Oh Boy, where do I start with the Blue Water GP this weekend? We weren't too excited about the back to back races coming off the Silver State 300 but always look forward to the Blue Water GP as it's a fun race and great family event! Not to mention my right hand man Wally had shoulder surgery on Monday so he wouldn't be at the race this weekend too!
As always the weather was warm and the course was rough by the time we got to race. Even though the UTV race wasn't until 2pm it still required a 4:30am wake-up call! Pit move-in started at 5am and the utv practice lap was not long after. Everyone lines up for the start of the practice lap and takes off in a mad dash. I hang out in the back and wait for all of the UTVs to go and settle themselves out. I'm not sure why some guys charged at this like it was a race. We took our time checking out the course and marking the gps so we would be fast during race conditions. I'm proud to say we were the last finisher during the UTV practice lap.
After the practice lap we had a 5-6 hour gap, this gave us an opportunity to look over the car and make sure we were ready for the race. Our car looked good and we were ready to go! We took a nice boat ride up the lake for breakfast and enjoyed a couple of hours on the water trying to stay cool before the race.
2pm comes around and we line up for the race. We line up a little farther to the right than I would have liked but it's ok we can make it work! The green flag drops and the mud settles and we're in the fourth position! Car seems to be running great! We motor on down the course and get passed by Jagged moving us into 5th place. We run the 2nd lap with out any issues. At the end of the 2nd lap we stop in the pits to check out a noise in the front end but the pit crew can't find anything wrong so we motor on loosing 2 positions in the pits.
Probably only a mile into the 3rd lap of the race there's a canned ham on its side blocking the race course. We're right behind the 1905 and follow them as we find a way around it! Sweet we move up one more position! Not long after that we pass the 1905 and were back into 5th position. The third lap must have been the hardest on guys as there were cars everywhere! Not long after that we pass Jeff in the 1929 and have regained 4th. We continue on the third lap without any issues. During the fourth lap we pass Jagged X on the side of the road and think about what this could mean as far as season points go. It puts a smile on our face!
Not long after our car rolls to a stop and quits running right in the middle of a tight section with nowhere to go! We're trying to figure out the problem and we realize that we don't have enough fuel pressure! Our pump is screaming hot, I sacrifice Pete's camel pack and cool the pump down. I also take my helmet skirt and build something to cover the pump so it stays out of the sun as well. During this Jagged passes us now... and then Parks laps us. At this point we realize that it's probably best just to take it easy and get the finish points for the race. We did just that and stopped on the side of the course with a nice view of the river and waited for Parks to finish his final lap and crossed the finish line not too far after him.
All in all it was a great weekend and we were able to keep our third position in season points and we can't wait to get the car ready and head to Vegas to Reno in August.
Thanks to everyone who made this weekend possible for us!
Monster Energy, Kawasaki, GBC Motorsports, Muzzys, Walker Evans, XMF, K&N, PRP, Hostyle, EPI, Pro Armor, and Wally World Designs.