Done with Sebring...on to Gainesville

Just finished up with Sebring. What an awesome track! Wide, fast, grippy and good food. :)

We did admirably in the first session. We knew we would have some issues as Sebring is a very fast track and we just don't have the power to keep up with some of the Vette's, GTR's and GT2's. It was also a very hot day which caused some cooling issues. More on that in a bit. We finished out the first session in 6th, which is fine by us. We were still in 3rd overall, but the #6 M3 is getting closer. We need to hold on through tomorrow and put in good showings. If we can stay high enough in the standings we can really make a run at it come Thursday at CMP and beyond. The remaining events after Daytona are all smaller and tighter; the purpose for which this car was built.

As for the cooling issues, we could have run probably 5-7 seconds faster overall, but couldn't get through three laps at Sebring without the coolant temps rising. We were forced to pedal it down the back straight to keep temps in check. We still did rather well, but definitely could have posted better times. The white 07 STI of Van Cleef had major cooling issues which caused them to withdrawl from the competition. Going down the back straight on their second lap of the first session, coolant temps spike and pressurized the system enough that the upper radiator hose burst. They had been having issues with the engine drinking coolant recently and feel it is a headgasket issue. Walking the pit, cooling was the main topic of conversation.

Working on a video now and will hopefully have it up soon.

TB