I didn’t get to race, but I got to watch both races and here is my report:
There were 3 cars who took the grid on Saturday. They started probably 20 seconds behind about 17 Spec Miatas. They spread out pretty quickly with Scott pulling away, then Natalie, and then Al. Scott got all the way up to 4th place overall before the off course excursions began. Natalie also passed quite a few Miatas. I think Scott dropped down to around 10th and caught back up and finished around 4th overall and Natalie was maybe 10th overall while Al was still dropping his times and learning the track. On Sunday only 2 cars took the grid as in qualifying Natalie had a miss and was down on power. We changed the plug wires and all the plugs only to still hear it missing. I stuck my head down by the valve cover and heard a very distinct knocking sound. Since one cylinder was down I immediately said probably broke a rocker. We pulled the valve cover and the number 5 intake rocker was broken. She already had 2 new rockers on intake and exhaust for cylinder 1 and actually had some replacement rockers in her track spares package, but there was no way to quickly swap them in. Therefore only Scott and Al took the green on Sunday where Scott made his way through the Miata field to 2nd place. The first place Miata started last on Saturday and took the whole race to get up to first whereas on Sunday he started on pole so he gapped the field quickly giving Scott no chance to chase him down. I got to watch from Turn 17 and Al was dropping his times again and experimenting with Turn 17. Oh yeah in the Thunder race on Saturday (Scott was running both Lightning and Thunder), he managed to shear the front caliper mounting bolts on the first lap I believe and had no brakes going into Turn 17. He was lucky to get it limped back into the pits and the caliper and rotor was promptly changed.