EDITORIAL: Yesterday at Spa

I have been sitting here, thinking about our first foray into World Endurance racing at Spa yesterday.  It is a darn shame that Jack Aitken never got to drive the #3 Cadillac he was entered in, with our boys at Action Express at Spa, observing the idiosyncrasies of the championship alongside the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac team.  Renger van der Zande ended up having a massive accident with the #3 Cadillac going up through Eau Rouge which is probably the most fearsome corner at Spa let alone at any race track in the world save probably for the Nurburgring Nordschleife or, the old Maison Blanche turn at Le Mans which is of course no longer used because of how dangerous it was.

I see there is nothing that Renger could do to avoid the accident and it was a bad, bad one.  Fortunately, he was OK.  The car was totally written off.  It is bear to deal with because we wanted to learn from in race experience about how the operational procedures work.  That being said, Action Express will be back.  You can bet your bottom dollar on that one.  We are set to race in IMSA at Laguna Seca Raceway on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California, next weekend, on Mother's Day.  Then, it will be all hands on deck with some endurance testing before the 24 Hours of Le Mans which is slated for June 10th and 11th.  The car we are slated to race, the #311 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V Series R is already in Europe and so, we will have that car ready to go for the 24 Hours.  

A bitter pill to swallow yesterday since Jack Aitken was not able to drive.  But, the incident is already forgotten.  Sometimes, racing drivers do not forget.  But, more often than not, in racing as in life, you put aside anything negative that happened before and get it totally out of your mind and move on to the next race.  As I write this post, that is the deal.  We set up for Laguna Seca, and then, it is off to France to compete in the centenary edition of the greatest sports car race on the planet.  Lots more sports car racing action to come, so stay tuned, everybody.