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WOW!!!! That was awesome!! We had a our first
2 CORR races at Chula Vista International Raceway on October 1st & 2nd and
it was incredible!! We can't wait for the '06 season. There were 44
sportsman single buggies signed up to compete for the $20,000 grand prize.
The class was much larger than Jim Baldwin and the rest of the CORR crew
anticipated and ended up splitting our class in half as well as the purse.
With 22 cars on the line the adrenaline was flowing. Jeff was in group A and
Missy was split into group B so we had a BRM OFFROAD car in both races. On
Saturday, Jeff and the rest of group A raced early in the day with a nicely
groomed track. This was Jeff's first ever race and only the 2nd time in the
car. He had about a ½ hour of testing in the spring. Missy and group B were
the last race of the day, and the track was brutal as it saw action by the
38 stock trucks, super buggies, pro-lites, pro-2's, pro-4's, and desert
trucks. The track layout was great though. At the start there was a landrush
start to turn one, but not before launching off a 4-5 foot jump. Jeff wasn't
too worried about what his car would do, since it's a proven race car.
However, Missy wasn't so sure of the #319 car that we built. The only dirt
it had seen up to this point was the pits. But Missy kept the hammer down
and hit the jump full speed. This was highly recommended by the other racers
out there too J. Jeff did pretty good on
Saturday but had to fight the car in the corners due to some front
suspension issues. He finished 16th out of the 22, not bad for his 1st race.
We were able to address the front end issues after the race and Jeff did a
lot better in race 2 on Sunday with a respectable 13th. Missy had a good
time in race 1 as well. She was battling for a top 15 position when she lost
her left rear wheel just as she went thru the rhythm section to get the
white flag. Her day was done with a 17th place finish. The car did great in
it's 1st race without any practice time, but we still have quite a bit to
work out. We fixed the wheel (oblong holes now) and tightened the wheel nuts
as tight as we could to prepare for race 2 on Sunday. The wheel stayed on
throughout the duration of the race, but a few other problems were noted:
the steering wheel would spin on the shaft in some corners, the shift
linkage wouldn't go into 2nd gear, and 1 of the lugnuts on the rear left
tire had come off with another lugnut that had backed itself off half way.
Missy finished with a 16th place finish out of 22. We had a great time in
our debut and are already excited about the 2006 season.
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