Hard Work Pays Off

In the last issue we left Watkins Glen where the MINI JCW Racing Team had seen much carnage in the form of a twice damaged #52 car. For the next race they ventured North into my backyard, the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park where a good run by the Zack Meyer/Dan Clarke pairing was negated by a drive thru penalty when Meyer was running in fourth. Lime Rock Park would see the JCW Team put on a good show for the visiting journalists who had just finished their road car F56 trip. The team had decided on a differnt strategy where Meyer would run longer before pitting and hopefully taking advantage of a yellow flag that normally so common in the CTSC series. However everyone behaved and the expected yellow flag never came.

incident and the #37 ran in first place for a while. Electrical gremlims had limited the #37 to only four laps in practice and qualifying. Having to start last the Meyer/Aaron Nash duo did a great job to finish in eighteenth spot by race end, something they both attributed to the upgraded brake package the team had installed. Without a doubt 2015 was proving to be a learning year for Perocarpi and his hard working team. But they would learn hard work does pay of at the season finale where all MINIs were running strong in the awful conditions.In a see-saw race where many cars ran up front the #73 MINI of Pombo/Jones ended taking the MINI JCW Team’s first podium in second place.

Road America was another track where the hard working MINI JCW crew had to pull out all the stops. After being forced off line on the first lap the #37 had to complete almost a full lap of the 4.048 mile circuit before being able to pit for repairs and a new wheel and slick.