Written by:
Kevin Krefting
11/30/2007
Willows, Calif.
This blog will document TC Motorsports/Ego Racing's 2007 25-hours of Thunderhill effort, through the end of the race on Sunday. This gives those who are not at the track a chance to follow the action online and interact with the team by submitting comments to each posting. Drivers and crew will do their best to keep the site updated throughout this Severe Endurance Race.
3:07 p.m.I had a great first session (triple stint). It was long at about 3 hours and 15 minutes or so. I just stayed out until Brian told me to come in.
The start was rough. Lots traffic and lots of drivers "taking it easy" on the start. After the first hour, things sorted out. After my first stop for fuel, the car really started to work better and grip is improving.
Rick is in the car now and doing great. Last I saw, we moved up to 7th in class and 16th overall. More cars are dropping out and one of the leading S2000's in our class just flipped in T5.
Gotta run, hope you guys are enjoying the posts!
Posted by: Carlo Sparacio
1:11 p.m.We make our first stop... Carlo will stay in for a double stint. Just fuel and tire pressures...
Stop was flawless, 10 gallons of fuel, tire psi reset, and a drink for the driver in about 1.5 minutes. We re-entered the track in the same place (9th in class), 27th overall.
All our drivers are comfortable. Night practice/qualifying was a bit messy as cars were going off a lot and the track was a mess. We had a hard time finding clean track. Carlo qulaified the car but was about 2.5 seconds off our fast pace as traffic was a mess. So we are sitting 12th in class (of about 21 cars), 35th overall (of about 70-something cars). We had no major work to do on the car. While many tteams were repairng wounded cars, we just prepped ours for the race. Tomorrow's driver lineup is Carlo, Rick, Ron, then Johnny. My first stint will be as night falls and I love the dark, so should be good.
We ended the day with a team dinner and went over the overall strategy for the race and we are ready to roll.
Saturday, Dec. 1.
Well, it's cold here. Thermometer in car read 26 degrees this morning.
We are getting the car ready to roll onto grid. Things are good and the team is relaxed and ready. We have a good internet connection in the pits so updates should be no problem. Only problem will be freezing hands...
