October 2004 - Pro Formula Mazda - Laguna CA

LAGUNA SECA PRO MAZDA

10-14-2004 to 10-16-2004

10-16-2004 - Colin was the star of the Pro Mazda race today.  he was involved in the first corner madness and emerged from the carnage in 25th place.  His drive thru the field to 7th was fantastic. 

Here was his view in the first turn.  One car off to his right and another in the air cutting across his front.  After this Colin started picking car after car.  He never stopped pushing and took little time in making the passes.

The last pass was a dive bomb on the inside of turn 11, that was used on the highlight reels Sunday night. 

Practice for the race started off bumpy.  Packing 40 cars into a 2.25 mile track results in tight quarters.  In the famous corkscrew Colin was hit by a spinning car and damaged his rear suspension. 

The Blueacre team got the car ready for the next session, but track time is short and getting the car set up was a challenge.  Qualifying went well and Colin was pleased with his time, until he say the line up.........16th!  The other drivers had picked up quite a bit of speed over the practice times and Colin had not.

This was the last Mazda race of the year.  Colin was driving the Forest Barber owned car, run by Blueacre Motorsports.

Next on the schedule is testing of a Porsche GT car in preparation for the Daytona 24 hour race.