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Arizona FE2's at Eagles Canyon, TX
Two of the Arizona FE2's made the trek to Decatur, Texas and ran a Majors event with SCCA. The event is very properly named the Sunburn Grand Prix. It was 'warm' last weekend. But, there was also a nice breeze that blew all day and that helped out tremendously.
Special thanks goes out to Jay Messenger in west Texas. I was delivering some parts to him and while in Muleshoe, TX Jay helped me with a little 'tune up' to my rig and got me back on the road. Thanks again Jay and good luck to you at Barbers !!
There were 7 FE2's at this event. Very nice running with the Hillenburg Motorsports guys again. Thank you to Darryl and Roy for assistance at the track and for some great hospitality in the pit and paddock.
Eagles Canyon Raceway went under new ownership a couple years ago. The new owners did a great job with track layout modification and complete resurface. If you have not raced at Eagles Canyon... you are missing out !! https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/att...d=103121&stc=1https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/att...d=103120&stc=1
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Report from Snowbird Majors
There has been a good bit of rain in the Arizona desert over the last month or so. This was evident when I was flying into Sky Harbor a week ago. To look out the windows of plane, the desert looks green. You will notice in some of the photos below that the landscape around the track is significantly more green than is normal. There was a small shower that came through on Wednesday evening which left very small puddles in the paddock on Thursday morn. That was the end of the rain for the remainder of the weekend. During the event it was partly cloudy every day. Standing in the sun during mid-day felt nice, and being in the shade of trailers could be a little cool for us 'warm bloods'. To sum it up, the weather was simply fantastic !!
Corey, in the red FE2 has recently completed a ground up rebuild. He has been chasing gremlins in the car for some time. Through numerous calls and assistance with Enterprises, to talking with CSR's and then some assistance with fellow racers in the paddock, the problems have finally been located. His car was back to running in tip top shape at the beginning of Sunday morn. Knowing this car is now sorted is a gold trophy for everyone involved. :trophy:
The format for this weekend was shaken up a little by track management and the local SCCA chapter. Saturday was 3 sessions: 15 min Qual, 20 min Race, 20 min Qual. Sunday was 15 min Warmup/Practice, 40 min Main Race. All of the racers I talked with commented about the format during the weekend. In general there was a bit of confusion amongst the racers as to why the sessions were set up like they were. After the weekend I have spoken with track management and inquired what prompted the change up in format and the simple answer was, 'to do something a little different'. In the end, it proved to be massively different. There were guys who miscalculated fuel in the car. Some discovered batteries that malfunctioned, or didn't hold charge as expected. It caused a need to manage tires differently. It shook up your whole race program for the weekend. It caused people to stand on the podium in different places, or not at all. I was skeptical about setting in the car for 40 mins, but in the end... I am a fan. I liked everything about it. I don't really want to do this format at every event. But, the 'shake up' was fun.
There were racers that came from Texas, Colorado, and California. This track is a new facility and like any major project...it is a process. The track itself is a fantastic racing surface and more construction, buildings, expansions are all in the works. I am certain that the facility will have more progress over the next year and by the time the Snowbird Majors 2025 rolls around, there will be increased interest. I am actually ready to do it all over again right now !!
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