05/03/2026
First WHRRI 2026 race weekend in the books. Started off with a new paddock spot in the front of the paddock!
Saturday quali was a crapshoot, with a disabled car parked between turns three and four we circulated under double yellow for almost the whole time. They let us effectively have a green-white-checkers to finish the session, with a lot of cars in semi warm tires the results were all jumbled up. Started the Saturday race 2nd, and more or less held pat all race through mayhem and carnage to finish there. There was a black flag all coming to two to go, but mercifully they eventually checkered the race instead of sending us back out on cold tires to do more damage. Unfortunately my front brakes seized on pit road after they released us to impound, and I came in on a tow hook. Saturday night involved changing the master cylinder and rebleeding brakes, but with no obvious culprit I'm still scratching my head.
Sunday we all decided to behave. As is normal on the first race weekend, a number of the new SRF racers broke up the SR field so there wasn't much class action, but some good out of class racing did ensue and I finished the day with a second and a third. Car is on the trailer in one piece with only minor work to go through, so all in all a good weekend!