Race
Results
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CSRG 4th Annual Charity Challenge Vintage Race, October 12-14, 2007
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Notes from the Weekend
Huffaker
MGAs take on the CSRG Charity Challenge
The MGAs of Ed Lamantia and Scott
Brown (#41) had great runs at CSRG’s 4th annual Charity Challenge held at
Infineon Raceway. This is our home track, giving us both a leg up on the grid
of 45 cars. Porsche RSK, 356, Lotus Super 7, 26r’s, Alfa GTA, TZs, Mini Coopers
and Triumphs were the cars we were up against. Friday was a complete rain out
with very few cars making it to the track for practice.
Saturday was a different
story as we woke to sunny skies and warm weather. The track was very green after
2
days
of rain causing us to be in an over steer condition all session long. At 2:03 we
were only one second off our usual times and were very happy to qualify 4 and 5
on grid. Saturday race went well with Ed and I nose to tail getting by 2 cars
within the first lap to move us up a few positions for Sunday's race. The track
is starting to come in now dropping our times to 2:02.
Sunday morning the fog had
settled into Sears Point and the track was like driving in the rain. We went out
for a few laps before bringing in both cars. Sundays race we were 3rd and 4th on
grid with Ed directly behind me. The race goes green and by the time we get to
turn 1 we are 4 wide... I miss a shift (twice), Ed and a 356 go by me. Ed now up
to 4th chasing down the 356. I get a great run out of 3A, put a nose on Ed and
sneak by him at 4. Now the
track
is hooked up the and the Huffaker MGAs are in form. It took me 4 laps to creep
up on the 356, he was weak on his exit of 8a so I held back to get a run and
passed him as we went around 9 flat on my rev limiter. By now the RSK Porsche
and Lotus 7 were 4 corners away so it was all about being smooth and making no
mistakes until the checker. We finished 3rd and 5th bettering our time once
again for personal best of 2:01.7.
Story by Scott Brown. Photography by Kyle Burt –
www.kyleburtphoto.com
... And from Stu Hockman...
Joe-
All I can say is, "what a race I had in my Elva" - awesome power and handling! Your front sway bar design and set up did the trick, the car stuck beautifully in all the tight high speed turns like never before and my turn in steering didn't push at all. I had to start at position
46 out of 50 cars for the qualifying race because I couldn't be at the track
for the morning practice/qualifying session. After the smoke settled I finished
20th. Race day I moved up to 10th only to be outpaced by sports racers that were
an overflow from another group - I finished 1st amongst all the other production
cars, it was exciting to be actually nipping at the sports racers heels.
My
Huffaker Elva is awesome!!
Thank you-
Stu