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MWC Round 2 US Air DD26

Man... that event was AWESOME!

26 drivers

7 hours of driving

Nice weather

Loads of tires

... it was the perfect day!

So it started out they said if you haven't been to the venue before you had to goto the doughnut pit to prove yourself.  I was first in line at the gate but when Simba went to open it, it was locked.  He told everyone to go around so now I'm last.  But instead, he tells me to goto the intermediate course right off the bat.  Cool.

So my first run I dominated the course minus the last corner, but it's a very tight slow turn after top of second and the fat ass Z just got away a bit.

Second run, second corner I did a little spin going just a bit too fast and the car got high centered on an apron and was sitting on its frame:

So after a truck pulled me off I cruised around the course and parked the car to check it out and since I felt bad for taking up a lot of time, getting the hell out of the way.

So after about 20 min. I went back out and dominated the course again.  On my way back to the start line Keith (event photographer from Kaizo Photo) told me to goto the advanced course.  AWESOME!

So over there I had a lot of troubles.  The elevation changes, blind entries, off camber turns, and decreasing speed corners were a lot to deal with.  Eventually though, I got it down:

So after a while of driving I started getting used to the course.  Along with help from the starters (I can't remember their names), Mike Pollard, and Mike Mattalia riding with me.

The car was doing awesome all day but it was too low.  I was scraping the car in a few different places on the course including the first initiation.  One time going into the first corner I initiated so hard that the rear fender mud guard broke off and flew about 15ft. in the air (from what I heard).

Besides for the frame and the mud guard, the rear bumper nearly got torn off holding a gangster line by the hay bails, the front bumper has a crack in it because of bottoming out on some of the aprons, and the windshield washer reservoir got a crack in it.  Nothing serious.

So qualifying started.  My first run was going alright until I spun.  The second run went really well and I was pretty happy with it.  My final run went awesome until the final corner when I spun.  Allwell, it was sufficient to get me 5th place.

So tandem started.  I had to go against John Johnson (JJ).  He was leading first and had been doing great all day.  I was following him a little far away in sections (mostly due to the power difference) but I felt I was winning until the final corner when I spun out right before the finish.  FUCK!!!

Second run I was leading.  I have no idea what would have happened because I spun on the 3rd corner giving him the easy win.

I'm not that mad about losing though because this is only my 2nd event and I'm getting experience.  I had never run tandem before besides with my good friend Danny.  This time around I was a lot more calm and collective.

Anyway, Mike Pollard ended up getting the win with JJ in a close 2nd and Doug Artus getting 3rd.

So I ended up 5th and now overall I'm sitting in 4th place!  I'm so happy!

Midwest Cup Round 2

Qualification

CODE

Mike Pollard     16 Doug Artus       15 Juan Marquez     14 Jonathan Johnson 13 Brian Vrchoticky 12 Simba Nyemba     11 Kris Hackenson   10 Dustin Doherty   9

Tandem Rounds

CODE

Mike Pollard      100 Jonathan Johnson  90 Doug Artus        81 Juan Marquez      73 Brian Vrchoticky  66 Simba Nyemba      59 Kris Hackenson    54 Dustin Doherty    48

Total Points

CODE

Mike Pollard      116 Jonathan Johnson  103 Doug Artus        96 Juan Marquez      87 Brian Vrchoticky  78 Simba Nyemba      70 Kris Hackenson    64 Dustin Doherty    57

Total Points

CODE

Mike Pollard      222 Juan Marquez      181 Simba Nyemba      141 Brian Vrchoticky  134 Jonathan Johnson  131 Brian Peter       114 Doug Artus        96 Kris Hackenson    89 Mike Ellington    82 Tyler Cox         81 Charles Litterst  65 Dustin Doherty    57 Charlie Quatmann  53 Alex Roto         46 Dan Sommer        41 Mike Omera        36 Leigh Roto        32 Daniel Dondzik    22

More photos from the event:

www.nackers.picturepush.com

www.kaizophoto.com

Midwest Cup Standings from round 1

Midwest Cup Round 1 at Gateway International Raceway

Qualification

CODE

Mike Pollard     16 Tyler Cox        15 Brian Peter      14 Juan Marquez     13 Simba Nyemba     12 Charles Litterst 11 Charlie Quatmann 10 Mike Ellington   9 Brian Vrchoticky 8 Alex Roto        7 Dan Sommer       6 Mike Omera       5 Leigh Roto       4 Jonathan Johnson 3 Chris Hackenson  2 Daniel Dondzik   1

Tandem Rounds

CODE

Brian Peter       100 Mike Pollard      90 Juan Marquez      81 Mike Ellington    73 Tyler Cox         66 Simba Nyemba      59 Charles Litterst  54 Brian Vrchoticky  48 Charlie Quatmann  43 Alex Roto         39 Dan Sommer        35 Mike Omera        31 Leigh Roto        28 Jonathan Johnson  25 Chris Hackenson   23 Daniel Dondzik    21

Total Points

CODE

Brian Peter       114 Mike Pollard      106 Juan Marquez      94 Mike Ellington    82 Tyler Cox         81 Simba Nyemba      71 Charles Litterst  65 Brian Vrchoticky  56 Charlie Quatmann  53 Alex Roto         46 Dan Sommer        41 Mike Omera        36 Leigh Roto        32 Jonathan Johnson  28 Chris Hackenson   25 Daniel Dondzik    22

So as it stands I'm in 8th place.  Qualified 9th and ended up placing 8th at the event.  Not too shabby considering that this was my 1st event with the Z and only my 2nd event period... and no, I still don't want to talk about it.

US Air is May 17th.  I'm hoping to register in the next week or 2 but I just have to make sure my finances are squared away first.