Wanted to give you guys a recap of the Pro 3 race. The car I was in, Pasta Nova #773, belonged to Wes Hill, one of the founding members of Pro3. It’s pretty much a full time rental car, but drove really well.
Their run schedule is a little different than ours. They only have one race per weekend. Saturday consists of 1 practice and 1 qualifying session. You have a second qualifying session and the race on Sunday.
On Saturday, I got 8 or 9 laps in practice and a few more in qualifying. I did a 1:40.something which was where the bulk of the pack was. Ended up in p18 out of 24 I think. On Sunday it was raining during qualifying so we used Saturdays times. The start of the race was like any other except that you could literally not see 50’ ahead because of the rain. I got by 3 or 4 cars by T1 and kept pushing throughout the race. Caught a big pack by the 4th lap or so and picked off a few more cars. Ended up finishing 10th and turned the 5th quickest lap. I really think I could have finished a little higher up with either a better qualifying effort and/or more time in Sundays race.
This weekend claimed at least 2 Pro3 cars and a couple others. Some hydroplaned on the front stretch or ended up on their sides or their roofs if they went off on the back section of the course. All in all it was good to visit my friend out there and race a different series. The GoPro cut off before the race even started, but maybe some of the other guys will have some video.