One Lap of America at Summit Point, WV

It's that time of year again for the One Lap of America race. My uncle Wally and cousin JC are taking part for the 3rd consecutive year. They had a great first day with Walt placing tied for 31st on the wet skid pad, which was a huge improvement over last year. Then JC finished 35th in the autocross in the afternoon at Grissom Air Force Base. JC felt he could have done better, but it was a solid effort.

Myself, Nicholas and my Aunt Mikki left Saturday early evening to head down to West Virginia to see the race on Sunday. It was a pretty uneventful trip, with Nicholas only complaining about how uncomfortable it was to try to sleep in the back sleep. If he would only grow some, we could get rid of the booster seat and he'd be comfortable.

JC had the first run at Summit Point Motorsports Park. It is a 2.0 mile course with one fairly technique section. He came in tied for first in their class (Vintage Foreign) with an '89 BMW 535i. That BMW started ahead of JC in their group and JC ran awesome. He ended up passing the BMW on the front stretch of the 2nd lap. He ran splits of 1:34, 1:30 and 1:29 to finish 23rd overall (out of 69 finishers).

Walt was having a good run too, but unfortunately he started last in the group and the lead car in the group passed Walt as he came down the front straightaway and Walt saw the checkered flag and thought he was done too. The results show him with a finishing time, which I'm not sure why that is, but he was pretty upset with the mental mistake. But I know he'll recover and do well in the future events.

In the overall standings Krueger Tuned Racing is 36th and 2nd in their class. They are 130 points out of the top spot in their class. That is a realistic margin to make up, but they'll need to be on their A game the rest of the way.

I also had a blast checking out other cars and talking with some drivers. One in particular was Steve Burke. Steve lives in Rochester and I've been following his progress with his 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X. It was great to get to meet him and he had a very good run today too. He is currently sitting in 7th place overall and 1st in class. One of Steve's main sponsors was Magnus Motorsports. Maybe I'll get a free shirt from posting some pictures of his car :)

Good luck to all drivers the rest of the week! Have fun, drive fast and stay safe!!!