News — NASA Great Lakes

Photo from NASA Great Lakes. It was a wild and wacky weekend for the CMC gang at Mid-Ohio this last weekend. Traditionally, the late season Mid-O race draws a big turnout as it is a tune up for upcoming national races in September. This year was no exception, with both race groups being sold out, and drivers actually showing up to get on a waiting list Friday evening. This lead to some very intense racing, and, unfortunately, a bit more contact than we normally see on a NASA race weekend. Fortunately for me, I was able to get a (quite...

  11 July, 2016Is there anything better than being at the track on a beautiful summer Sunday? Yes thereis…. getting into a car to duke it out with a dozen “CMC Crazies” is way better than justbeing there, and this last weekend at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet IL just proved thepoint. It helps when you get a sweep, and seeing the new ‘kids’ bring down their laptimes and race the heck out of us old dogs was just icing on the cake. The high point ofthe weekend was the race 1 battle with CMC legend Bob Denton in the...

    27 June 2016 After a short break, the NASA Great Lakes region kicked off the ‘summer season’ June 25-26 at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven Michigan. I always look forward to racing at ‘G-man’ as it is a beautiful area that allows for some very close racing, and there has always been a great vibe around the paddock. As a driver, it’s a blast to come around turn 3 and see the crowd on the hill taking in the mad skillz displayed on track, along with the occasional stupid human trick, and for the ‪#‎30x‬ (I kinda like...

  24 May, 2016 Story: Kent OwensPhoto credit Peggy Linneman There’s a reason that Road America is one of my favorite tracks.  Not only is it my home track, but it has also been the site of some great races for the CMC gang, and this last weekend was no exception.  Usually we run in the Thunder group, making us the slowest class in a very fast race group.  The last few years at RA we’ve been moved to Lightning to balance out the groups, and I have to say that being the fastest class in the race group makes...