Formula Dé March Race
by Ed Rozmiarek
A bright and lovely, 75 degree March day finds us inside racing on the
10th Anniversary track, are we geeks or what? Again, this was a new track to race on for us, so we didn't know what to expect. The general consensus was that there would be a lot of close racing with the two 3-stop and two 2-stop corners on the track. This did come true. However, we didn't think there would be a lot of fifth or sixth gear action. This did not play out. The track did turn out to have several opportunities for 5th gear and there were even some 6th gear rolls.
The track turned out to be more deadly then we thought as we had three cars not finish. Two due to crashes (on the same corner) and one via engine.
As we have seen with other tracks with several multi-stops, the racing was close early on. In fact, we ended the first lap with all of the cars within two turns of each other. Probably the closest early racing we have had in a while. This lasted until midway through the second lap when I was able to hit a couple of sixth gear rolls and pull out ahead. However, good rolls by Mark and Jon kept them in the hunt as I was only able to build a one turn lead. However, the dice were with me this month (for a change) as I was able to make just about every corner and held on to the slim lead and take the checked flag this month.
Highlights from this month's race included:
See our Formula Dé webpage for the detailed results of today's race or visit the picture gallery for the pictures from the race.
Posted by
Ed Rozmiarek
at March 8, 2004 10:56 AM