WIN - WIN

The first RMax Challenge race of the season is finished. It was a double race event at New Castle Motorsports park hosted by Terry Riggins and the Great Lakes Pro Series. The weather was typical central Indiana...sunny, cool and W I N D Y!! Wow, there was 30+MPH winds on Saturday, and 20mph on Sunday. The entire weekend was DRY, and Sunny, so no complaints from me or the other racers!

There was a good turn-out for the weekend, with over 10 entries in the Rotax Master class alone.

This was my first race weekend on the new RY31 chassis, equipped with my OGRacing accessories ;) ... I found the chassis VERY receptive to changes, and the baseline settings were close to where we needed them. Very few minor changes were needed on the chassis for the weekend. The chassis worked very well, and in my opinion better matched to the Rotax engine than the R32 that I have raced in the past. We did make some tuning changes on the Rotax motor for the weekend, again, minor changes needed on the powerplant. Practice went well as I improved on the lap times with each session. All of the changes made were moves in the right direction. All of the changes led to qualifying and finishing first all weekend. Qualified on the pole for the class, and won the heat race and feature for both days!

Successful outing for the first event of the year.