VIR April Fools Race

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It was sort of a strange weekend as we ran with NASA for the second points race of the season.  Bobbie's car wasn't back yet so it was just Harry and Dan running the CDOC/Judge Cobras.  Dan fought some power problems and finished mid-pack on Saturday.  We still haven't converted Harry's car so it wasn't going to be possible for it to do all that well, but he had some good battles and a personal best around the track.  Click here to see the wild start from Ron Cate's car.
On Sunday, qualifying was a disaster:  Dan ran out of gas after just one lap and Harry was involved in a wreck that sent him into the wall.  That meant that Dan would start in 50th position overall with Harry even further back.

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For the race it was Dan moving up smartly through the field to a surprise third place in class finish and 13th overall.  Harry fought his was up to 6th in class and 41st overall.  Given what we had to work with, that wasn't a bad result.  We'll make some progress as we move forward with the year.  One nice note:  our buddy Mike Morris managed to pick up wins both days in CMC.