Herbold Racing!

I won runner up today.  It was amazing.  I just kept going rounds and before I knew it I was in the finals.  I red lit in the finals with a -0.012 so that wasn’t a bad finish.  Andy helped me the whole way through, setting up my tires, checking everything, and giving me a little training session with the tree.  That training session with the tree was key for me… a light bulb went on in my head.  Thanks, Andy!

Here are the second and third time only passes.  After seeing me fumble wildly with the tree, Andy took me to the bleachers and gave me a "Tree 101" class.  The rest of the night, I was hitting the tree very well.

Time Only Pass 2:

Time Only Pass 3:

For the first round I went up against Robert Sibilla (#8 in points). I pretty much treed him – my 0.054 to his 0.135. I pedaled that one at the top end.

For the second round I went up against Daniel Olszewski (#17 in points). I went a 12.58 on my 12.56 dial and he broke out with a 11.49 on his 11.50 dial.

For the third round I got the bye run.

For the fourth round I went up against Ray Bondy (#5 in points). He red lit by -0.0002 (yes, 2 ten thousandths), so I went flat out and got a 12.60 on my 12.59 dial.

Now we’re in the final round. I went up against Robert Grangrade (#1 in points). I red lit by -0.012. Robert got a horrible green light (0.217) so there’s a real good chance I would have won that pass… but we’ll never know now!

Here are a couple of pictures of Jack Dyer presenting the runner up trophy to me!

Tomorrow, Andy and I are going to head out to SIR (Southwestern International Raceway) in Tucson so he can race my car.