Lime Rock Park – Race #1

As predicted, Race #1 at Lime Rock Park was wild. Lots of passing, car-to-car contact, off-track excursions. Race #1 had a little bit of everything.

I qualified in 12^th place and moved up and down the grid a few times during the 15 lap race. As usual, there was more car-to-car contact than I like, but the tight confines of Lime Rock encourage aggressive driving, which naturally leads to shunts.

I remember several years ago, Mark Martin, commenting on restrictor plate racing at Talladega, said something to the effect of, “This isn’t racing. I don’t know what it is, but it isn’t racing.” I kind of feel the same way about racing at Lime Rock. I finished P6, which is respectable, but I don’t like this type of racing.

After 21 races, the point standings are:

1. Lou Mindar (270 pts)
2. (tie) Richard Chan (123 pts)
3. (tie) Don McGowan (123 pts)
4. Callie Carr (116 pts)
5. Peter Ward Jr. (115 pts)

Next race: Lime Rock Park – Race #2