Of all the tracks, this is the one I was anticipating the most.  The Mosport Grand Prix track is world renowned for a reason.  It’s scary, but exhilarating & fun all at the same time.  As expected, it did not fail in this regard.

We left MDR headquarters at 5:45 AM to make the 8 AM registration deadline at the track.  The trip there was uneventful, and smooth, although tiring.  the predicted weather was suppose to be great, and it was.  It turned out to be sunny, and warm at 25C.

We arrived at the track at 7:20 AM and already a bunch of cars were there and ready to roll.  Some had camped there from the school that was on the previous day.

Morning Lapping - 95 MPH on the front straight.

Immediately after arriving, we went ahead and registered, then unloaded all the gear & car.  After 15-20 mins of getting the car ready for some morning lapping, we walked around the paddock taking pictures & talking to fellow competitors.

Morning lapping/warmups began around 9 AM & scheduled to run for 1 hour.  Being this was my first time driving this track, I had nasty butterflies in the pit of my stomach.  After all, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED ON THIS TRACK! I lined up in the pits, and within minutes I was off down pit road onto the track….gut wrenching feeling.  My first few laps I took it easy, but after 5-6 laps, I was starting to get comfortable & started pushing things a little harder.  After approx. 10 laps, I pulled into the paddock to check tire temps &

Passing on the Front Straight

pressures.  Everything looked perfect.  After a quick drink & snack, I proceed to do another 4-5 laps before the session was over.

After a drivers meeting, competition started and my group was up first.

I completed my first time trial and felt pretty good.  My goal for my first time was to get into the 1:40 range, and I found out my best lap of my first session was a 1:40.4.  I couldn’t have been happier and couldn’t wait for my next session to improve this time.

Some were not so lucky.

Unfortunately, there were a few incidences that delayed things, and we lost one of our proposed time runs.  Later that afternoon, I had my 2nd timed session.  When I was done, I felt I had significantly improved my time, but found out later, I only managed a 1:40.3 which is not a big improvement.  The good thing is, I know where I’m loosing time and where I can improve.  For the next event, I’m shooting for 1:38s.  I know the car is capable, and then some.

Final results:
My SGT3 class got merged once again with GT1.  Within this merge, I ended up 4th our of 15 cars.  In the Novice points, I finished 4th there also out of the 25 Novices competing that day.

The next event in the CASC SoloSprint Series is again at Mosport GP track on August 23rd, which also has a full day of lapping the day before which I plan on taking FULL ADVANTAGE of with the Hoosier Cup tires.

Next scheduled event is the ATT Series – Time Trial at Mosport DDT track on July 26th.  I think we’ll do great at this event.