april practice

APRIL 1

THE RC MOTORSPORTS TEAM GOT A CHANCE TO
TAKE TO THE TRACK AT KALAMAZOO FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER SATURDAY APRIL 1. ALTHOUGH A
BIT CHILLY IT WAS A GREAT DAY. CULLY TURNING
HIS FIRST LAPS EVER, VERY QUICKLY BEGAN
LEARNING THE FASTEST WAY AROUND THE TRACK.
THE DAY PROVED TO BE GOOD FOR ALL INVOLVED.
RICHARD MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE CAR AND
BEGAN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE CAR DIALED
IN. AT THE CONCLUSSION OF THE TEST SESSION
BOTH CULLY AND RICHARD WERE PLEASED WITH
STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN THE HANDLING OF THE
CAR AND KNOWELGE OF THE DRIVER.

APRIL 9

APRIL 9 BEGAN AS A COLD AND SNOWY MORNING
BUT THANKS TO A BRIGHT APRIL SUN, THE SNOW
MELTED AND THE TRACK DRIED. THE PRACTICE
SESSION PROGRESSED VERY QUICKLY, THE RC
MOTORSPORTS TEAM CONTINUED SHOW SIGNS OF
IMPROVEMENT AS TIMES WENT DOWN AND CULLY
DROVE A BETTER LINE AROUND THE TRACK. THE
DAY DID COME TO AN END SOONER THAN HOPED
WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT GOING
THRU TURNS 3 AND 4. COMING OFF TURN 4, WITH
THE RIGHT FRONT FLAT, CULLY HAD NO CHANCE TO
SAVE THE CAR. THE CAR HEADED RIGHT INTO THE
FRONT STRETCH WALL. CULLY DROVE THE CAR BACK
TO THE PIT AREA AFTER THE HARD IMPACT WITH
THE WALL. THE DAMAGE WAS NOT ALL THAT
SEVERE BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS ENOUGH TO
END THE TEST SESSION. FOLLOWING THE BRUSH
WITH THE CONCRETE, EVERYONE BEGAN LOOKING
FORWARD TO OPENING NIGHT APRIL 15.