11/17/2025
Itโs time for my Open Wheel Showdown update post! It was a long and fun week of racing, but it ended with a hard hit into the wall. ๐
We unloaded the car on Thursday and hit the track for some practice laps. The car was really fast right off the trailer. I made a bunch of laps and we put the car away for the night in the 7th quickest spot.
Friday was a different story! I took the car out in the first practice and I knew right away we were off on the balance of the car. In the middle of Turn 3 & 4 the car just snapped out from under me and I spun up towards the wall. I was able to avoid hitting the wall and brought it back in to the pits. We worked on it and went back out for practice #2 a little better, but still too loose and spun again in Turn 1 & 2. That was all for the day and we decided to sleep on it and come back for the Main Event with some new ideas.
Saturday is the big show day! We got one practice session, which went much better! Car was more balanced and we had no spins. Qualifying was a little eventful as they added some extra laps to account for a car who was running loose and had spun out. We Qualified P12 out of 25 cars, so right in the middle of the pack.
For the Main Event, we were racing under the lights at night! With a large field of cars everyone was racing in close quarters. Right after the Green Flag there was a caution, which had us do a restart. On this next restart, a car spun in Turn 4 and as the field and I approached the yellow came out. I made a move to the high side, which unfortunately got me up in the rubber marbles and I spun and hit the wall hard with the front and rear of the car.
This would end our race night, on Lap 1 of the event. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement.
We will fix the car, and get back out there and find that speed we know we have had!
Thank you to everyone who came out to help in Las Vegas, and who help at home!
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