Some great racing and many memorable stories were made at the Midwest’s regions first 944 Spec event this year. First up was Gateway International Raceway – a fun banked “roval” in St. Louis. Four new 944 Spec drivers went through comp school enjoying the support and enthusiasm of the Rocky Mountain region, led by 944 Spec Drivers Chuck Taylor and David Dirks.

It was strange running Thunderhill backwards for NorCal's May 3-4 race.  It was a new track for most people and there were more vehicle carnage in all the run groups than I ever remember.  Our morning warm-up session started on a strange note as the opening lap yellow turned into a full course black as some cars trying to find the track got confused on Turn 5 and went up on the Cyclone and some cars took the Bypass. It was a good thing there were no car to car contact when the track joined up again.

It was a weekend of great racing at Infineon raceway.  The weather was unusally hot in the high 80's for this time of year but not as hot as the wheel to wheel racing fun.