Car Guy Magazine Car Guy Magazine Issue 1214 | Page 77

“It all came together so late that I didn’t have time to test the Porsche Supercup car before the race. So I went into the event without time on the Circuit of the Americas track or time in a Porsche GT3 Cup race car.” because the Porsche Supercup series has the best Porsche drivers in the world. I had one 45 minute practice session before qualifying and then the first of two races. The practice session went well and then it was the all important qualifying session. I gained three seconds in qualifying but my fastest lap was taken away because I went too fast through a yellow flag sector. So I started back in 24th. In the first race, I moved up through the field to finish 20th. In the second race, I started 21st and finished 18th. The most important thing to me and my team was the fact that by the end of the second race I was running the same times as the leaders. My team owner was so impressed that he has offered me a test for the Daytona 24 Hour race. All in all it has been an amazing year of racing and I look forward to much more. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, “I would like to thank all my sponsors for making this all possible!” JBL, Grubbs HP, Rafain Brazilian Steakhouse, CrudeFunders.com and thexrapp.com. Jeff Harrison [email protected] CarGuyMagazine.com 75