This past weekend Josemanuel and I were racing at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. This race is known for being a hard one due to the heat and humidity of Alabama in the summer. However, this year the weather was rather pleasant and heat was not that big of an issue.
During the practice sessions we along with everyone struggled with handling. It seemed like no matter what we changed on the car it was terrible and the tire wear was worse that we had ever seen. After adjusting just about everything to prevent the car from sliding we decided it was something we will have to live with.
In the race Josemanuel did a good job, driving for over an hour and handing the car over in 10th position. However, towards the end of his stint he noticed that the car started to have a misfire and it was progressively getting worse.
We came in for new tires, a driver change, and gas and things were looking like we could still get a decent finish. However, the problem continued to get worse and worse until about 15 min from the end of the race the car called it quits.
Both Josemanuel and I felt that the car in the race was very good compared to the other cars; however, due to our issue we could not show it. We look forward to going back to the watkins glen short course on the first weekend in August.