Re: Rookie Teams at Summit
TrackDaze of Thunder #51
we're a rookie race team but not rookie drivers
we run education-based HPDE events on the east coast as TrackDaze (schedule here), including twice a year on Shenandoah. 4/6 had no wheel-wheel experience (including myself; not counting open-passing in our Instructor group since it's non-competitive). 5/6 have instructed students at our events. our least experienced driver has attended only a few HPDE events but has lots of karting and drifting. so yeah, starting at -15 laps was somewhat expected. some might say we should have finished higher than 24th but we made some rookie racing mistakes (4/6 black flags; too many driver changes) and will look to return at CMP in Sept. with a two-car effort.
thanks to the Gasholes for tagging our car overnight. our team boss wasn't happy but i laughed at the "assroots Motorsports" stickers.