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Race Report: Willow Springs International Raceway, May 2005


This weekend didn't go too well for us. We got to the track, unloaded everything and got ready for the practice session:

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Edik went out for the practice session with the new rims and shaved tires just to get the tires heated up so then we could let them sit overnight for Sunday, but hit a big apex and cracked one rim:

And bent another:

good thing we had an extra set of the old Borbet's to use:

Qualifying went well with Steve qualifying first, Edik second, Sam third, rick fourth.

We decided to take off the wing because it caused too much drag and got the front tires too hot:

Steve was pushed to the outside at the start of the race and fell to 2nd with Edik leading:

Gus and Rick fighting for second:

Steve had a little spin and fell behind a bit, behind Sam:

Only H1 car on Saturday, behind all the H4 cars:

Don and Steve:

Steve and Rick:

Edik was brake checked on the second to last lap by the H1 crx and hit the crx, then while going to downshift to 4th gear for turn 9, it wouldn't go in so he spun and was stuck there for a while until the car started again and he went on to finish in 6th with Rick in 1st, Steve 2nd, Don 3rd:

On Sunday we decided to run the 2 kosei k1's in the front:

Qualifying for Sunday:

Rick took the lead with Steve and Edik very close behind:

Steve passed Rick and Edik following close:

Following so close that he didn't see the edge of the track and went off, ouch:

John Thawley in H1:

Battle between Rick and Steve continued with Rick taking the checkered again.

Edik faught his way back to finish, passing Sam in 6th place. He faught back with a bent right rear arm which can be seen here:

RJ and Don:

Results for Sunday:

The season points race got much closer after this weekend. Pretty bad weekend for us but we will be back for the next race.

Congrats to the Winners! http://edomoto.com/racing/phot...1.htm


Season Points:
1 Edik Stepanyan 502
2 Rick Hohwart 473
3 Gus Heredia 447
4 Steve Ellsworth 424
5 Team SGR 380
6 Don Mock 340
7 RJ Henderson314
8 Miguel Escobar 288
9 Thomas Okihisa 229
10 Mike Schmidt 203
11 Mike Quan/Team RNR 180
12 Team GOTO Racing 2 155
13 Brian Zoraster 138
14 Team Fournier/Lock 136
15 Paul Pate 135
16 Angel Velasquez 129
17 Team REC Motorsports 65

 

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