Saturday brought lots of fans and packed stands. Mike was excited to get out there and race; this was his first time racing at Chula Vista since his first CORR race in September 2007. Things were looking good throughout the race until Mike lost power steering on lap 6...one lap before the competition yellow. Instead of quitting, Mike muscled it out the entire race to finish up 21st. By the way, congratulations to Mike Porter who pulled off an amazing pass on the last lap to take the win...
Following the race, we discovered that the pulley broke off which is what resulted in the loss of power steering. We were lucky enough to have Sheldron Andry of S-Tec Motorsports (sheldonandry@yahoo.com) at the race who was able to take the piece back to his shop overnight in Anaheim and bring us back a new pulley assembly that worked perfect. Thanks to Sheldon!! Also, on Sunday, our engine builder George Jimenez gave the car a quick tune up...
The Sunday race was a good race. There was one bad accident on the 1st lap involving Job. As a result, the field was re-lined up and started over. Unfortunately, we got the short end of the stick on that one...we ended up starting 27th instead of 21st as we qualified. Either way, Mike worked himself up into the top 10 before getting stuck behind an accident on Turn 1 high up on the hill. Luckily he wasn't involved in the accident and was able to finish the race clean with a 16th place finish.
The Volkspower Racing Team had a great weekend as well. Eric Greener was on the podium with a 3rd place in Round 7 and Jeff finished a strong 6th place. Sunday brought Jeff a 6th place and Eric a 16th place. Way to go for the strong showing guys!!
The Team will be skipping the Pomona Race and will be at the next Chula Vista race. See you there.
