Hoosier Super Tour - Buttonwillow

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Second Majors race, this time at Buttonwillow Raceway down near Bakersfield, CA - video coming

Funding was secured at the last minute, Tim Tomas of Tomas Sport Tuning in Berkeley let me borrow his trailer, pops and I finished loading at 4am, were filled up and on the highway by 6, at the track by 9am

Photo: Brian Andrus, theautonauts.com

Photo: Brian Andrus, theautonauts.com

Friday Test Day
-learn track on way down, nap
-drive, learn track
-set camp, only ones tenting it again :W
-Joey and Brian get in

Photo: Brian Andrus, theautonauts.com

Photo: Brian Andrus, theautonauts.com

Saturday Race
-Brian and Joey help crew, badasses
-qualified P2, finished P1

Photo: Brian Andrus, theautonauts.com

Photo: Brian Andrus, theautonauts.com

Then the drinking happened because a bunch of close friends showed up, and because it was our first big win since this journey began 3 years ago

Photo: Brian Andrus, theautonauts.com

Photo: Brian Andrus, theautonauts.com

Sunday
-qualified p3, finished p2, three-tenths off the track record
-Dad and I stopped by Harris Ranch for celebratory steaks on the way, he told almost every server in there that his son won. awesome

A very big thank you to Tomas Sport Tuning, Hana Japan Steak & Seafood, Cafe Tapioca, Hoosier Tires, Honda Performance Development (HPD), Summit Racing, Brian @theautonauts, and everyone else that's pitched in to help me live out this dream - the list of people just keeps growing. Thank you guys

On to the next one..Sonoma
 

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