careful in the feature. We couldn’t gain on anyone and we could not lose 10th no matter what the outcome.
After 2 sets of hot laps I wanted so bad to beat our best lap time at Scotia Speedworld….14:539 in 2021. We got a 14:896 in the first set on old tires and then a 14:582 on new tires on the 3rd practice session, 1/2 a tenth off our best. I told my crew I wanted to go out again to see if we could get down to a 14:499 if possible, and so we went out again.
On our final practice session I drove very aggressive and we got down to a 14:500…..beating our best time. Now I’m not saying that’s a really good lap time, though it was 13th fastest for that practice session of 21 cars, but it is really good for a 76 year old. Being a little over 2 tenths off young men from well funded teams is good for anyone.
My crew and I were very happy.
We started 6th in our heat race and finished a strong 4th by 3 car lengths and turned a 14:520 on the final lap, beating our previous fastest lap for the second time today.
The feature was 200 laps and my thoughts were to take it easy because we were heading to Ontario and did not want to take any chances in getting wrecked or beat up.
The race was fast. We avoided a few multi car spin outs not getting any damage though we were right on top of the mayhem.
We got lapped by 55 but got the lucky dog on the next caution, putting us back on the lead lap.
We battled all race, twice spinning out going deep into turns….need to fix that. We go lapped again but a caution came out again fairly quickly and we were back on the lead lap, being the only car a lap down.
When the checker fell we crossed the line in 15th on lap 200. This was out first feature race at Scotia Speedworld finishing on the lead lap, it was also our first time finishing on the lead lap in a 200 lap feature. We were very pumped.
We left the track with a top 10 in points, setting a new fast lap for us and completing all 200 laps…..oh, and no damage.
We head to Ontario soon for a visit with my children and grandchildren, practice at Flamboro Tuesday September 26th, an event on Wednesday September 27th at Glendale Secondary School tech class, show and tell with our car, then Grisdale Triple 50’s on October 1st. Can’t wait, so thankful tonight was a success.
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