Bare Bones Racing

Photos of from the Lucky Dog Racing League Season Championship at Thunderhill Raceway

Day 2 of the 14-Hour Lucky Dog Racing League Season Championship Race did not go to plan. At the 1:30 mark, we lost 3rd Gear in the Transmission. But we never give up, so the decision was made to swap in our spare transmission and try and finish the race merely for honor.

The Team, led by our Chief Mechanic, Kyle, snapped into action. Tools were flowing, instructions were called out, and components were removed bit by bit. When it was all said and done, we had a new transmission and our driver back in the car in a little over 1 hour; a record time for a Transmission Swap for our team!

The rest of the race was for pride and our Driver radioed back that Half Pint felt great! We had a lot of work to do to chip away at the field in our Class. Half Pint was rapid on-track and her cornering speed left other competitors wondering if our drivers were even using the brakes! She got lighter throughout the end of her final stint as she burned off her fuel load. She matched her fastest Hot Lap of the weekend by notching another 3:22 lap and was the fastest Mazda-powered Miata in the field.

We finished the 2-Day, 14-Hour, Season Championship Race, in 13th Place in Class, 41st Overall out of a 87 car field, and had turned 178 laps and traveled over 890 miles on-track. 13 turned out to NOT be an unlucky number either...

Unbeknownst to us, a Cash Award for each team finishing 13th Place in their Class is given. So we added $500 to the race budget for next year and can hold our heads high that our Team has successfully completed our 10th Year of Endurance Racing!