TWS Double National

[formula07]

This past weekend we had our first Double National of the year at Texas World Speedway. We had three FB's for the event (all Stohr). We took 1st in FB, 2nd overall on Saturday and 1st in FB and the overall win on Sunday.

The weekend started with snow for the practice on Friday. All the morning sessions were canceled. The afternoon practice seemed to be productive as the temperatures went up and the sky cleared. Saturday morning qualification was short and ended up being questionable because the timing system was having some issues. Our driver for this event , David Burkett, put the car in P3 out of a field of appx. 35 cars (FA, FB, FC, FE, S2, CSR, DSR). The two other Stohr entries were back in the field and had to deal with more traffic. We took the lead for a couple of laps, but ended up in 2nd overall. James Michael had a scuffle with another car and lost his rear wing, but did a good job to make all the laps and bring the car back in one piece. Mike Stephens was out for the first time at TWS and got up to speed quickly. He had some good battles with plenty of other cars the entire day. Sunday qualifying ended up much the same for us starting P3. The first start was waived for a CSR (DP02) getting into a Continental. We had a red flag while they cleaned the mess up. The race started and we took the lead on the first lap (good thing). An Atlantic (Pro FM) got out of shape, spun, backed across the track, and took out something like 5 cars. Another red flag for an extended period of time and we were back racing again. All FB's made it through the carnage and to the end of the race for that matter. We took the overall win with a hard charging Rusty Mitchell (07 Sprint's winning FE) back in 2nd.

It was good to see all three FB's out getting our entry counts up. Six national entries for the weekend. There is still a lot of interest from everyone who sees these cars.

An FB taking the overall National win in a run group with every other winged car and sports racer says a lot for the class. David did a great job wheeling the car around the entire weekend, not to mention his first time in the car.

I'll post a link to the results if they ever get them up.


Jeff Dinges
The Motorsports Group
www.tmgracer.com

[8-Ball]

Thanks for the report Jeff and congratulations to The Motorsports Group and to David for the wins .

Hope to see you at Road Atlanta .

PS. Things are looking good for the Sprints .

Jean-Luc

[James Michael]

Congratulations Jeff and David. You guys were very quick this weekend! Good job!

James Michael

[Messenger Racing]

Anybody here if they ever issued results for either race?

Jay Messenger

[formula07]

Per the Southwest Division Website:

Texas Two Step Double Nationals


"Due to equipment problems in Timing and Scoring at the Double National at TWS on March 8-9, 2008, the race results will be delayed so that they can be audited for accuracy. We apologize for this inconvenience but feel that accurate results are very important. The Final Results will be posted on this site by Friday, March 21."


Thanks for your patience, Jim Averett, Chief Steward



Jeff Dinges
The Motorsports Group
www.tmgracer.com

[formula07]

Results from mylaps:

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=285012

Jeff Dinges
The Motorsports Group
www.tmgracer.com

[996kyle]

Congratulations Jeff on the weekend, sounds like the 2007 motor is working in your favor. Glad to hear that all the FB made it thru without issues. We also had alot of interest in the Stohr FB cars at Thunderhill this past weekend and we had 5 cars start adn finish for our double weekend (10 more entries for National status).

Cheers
Kyle