It is very hard to put into words how I feel about driving the apprenticesearch car. It seems like only a few weeks ago we had our first meeting. Looking back it is amazing what we have accomplished together. I am honoured and very proud to say that together we have won our third Ontario Pro Challenge Championship!!!!!!! We finished up this season at Sunset Speedway, everyone drives fast at this track. After winning two races in a row, you would think that we had the car to beat, right? Not wanting to sit back and just go racing, my team went for a whole new setup. I know, it is crazy to try something new when all seems good. We wanted to expand our learning. We documented every change, to make it easy to go back if things didn't work out. From our first lap the car felt different, it felt slow. I mean really slow, like I was pulling another car around the track. Not exactly what I wanted to feel. In the pits we looked at the lap times. My initial thought was my team started celebrating a little early!!!! The stop watch never lies, so out for the second practice we went. This time we went out first in line to gauge what we have for the competition. Sure enough the car felt slow, but the other drivers were getting smaller in my mirrors. Knowing that we found something good, we parked the car and waited for the racing to start. Starting in last again, we were in the lead on lap 3 and driving away to the victory. A seventh starting spot in the feature, and right up to the lead in 4 laps. This car was great, my driving was as good as ever. We did have some company, the 02 car was a rocket as well. We drove side by side for almost 12 laps before I could clear him and drive away. It was an amazing race, the most aggressive I have ever driven. Turns out the car isn't so slow after all. We had a perfect night, 54 points and winning the championship cup. I would like to thank everyone at apprenticesearch.com for their support and kind words. Thanks to every visitor to this blog as well. It was great to see everyone at the track this year. Looking forward to next year already.
Stay tuned to see the complete rebuild and painting of the car in the off season.
Any ideas for a new paint scheme?
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