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TEXAS PORSCHE FANS GET A 1-2-3 FINISH AND NO RELIEF FROM THE HEAT
Up until Texas Motor Speedway on Labor Day weekend a Porsche had not won a race all year in World Challenge GT . So not only was a win great for the Marque, but to be a part of the first Porsche 1-2-3 finish was a great experience. "The heat had everyone on edge all weekend, even the drivers meeting was warmer than usual" On race day it was 108 F with track temp of 160 this was leading to a very difficult race."The record-setting heat lead many teams to suffer from equipment and or driver related problems so the opportunity was open for a few well prepared teams to fight it out at the end" explained team owner/driver Scott Bove of the e-sports.com GT3 Porsche entry. "After the autograph session for the fans, I spent the entire time between qualifying and the race (about 3 hours) just relaxing, drinking water and sitting in the motorhome with the engineers sorting out our race set up" We had replaced the three radiators in the car #22 the night before the race in order to maximize the cooling efficiency. It worked well on race day with maximum temperatures dropping over 10%. We were ready to run for the checkered.
After sitting in the hot car (130F) on the grid for what seemed like hours, we were ready to start the race. At the start I picked up 6 spots going from 14th to 8th. After that we slowly moved our way up towards the front. With three laps to go car #22 is in 4th and right behind 2nd and 3rd. While diving in to the chicane at turn #1 Bove takes second place when he passed two cars right in front of his crew almost as if it was a big "thank you" to the crew for all their hard work preparing the car. After the team celebrated it was off to work packing up and preparing for the next race three weeks from now in Atlanta. TV Coverage from the Texas race is scheduled for Sept 29th at 8:00pm dont miss it on Speedvision.
The next stop on the Speedvision GT series calendar is at Road Atlanta. during the Petit Le Mans weekend, Sept. 30-Oct 1.
Team Tech Racing will host a concert on Thurs PM in their paddock area with a local rock band called "New Day" come see us there. If you can not make it visit www.newdayrecords.com.
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