US FST: Mid-Ohio Results

[Bill Bonow]

A full report is being written for the season ending weekend. For those who just can't wait, here is a simple recap.

Saturday Qualifying (Club Course):

Rice
Middelegge
Nash
Bonow
Seim
Clark
Deer
Blevins
Schings

Saturday Race:

Rice
Schings Fast Lap - 1:38.993 (new record)
Bonow
Middelegge
Nash
Clark
Deer
Seim DNF
Blevins DNS

Sunday Qualifying (Pro Course):

Rice
Clark
Middelegge
Schings
Seim
Bonow
Nash
Deer
Blevins

Sunday Race:

Rice
Bonow
Seim
Clark
Deer
Blevins
Middelegge
Schings (DNF) Fast Lap - 1:38.244
Nash (DNF)

Carl Middelegge became the '09 US Formula First Champion

Story and photos up shortly.

[Bill Bonow]

Doug Carter just posted a full race report. It can be found here:

http://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35969

[Bill Bonow]

Don't want to steal any of Jim Nash's glory, but he posted this video in another topic area, so I figure its fair game.

Here is a few laps at Mid-Ohio in the Mission MR-09

http://www.vholdr.com/node/43806

[Carl Middelegge]

Finally was able to get some time and post some video from the Sunday Race. This had to be the strangest race I was involved in. Some one apparently lost an oil drain plug and dumped oil from the keyhole to the pit in, talk about a skating rink. This is the third time I have had this experience this year, some one loosing a drain plug in a race, I hope they will learn and use safety wire. They black flagged the race and spent about 20 minutes clearng up the track and putting down what seemed to be a truck load of oil dry .

When the race restarted it was like being on a dirt track, sliding on all the oil & oil dry. The quality of the second video is poor due to all the oil & oil dry on the lens. My race ended just following the you tube cutoff with an engine related ailment, have not had time to tear into it yet to see what happened, something in the valve train, I think?

Anyway enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mI6sa-A3TY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jZHWxFPn8Q

[Matt King]

This is the third time I have had this experience this year, some one loosing a drain plug in a race, I hope they will learn and use safety wire.

I did. I guess there is some perverse sense of satisfaction knowing I'm not the ONLY one this has happened to.