Testing, changes and qualifying...

Well, today was a busy day for the Mazda Motorsports team. Both cars hit the track this morning and were compeltely opposite... The 55 car was loose (lots of oversteer), while the 19 car was tight with a wicked high speed push... Dobson, Espenlaub and I worked all day on the car, making several changes, trying to make the car better. We made some progress, but are still fighting something we cannot change (shocks).

Qualifying went failry well. We qualified the cars 1st and 3rd on the grid for the E1 class... The guys in the 55 car were able to get their car to work well for them but we are still struggling with the 19.

Our pace is good and the cars are good, for the most part. These things make tons of torque. You can almost run the entire course in 4th gear... Brakes are good too and the cars are fun to drive. This push in the 19 car has us a little worried about tire consumption, but we will just have to do what we can...

Driver lineup is:
19 car: Dobson, Espenlaub, Kanavas, Gilles (not in that particular order)
55 car: Buck, Kaluza, Daniels, Bornhop, Barnes

After a few hours of building an improved lighting system for each car, we all enjoyed a nice group (35 people on this team) dinner and are now off to bed... we're tired...

...stay tuned