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Auburndale Sunoco 100 Impressions:
>>The Track:
>The new aluminum grandstand replacement "planking" is much better. The supports underneath are what they always were and are placed a considerable distance apart. Am pretty sure they are farther apart than the Aluminum manufacturer would be overjoyed with. The result is that the aluminum is then quite bouncy, and twists easily underfoot. Not so good for the balance challenged. Nonetheless, better is better. Thank you, Auburndale.
>The chicken tenders were not bad at all.
>Announcing--really...? There is a nice lady that does the post race interviews. Give her a mic. Discard the rest of the microphones. Better yet, perhaps she could provide training. She is at once succinct, professional, and folksy.
>"Cone/pick your lane restarts" were in play. I still like 'em.
>>The Race:
>Dutilly qualified fastest, started sixth. He rolled through the field pretty quickly, took the lead, and held it. Many challenges, but he has plenty of beef under that hood and plenty of skill.
>There was always action, and lots of sheet metal "issues". Spirited drives were made by many, Joe Boyd among them. Unfortunately a RF flat took him out of contention.
>>The Story:
>Dutilly's car is hellacious fast out of the corners. It settles when he lifts and is dead planted for the next turn. The articulation of the back half of the car is seemingly unlike the competition's cars. Something for the other guys to look into, perhaps.
>But, in my opinion, the big story was Jessie's initial pass for the lead. After an early caution, he restarted on the outside of (I believe) the 57 car. Everyone still had new tires, and Dutilly could not make it by on the outside. After about three laps, he resigned himself to dropping into second place. But the second groove was working well, actually about a half-groove up from the bottom, and either the leader was moving up into that for the speed or to block Dutilly going into one. Regardless, Dutilly moved across his rear bumper as he moved to the bottom, just grazing it. I don't think any paint was traded, and it did not radically upset the leader's car. But he had to lift a tick and correct, and meanwhile Jessie was on the bottom and gone by 3. It was beyond textbook, it was art!
>>The Track:
>The new aluminum grandstand replacement "planking" is much better. The supports underneath are what they always were and are placed a considerable distance apart. Am pretty sure they are farther apart than the Aluminum manufacturer would be overjoyed with. The result is that the aluminum is then quite bouncy, and twists easily underfoot. Not so good for the balance challenged. Nonetheless, better is better. Thank you, Auburndale.
>The chicken tenders were not bad at all.
>Announcing--really...? There is a nice lady that does the post race interviews. Give her a mic. Discard the rest of the microphones. Better yet, perhaps she could provide training. She is at once succinct, professional, and folksy.
>"Cone/pick your lane restarts" were in play. I still like 'em.
>>The Race:
>Dutilly qualified fastest, started sixth. He rolled through the field pretty quickly, took the lead, and held it. Many challenges, but he has plenty of beef under that hood and plenty of skill.
>There was always action, and lots of sheet metal "issues". Spirited drives were made by many, Joe Boyd among them. Unfortunately a RF flat took him out of contention.
>>The Story:
>Dutilly's car is hellacious fast out of the corners. It settles when he lifts and is dead planted for the next turn. The articulation of the back half of the car is seemingly unlike the competition's cars. Something for the other guys to look into, perhaps.
>But, in my opinion, the big story was Jessie's initial pass for the lead. After an early caution, he restarted on the outside of (I believe) the 57 car. Everyone still had new tires, and Dutilly could not make it by on the outside. After about three laps, he resigned himself to dropping into second place. But the second groove was working well, actually about a half-groove up from the bottom, and either the leader was moving up into that for the speed or to block Dutilly going into one. Regardless, Dutilly moved across his rear bumper as he moved to the bottom, just grazing it. I don't think any paint was traded, and it did not radically upset the leader's car. But he had to lift a tick and correct, and meanwhile Jessie was on the bottom and gone by 3. It was beyond textbook, it was art!
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