Motorsport Park Hastings is a 2.15 mile long, 13 turn, 40 foot wide road course on the Southeast corner of Hastings, Nebraska.
Burnt Ends Racing suffered a failed hub!
20 cars took to the field. First driver went out set some good lap times, the motor was running warmish at 210 degrees. Pavement temperatures reached 130 degrees! Many cars and drivers suffered because of the heat. Malfunctioning cool shirt hurt us, it quit working half way through my 2hr 15minute, stint, 100 degree air temps, not enough air coming in the cabin, makes for not fast drivers. Our Miata had water temps of 230 degrees, despite short shifting, avoiding the draft, and keeping the RPMS under 6000. On the flip side it really made me focus on keeping momentum speeds up, and was able to hold respectable lap times. We were able to work our way up to 1st in class and 6th over all. This car really dials back the power when it's this hot. Next driver made it about an hour with a malfunctioning cool shirt cooler. Engine water temps were now at 240 degrees. Next driver went out and couldn't get the temps below 250. We decided to park the car for the rest of the day as the car would stay cool enough. We had enough laps on the 4th place car to hold our position. That night we did a bunch of work sealing off the engine bay to force the air coming into the engine compartment to go through the radiator.
Saturday Podium for GP4
Sunday the car ran flawless! Water temps never got above 210 degrees, the car actually had decent power!
Sunday Podium for GP4. 1st in class and 6th overall.
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