Adversity


Fall-Line Motorsports Overcomes Adversity at Mid-Ohio June26, 2006, Lexington Ohio- It seemed like everything that could be thrown at Fall-Line Motorsports was this weekend at The Emco Gears Classic Grand-Am Cup 200. From a tornado, to a motor swap, to an electrical problem during the race, The Fall-Line Crew stood up to the challenge in their first Grand-Am Cup race weekend . The Mid-Ohio Sports car course’s ever changing weather was the first of the challenges,with a tornado blowing thru the paddock just as the Thursday afternoon practice session completed, the team rushed back to the transporter just in time to save the awning from being completely destroyed, and secured the equipment, cars, and awning. Unfortunately, the support trailer which was in a different area did not fare as well. An onlooker said that it was lifted into the air, flipped on its side, and moved 50 ft to its new resting place on its side. The second challenge, and the biggest, was the need to complete an engine change in the #28 M3 within 80 minutes in order to get on track for qualifying. The teamwork was incredible, and Mark Boden was in the car and on track in time to get one flying lap, and a 35th place position on the grid for the race on Sunday. “It was pretty cool to see some of the other teams crews, and the pit/grid marshals applauding as I went down pit lane to qualify, the team really stepped up on this one” said Mark Boden. The 2nd Fall-Line Car, the #182 M3 with Kevin Buckler behind the wheel qualified in 37th position. Sundays race presented one last challenge. At the start of the race Kevin Buckler ran strong in the #182 as did Mark Boden in the #28 until a lap 14 electrical glitch caused a throttle problem and while it was being fixed, the #28 car went down 4 laps to the rest of the field. Mark continued to run strong after the car was fixed, and turned the car over to Steve Jenkins in great shape. Steve ran strong, and gained a few positions before multiple full course cautions made it impossible to move up further and left the #28 car in 27th position. “The car was strong, and our laptimes show we could have run near the front, unfortunately we were put waybehind not long after the start. Then came all the yellows, which made it really tough to move up” commented Steve Jenkins. R.J Valentine took over the #182 car and ran it to a strong 23th place finish overall. The weekend was certainly eventful, but the outcome was a success” said Steve “For our first foray into this level of racing, I think the whole team showed that with a couple more races under our belt, we’ll be a force in this series. More Pics Partners in this Grand-Am effort are Fall-Line Motorsports (http://www.fall-linemotorsports.com/),4 Feathers Racing ( http://www.4feathersracing.com/ ), Fikse Wheels (http://www.fikse.com/), Piloti Shoes (http://www.piloti.com/) and Sakata Motorsports Electronics. Follow the team and cars at http://www.fall-linemotorsports.com/.

Fall-Line Motorsports Overcomes Adversity at Mid-Ohio

June26, 2006, Lexington Ohio- It seemed like everything that could be thrown at Fall-Line Motorsports was this weekend at The Emco Gears Classic Grand-Am Cup 200. From a tornado, to a motor swap, to an electrical problem during the race, The Fall-Line Crew stood up to the challenge in their first Grand-Am Cup race weekend

.

The Mid-Ohio Sports car course’s ever changing weather was the first of the challenges,with a tornado blowing thru the paddock just as the Thursday afternoon practice session completed, the team rushed back to the transporter just in time to save the awning from being completely destroyed, and secured the equipment, cars, and awning. Unfortunately, the support trailer which was in a different area did not fare as well. An onlooker said that it was lifted into the air, flipped on its side, and moved 50 ft to its new resting place on its side.

The second challenge, and the biggest, was the need to complete an engine change in the #28 M3 within 80 minutes in order to get on track for qualifying. The teamwork was incredible, and Mark Boden was in the car and on track in time to get one flying lap, and a 35th place position on the grid for the race on Sunday. “It was pretty cool to see some of the other teams crews, and the pit/grid marshals applauding as I went down pit lane to qualify, the team really stepped up on this one” said Mark Boden. The 2nd Fall-Line Car, the #182 M3 with Kevin Buckler behind the wheel qualified in 37th position.

Sundays race presented one last challenge. At the start of the race Kevin Buckler ran strong in the #182 as did Mark Boden in the #28 until a lap 14 electrical glitch caused a throttle problem and while it was being fixed, the #28 car went down 4 laps to the rest of the field. Mark continued to run strong after the car was fixed, and turned the car over to Steve Jenkins in great shape. Steve ran strong, and gained a few positions before multiple full course cautions made it impossible to move up further and left the #28 car in 27th position.

“The car was strong, and our laptimes show we could have run near the front, unfortunately we were put waybehind not long after the start. Then came all the yellows, which made it really tough to move up” commented Steve Jenkins.

R.J Valentine took over the #182 car and ran it to a strong 23th place finish overall. The weekend was certainly eventful, but the outcome was a success” said Steve “For our first foray into this level of racing, I think the whole team showed that with a couple more races under our belt, we’ll be a force in this series. More Pics

Partners in this Grand-Am effort are Fall-Line Motorsports (http://www.fall-linemotorsports.com/),4 Feathers Racing ( http://www.4feathersracing.com/ ), Fikse Wheels (http://www.fikse.com/), Piloti Shoes (http://www.piloti.com/) and Sakata Motorsports Electronics.

Follow the team and cars at http://www.fall-linemotorsports.com/.