Showing posts with label mid ohio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mid ohio. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Video: Spec Miata Enduro at Mid Ohio

I owe a lot to my dad. Without him I wouldn't have all the awesome racing opportunities that I've gotten to experience over the years, so it was a real thrill for me to share a car with him this weekend. We entered a 1 Hour Enduro at Mid Ohio as co-drivers with the plan being to have him start the race, do a driver change, and have me try to charge through the field for the remainder of the run.

All in all things went well. We had never practiced the driver change before, so for our first crack had it we did a respectable job and I had a blast trying to work my way up through the field. Unfortunately our memory card in our GoPro HD camera filled up towards the end of the run, so we weren't able to record some awesome battles I had at the end of the stint. Oh well, enjoy the highlights!



Spec Miata Enduro at Mid Ohio from Joey Selmants on Vimeo.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Qualifying: ALMS at Mid Ohio

Guy Smith and Chris Dyson will start from pole (Photo: John Dagys)
Guy Smith and Dyson Racing will start on the overall (LMP1) pole for Saturday’s Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge after narrowly beating out Klaus Graf’s Muscle Milk Aston Martin by one tenth of a second during qualifying with a 1:12.729 lap time. Things were far from easy for Smith though, as his car was far from compliant and he was visibly fighting the car through the corners.

“We struggled quite badly with the setup,” Smith stated, “and we pretty much threw everything at it but the kitchen sink. Qualifying was a wild ride with the car sideways a lot of the time. It was a god lap and I’m very happy with it.”

Steven Kane continued his excellent start to his ALMS career by slotting the second Dyson entry into third place with a very respectable 1:13.607. Dyson scored a dramatic win last year and will hope for a repeat of last year’s victory come race day.

read the rest of the article on motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/#/all/article/?id=409505