[Fot] RiffRAF Racing Rockingham Race Report

[Jamie Palmer]

I honestly wasn't trying to see how many alliterative "R's" I could get into
the 
title...it just worked out that way.

Anyway, for those of you
interested, we competed in two ChumpCar 7-hour 
endurance races at "The Rock"
(road course configuration) this weekend with our 
1975 TR6 "Lacey".  There's
only one class, so we were out there with everything 
from a '64 Chevy pickup
(!) to a BMW E36, Miatas, Mustangs, Fieros, Saabs, 
Nissan Z's and a really
quick Mercedes 300.

Saturday, we had some off-course excursions and some
imperfect fuel strategy, 
ended up in 12th place -- although we were pretty
happy because the car ran well 
all day and that's the best finish we've ever
had (27 cars competed this 
weekend).

Sunday was even better, with the team
driving more consistently and fueling 
going better.  We ran top-5 most of the
day, but a late race "splash and 
go" stop dropped us to 6th at the checker. 
Still was phenominal as far as we 
were concerned since we finished ahead of a
LOT of much faster cars due to 
consistency.  For all but one of our
drivers this was either our 3rd and 4th or 
4th and 5th races ever, so we're
pretty happy right now.  


To top it all off, the team received the "Spirit
of Chump" award as the team 
that "gets" what ChumpCar is all about, drives
well and courteously, and gets 
more out of their car that anyone has a right
to expect...

Our next race is a 14 hour event at Charlotte Motor Speedway
(road course 
configuration) April 23...if anyone out there is interested in
joining us or 
forming a ChumpCar or LeMons team of their own, shoot me an
email and we'll be 
happy to help!

Jamie Palmer
Squadron Leader
RiffRAF
Racing
'75 TR6 ChumpCar