![]() ![]() Especially now that the grunt work for the book is done. A big part of me has been itching to get out and start doing car things again though. Let’s just say that there are a lot of things going on behind-the-scenes and you’ll realize why I haven’t been as active online when the time comes. The book took me over a year to finally finish but I’m proud to say that it is some of my best work yet-and also currently available for pre-order. Since I haven’t been able to go back to Japan, I’ve decided to take the time now to start planning for the rest of the year while also completing my third book. #Buttonwillow cw13 lap times full#If you strictly follow my social accounts you’ll notice the lack of activity, but my days are pretty full of tasks. I just haven’t been out because I’ve been busy. You can literally drive anywhere in the city on a weekend and come across something car-related. Don’t get me wrong, there are no shortage of events here in Southern California. Clark took second in points with Aron in third in what was a fantastic season for SoCal Spec E30.It’s been a while since I’ve been out and about at a car event. This also finished out the season points Championship, and Neil Daily, driving his Black Swan Research car, took the 2018 season points championship. At the checkers, Stepanian completed a clean sweep of all three races. A full-course yellow came out soon after, effectively ending the race. Just past the incident, Stepanian caught Clark in the wrong gear and passed him going into the sweeper to take the lead. The dust cloud that ensued collected a couple of cars, even with a local yellow. On lap 10, a car put oil down in the Riverside turn, which put many cars off track. Instead, Stepanian chased Clark all race long with Miller in third place again. “I did not want to spend the whole race behind Steve, because the longer you sit there, the wider his car just seems to become.” The interesting thing is that the top eight finishers all broke the track record with the fastest lap being reset again by Stepanian, with a blistering time of 2:02.673! Clark finished second, with third place going to Miller.Īfter the green flew, Clark got out in front, beating Stepanian to the lead in the first turn. Sunday’s qualifying race set the grid for the main race. ![]() Stepanian also ran the fastest lap of the race and set a new Spec E30 track record with time of 2:05.457! Clark’s fastest lap also broke the old track record by. 3 seconds behind, Clark grabbed the second-place spot, with Miller rounding out the podium in his first Spec E30 race! The hard charger award went to Mihld, who moved up six spots from his 11th-place starting position, which stemmed from a mechanical issue that caused him to miss qualifying. With two laps to go, Stepanian used traffic to his advantage and squeaked by Clark to take the lead as he waved his finger in his mirror saying, “Yes sir, today is the day!” At the finish, it was Stepanian taking the win. “Those two looked like they were in a cage match, winner take all!” “I had the best seat in the house,” Miller said. Not today.” Miller wasn’t close enough to benefit from Clark and Stepanian battling it out corner after corner and stayed in third. Clark was having none of that and quickly repassed Stepanian, shaking his finger at Stepanian in the mirror saying, “Not today sir. Later in the race, Clark gave him the opportunity he was waiting for, and Stepanian took full advantage to make the pass. Stepanian patiently stayed in second for most of the race and patiently waited for the right time to make his move on Clark. Stepanian led though the first half of the lap, but Clark pulled off a bold pass going into Riverside to take the lead. After taking only a few laps, Mickey Miller showed he brought his A game by capturing third starting position with cagey veteran Sean Aron on his outside for the start of Saturday’s race.Īt the drop of the green, Clark, Stepanian and Miller gapped the field and found their own rhythm for a majority of the race. ![]() Next on the grid was a newcomer to the Spec E30 group, however nowhere near new to racing. Steve Stepanian secured the outside pole position. The top four qualifiers were separated by a second each, yet Andrew Clark posted the fastest lap of the session, claiming pole position with a 2:03.769, a time that was almost 2 full seconds faster than the 2016 lap record of 2:05.559 set by Michael Mihld. Qualifying proved to be a busy task with more than eight classes grouped together on Saturday. ![]()
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