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Nelson Ledges, Ohio 5/25/2003

Surprise Wins for Bildon Motorsport!
Victories in the NYSRRC Sprint and NESCCA 2 Hr Endurance race.

The 2003 season is getting off to a late start this year. Primary drivers Don Thompson and Bill Sulouff have had business priorities which put racing in the back seat so far this year. However Bill would dust of old #55 for this weekend to shake the cobwebs out and see if anything needed attention.

Saturday we arrived at the track to get the car it's annual tech inspection. With the plan to use the event as a simple test day we decided to forego qualifying and just run Sunday's races... if the car was OK.

Hauling up to the track in the new 7.3 diesel Ford E350 was a pleasure. This new truck makes for a great tow vehicle amd also doubles as extra storage and "motorhome". If you don't have an enclosed trailer, the van is a great way to go.

Sunday morning we arrived at the track to find sunny skies and not the rain that had been predicted...and at Nelson that is truly a surprise! Therefore none of the time consuming infrastructure would need to be set up allowing this to become a very "low maintnence" weekend. Just what we were looking for.

When our race group was called we brought #55 up to the false grid "dead last" knowing that we had not qualified. It's fun when the pressure is off and you can just go out and play. Today's first race would be a 20 lap sprint. There were a few other ITB cars in this race along with a large # of ITA and ITS cars. The plan was to fall into a rhythm and listen and feel the car trying to determine what the car needed to get it ready for the rest of the year.
After passing a few slower ITA cars on the start we settled in and cruised around for 3-4 laps until we realized that the car was fine! The tires were n good shape, although a year old, the alignment seemed good and the motor was surprisingly good. Surprisingly becuase last year we had a pulley come off and it slammed the valves into the head. This was a lower compression, less "perfect" engine.

So with a bit of confidence and nothing to loose we began to push. Another few laps went by and we started to run down some of the front runners in ITB. The third place Volvo seemed to have problems and as we caught it and going into "Oak Tree" we got a "wave by" to go into 3rd place. Up ahead was the Rabbit GTI in 2nd place. At first it seemed as if we would not be able to catch the Rabbit however after trailing the second place car for an entire lap we could see where it's weakness was. Coming out of the Carousel, we pulled in tight behind the Rabbit and used a bit of drafting and the greater torque of the Golf engine to pull past going into the kink.

First place was a BMW 318 but it was nowhere to be seen. Today we were definately happy to settle for 2nd. After 20 laps we pulled into the pits to find out that the lead car had been black flagged for an exhaust system that was falling off! The race win was ours.

The last race of the day was a 2 hour endurnce race. It was the second event of the yuear for the new NESCCA Enduro Series and the first Endurance race for Bildon in a few years. We've run 24 hour races with this car in the past, so a 2 hour race is really a sprint, but hey...track time is track time, and the format is fun as driver changes and refueling add an extra element to the race. Today there would be no driver change however we would be stopping for a splash and dash late in the race.

The race started with #55 again bringin up the rear. A few slower cars were picked off quickly as in the sprint race. After a few laps we found ourselves sitting in 4th place behind a short train of spec Miatas snaking through the curves nose to tail. Knowing they were out of our class and seemingly having our class handly under control we settled in to watch the fun ahead.
However this only lasted for a few laps as the GTI was feeling racy today and the Miatas were slowing each other down with there own battle. So after a few more laps the Bildon GTI picked off all the Miatas and found itself in the lead of the 2 hour race. After about 1/2 hour one of the Miatas went off in turn 1 bringing out a full course yellow. The pace car picked up the leading Bildon GTI and brought the field around to regroup. Once the track was clear the pace car dove off and Bill, driving the Bildon GTI, decided to "break the will" of anyone thinking about using this oppotunity to mount a charge...He pushed hard for 3 laps pulling out a lead that left nobody wondering who was the car to beat.

At the 1 hour mark, most of the teams pulled into the pits for the mandatory pit stop. The Bildon GTI stayed out and settled in to a pace that was quick but very easy to maintain without unnecessary drama. Every 5 laps or so we would push hard for a few laps to make sure that the lead was still ours.
With about 40 minutes to go the #55 GTI pitted for a dash of fuel and then rejoined the race eventually taking the checkered flag for it's second victory of the day. A surprising weekend's results for Bildon Motorsport! 

Summary Race Results Group 3
GT1, ITE, ITS, ITA, ITB and Spec Neon
  
FINGER LAKES Region SCCA                       Westward IV
03-RS-68-P                                     Nelson Ledges
May 24&25, 2003                                2.000  Miles
                                               21 Starters  20 Finishers
                                               Margin of victory:  5.177 Sec.

 
  OA  CP Class Car Region Driver            Car Desc.   Sponsor                   Best Lap   Speed   Laps
   1   1 ITE    25 Neoh   Ed Baus           0           0                         1:17.260   93.191   20
   2   1 ITS     2 NEOH   Allen Franzalino  Mazda       Hydraulic Designs         1:17.685   92.681   20
   3   1 GT1    79 NEOH   Al Gaudino        Corvette    0                         1:15.215   95.725   20
   4   2 ITS    31 NEOH   Brian Jules       Mazda RX-7  West Side Skates          1:18.082   92.210   20
   5   1 ITA    71 NEOH   Jon Marhefka      Honda CRX   Marhefka Auto Dealers     1:16.639*  93.946   20
   6   3 ITS    13 0      C. Patrick Kane   0           0                         1:18.874   91.284   20
   7   4 ITS    28 NEOH   Greg Schnell      Nissan      Donnie's Trucking         1:18.374   91.867   20
   8   2 ITA    56 NEOH   Rich Mayeres      Honda Civic 0                         1:20.381   89.573   20
   9   5 ITS    34 FLR    Dave Ciufo        Datsun 240Z Emeron Oil/Castrol        1:21.007   88.881   20
  10   3 ITA     5 MVR    Brad Barnhouse    Honda Civic Tryle Automotive          1:21.060   88.823   20
  11   4 ITA    24 NEOH   Reed Andrews      Honda       Kumho/Securities America  1:20.323   89.638   20
  12   1 ITB    55 STCT   Bill Sulouff      VW GT1      Bildon Motorsport         1:20.114   89.871   19
  13   2 ITB    14 STCT   Allan Ferragonio  BMW         0                         1:21.183   88.688   19
  14   3 ITB     3 NEOH   Don Harrington    VWGT1       Benham Competition Group  1:23.364   86.368   19
  15   4 ITB    94 MVR    Cindy Wing        BMW         Wing 'N Wing Motorport    1:25.120   84.586   19
  16   5 ITA    95 FLR    Rich Smith        Honda       M I Racing                1:25.640   84.072   18
& 17   6 ITA    85 MVR    Scott Nutter      Mazda RX7   Orange Shirt Crew         1:25.082   84.624   19
  18   5 ITB    18 0      Willian Trainer   VW Sirocco  0                         1:25.806   83.910   18
  19   6 ITB    88 FLR    Daniel Thiel      Volvo 142E  Kurt's Garage             1:26.596   83.144   18
  20   6 ITA     1 FLO    Jim Beattie       Mazda       0                         1:29.116   80.793   18
DNF      ITA    80 FLR    John Morris       VW Golf     Thiel's Import Service    1:33.674             1 NR
DNS      ITB    41 STCT   Chris Ferragonio  BMW         0
DNS      ITB    77 CNY    Edward Tucker     BMW 320i    0




Official Enduro Race Results Group 7
ITS, ITA, ITB, ITC, SSA, SSB, SSC, AS, T1, T2, SM
FINGER LAKES Region SCCA Westward IV

OA	CP	Class	Car	Region	Driver Car Desc. Sponsor Best Lap Speed Laps
1	1	ITB 	55 	STCT 	Bildon Motorsport/Sulouff VW Golf GTI 1:20.6 81
2	1	SM	88	FLR	Thiel & Walsh Mazda Thiel's Import Auto 1:21.619 88.214 81
3	2	SM	67	STCT	Bill Williams Mazda Racing 1:22.076 87.723 81
4	1	ITA	14	NEOH	Team G / George Ptacek Saturn  1:21.974 87.832 81
5	3	SM	29	NEOH	Tom Rothers Mazda 0 1:21.944 87.864 80
6	4	SM	2	STCT	Coward & Johnston Miata Cambria Rowe 1:22.724 87.036 76
7	2	ITB	3	NEOH	Biglin, Harring Sloan VW Rabbit GTI  1:24.306 85.403 71
DNF		ITA	80	FLR	George & John Morris VW Golf Thiel's Import Auto 1:23.650 86.072 35 NR
DNF		ITC	26	NEOH	Bill Shearer Honda New Beginnings 1:28.222 81.612 13 NR
DNS		ITS	34	FLR	David Ciufo Datsun 240Z Emerson Oil

Class and Race Summary
Over all Leaders: 14 Lap 1 - 2 / 88 Lap 3 - 7 / 55 Lap 8 - 10 / 88 Lap 11 / 55 Lap 12 - 81
Class Car Laps Total time Speed Margin Race dist. Car Best Lap Speed CFDresie, Chief
ITB 55 81 2:00:18.962 80.192 10 Laps 162.0 55 Faulty Tra. Timing & Scoring
SM 88 81 2:00:44.995 80.496 11.560 162.0 88 1:21.619 88.214 Lap 72 Posted at: 3:45
ITA 14 81 2:01:23.527 80.071 46 Laps 162.0 14 1:21.974 87.832 Lap 74
ITC 26 13 1:54:34.108 13.616 26.0 26 1:28.222 81.612 Lap 11
 
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