JP Racing

The end of the first stop and the beginning of the last stop...

This past weekend Team PIM took part in the 4-hour team endurance race at CalSpeed Karting in Fontana. With only a month until the Machismo 500 at the Bullring in Las Vegas, this past Saturday was the perfect time to get some of our teammates some track time and to have some fun too.
To allow for everyone the time to practice Team PIM fielded two teams, Team PIM and Team PIM/SBR. Team PIM consisted of Taylor Hays, Mike Lewis, Matthew Widner and John Perry. Team PIM/SBR consisted of Derrick Islas, Robby Stanovich, Steve Spring and Andrew Brown.
Both teams had strong showings in qualifying with Taylor Hays putting Team PIM on pole and Derrick Islas putting Team PIM/SBR 3rd out of the eight teams that took part in the enduro.
For the 4-hours both teams were hanging around the podium spots for most of the day. As the day turned to the late afternoon Team PIM was in position for the win when the steering column on the kart broke allowing the steering column to move freely but the kart continued to drive. Taylor Hays would set fast lap of the day with a 1:04.498 in the failing kart while trying to chase down the leading team. With four laps to go Taylor Hays was forced to pull the kart off the track due to the fact that the steering column had worn a hole in the fuel line. With a replacement kart and only two laps remaining Team PIM would come in second. Team PIM/SBR would cross the finish line 4th despite having 4 black flag penalties resulting in stop and go penalties.
Congratulations go out to Team S-Cubed on their victory and to Team Nihal's Mom for their 3rd place finish. I would like to thank everyone on both Team PIM and Team PIM/SBR for a great day of racing and fun. Also thank you to Cal Speed for all of their hard work to make this past 4-hour Enduro such a fun day.