VIR Report, TA2 SCCA Trans-Am Sept, 2016

With only one car and a new driver, BCR was unsure how the  weekend would play out at beautiful  Virginia Raceway for round 9 of the Trans-Am  championship. 

The regular driver of the BCR/Millers Oil Chevy Camaro was trying a ride in a competitor’s TA2 car, which left us scrambling to fill the seat. A few phone calls later, Steve Kent Jr. hopped on board and we were looking forward to renewing our relationship. 

Steve drove for us before, but has not been in a TA2 car in over 18 months. As testing was cut short by rain, and practise was only 20 minutes long, neither car nor driver were 100% for the  qualifying session, ending up a lousy (for us) 13^th.

We made our final changes and prepped the car for the race, knowing that the #07 Green Machine and Steve will be good in race set-up. By lap 1, Steve was up to 11^th place, and within 10 laps he worked his way up to 6^th. His pace was great, and we were holding him back to save the car for the last 10 laps of the race. Unfortunately, on lap 15, a car being lapped pushed Steve off the track, causing massive splitter damage and a clogged radiator. As such, we had to pit to clear the rad and evaluate the splitter, and sent him back with a wounded car.

To Steve’s credit, he again worked his way up to 6^th, where we would finish, and we ended up the last car on the lead lap, a     testament to our pace!

Thanks Steve for a job well done!