Yet again, here I am, at a another airport waiting for my next adventure.
This time I will be heading to 24 Hours of Lemons – Sears Pointless.
This will be my 2
nd race on that track, same team, but different car…we
will be driving the mighty RX7 with Team
Wankle Grumpy Nerds!. The team made
their debut race at Lemons Chuckwalla last December, and let’s just say we ran
into some technical glitches and couldn’t complete much laps, but we had a
great time at the track and I sampled some racing with the mighty spitfire
which was the teams 2nd car that weekend.
But this weekend will be special,
we have some unfinished business! Also it will be special because my childhood
friend Ozer, which I had mentioned in my earlier post will be joining us for
his first ever lemons race! A quick flashback to my first race almost 3 years
ago, I remember the butterflies in my stomach, and I almost couldn’t get out of
the pits…as the race cars were not slowing down for me! J I’m really happy for him to taste this.. I’m sure
he will be hooked! And I hope he doesn’t blame for me it in the future!
On other news, as I have been gone
for quite a while, a great update! one of my fellow racer friends, who raced
with us at lemons races back in the east coast, Andre Gomes has made huge news
by winning the 2012 Skip Barber INDYCAR Academy Shootout! You can find more
information here : http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/01/1-29-Andre-Gomes-wins-inaugural-Skip-Barber-Racing-School-INDYCAR-Academy
I’m really happy for him, as I always
knew that one day, he will get the opportunity to show his true, raw talent. I
suspect this will be the beginning of his new career, and I also suspect he
will be very successful, I have no doubt that we are witnessing the birth of a
new star!
This wasn’t easy for Andre
however, he almost made it to the VW TDI Cup Iracing had sponsored (which
kick-started Wyatt Gooden’s career), but got a DQ for a qualifying incident at
the last race. He later on made it from millions of users to the top tier in GT
Academy shootout, went to Silverstone, kicked everybody else’s asses (including
the instructors) but got eliminated because he was seen as a devil in disguise J But like they say… 3rd is the charm,
and he nailed this one! I am happy to be see him get the opputunity he
deserves, and hoping one day when he gets to big leagues sends me a paddock
pass ;)
Anyways, that’s it for now.. I
have some more interesting bits of news, but that shall come next round!
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