GTOS
June 02, 2002

You’ve probably all heard of the term GTO, which stands for Gas, Tires and Oil. That’s those perfect weekends when you go to the track and only have to touch the car between sessions for standard maintenance. That’s basically the weekend that we had with the addition of one letter to the acronym; S for Starters. I think we must have changed the starter three times because it would lock up and not engage. Other than that, though, we cannot complain about the weekend at all. The weather was hot, but clear and it was a clean sweep for Falcon Motorsports on both Saturday and Sunday.

David started Saturday’s qualifying session in order to get reacquainted with the track prior to qualifying on Sunday. He was to complete six laps and come in for a quick driver change so that Ron could qualify for Saturday’s regional race. However, with the wind blowing hard down the front straight, the engine cover began to blow off and David came in after two laps for a quick tape job and early driver change. It didn’t take Ron long to get back in the saddle. Although Ron was debatably the fastest car on the track, timing and scoring had him quick enough to qualify on the outside of row one.

Problems with the pole sitter, Jim Wright’s car, gave Ron the primary spot heading into the first turn in Saturday’s race. Although Steve Williams new Swift 008.A was quick on the start, Ron managed to hold his position through turn one. It wasn’t long before Ron was able to open up a gap between him and Williams, one he was able to maintain through the remainder of the race giving him a flag to flag victory.

Sunday’s qualifying session went smoothly with David outqualifying his opponents by a .8 second margin. Jim Wright qualified on the outside of row one with Steve Williams positioned behind David on the inside of row two. After a botched start causing an extra lap of warm-up, the field got a clean start with David leading into the first turn. He led for two laps before Jim was able to get a run out of turn seven and pass David into the chicane. Jim continued to lead laps three through ten with David pressing hard on his tail. Then on the eleventh lap, David forced Wright into a mistake going into the chicane. Jim got too hot into the turn causing a spin costing him the lead and about ten seconds. David continued to lead the remainder of the eight laps with Wright in hot persuit. Wright was not able to close the gap allowing David to take the checkered flag and another National win.

So far Falcon Motorsports is four for four and we would like to thank our sponsors for making it possible. The Toyota motor has proven to be strong and dependable and the Hoosier tires have worked flawlessly. Likewise, NetVisions support of the team and the website is always most appreciated. Bringing coverage of our events to our fans would not be possible without them. See you in July at the race in Hallett, Oklahoma where we’ll be looking to increase our standings.