Season Wrap Up: Midwest TTC Champion
Since the double win and lap record at Gateway, I've completed four more NASA TT events: Autobahn South in April, Gingerman in June, Blackhawk Farms in July, and Autobahn South again earlier in September. The Autobahn South event in April saw a tough duel at the top of the TTC boards between my AP1 S2000 and local Patrick Reyes' bright orange wrapped AP2 S2000. On Saturday I managed to edge him out for the third consecutive win of the season with a time of 1:36.476, but on Sunday Pat put down an time I could not reach and had to settle for second. Next, the schedule took us to Gingerman, a track I had never been to before. Throughout the weekend, as I learned the track on old tires, I was consistently behind both Pat and John Eiler. John's Lotus Elise, running a lightweight setup on street tires, had taken third both days at the Autobahn event, but never challenged for the lead. However, I believe John used to work at Gingerman and his track knowledge had him battli