WORLD Racing Rounds Up Fifth Consecutive Time Attack Win

Chris Rado and the rest of the WORLD Racing team arrived at the gate of Summit Point Raceway bright and early Saturday morning for Redline Time Attack, ready to get on the Shenandoah track and earn their fifth consecutive time attack win. The team unloaded the WORLD Racing Scion tC and prepped it for the first practice session of the day. Chris and the team remembered this same event last year at Summit Point, where they unfortunately didn’t get a chance to lay down a good number due to some technical failures; so this year, they wanted to make sure nothing got in their way of victory.

The Shenandoah course is very tight forcing the driver to mainly stay in second and third gears. There are only a few spots on the course where the driver would ever need to be in forth gear. And just like the short, tight course at Nashville Speedway, this course was going to be a challenge for the high horse-powered Scion tC coming out of the turns with limited traction. Chris also needed to overcome some braking issues which forced him to focus less on line and driving technique, and more on how to brake going around the course. Not to mention, on the last lap of the practice session after a hop on the track, the transmission exploded. You could say that things were not looking at their brightest for Chris and the team. But even with all these issues, Chris was able to pull out a 1.38.8 on the first session, the second fastest time of the day.

The WORLD Racing team got the Scion tC back into the paddock and prepared to change the transmission. Quick as always, the team pushed to get the car all back together in one piece. But they still managed to just barely miss the final call for the last practice session of the day because they were still working on the car. But with what had happened earlier in the first session and since the track was so ruthless, Chris and the team thought that perhaps it wasn’t a bad idea to wait until the next day to get back on the track and really make it count in the actual time attack session. So with this decision in place, they spent the rest of Saturday night making sure the tC would be perfect for the first time attack session Sunday morning.

Sunday morning Chris got out on the track in the first session and ran 1.36.2, a good improvement over his time the day before. This time was enough for WORLD Racing to grab the Unlimited FWD 1st place spot. The closest competitor was almost three seconds behind this time. This time was also the record fastest time for a FWD vehicle at Summit Point’s Shenandoah circuit. Chris and the WORLD Racing team were very pleased with the weekend and with their results. WORLD Racing walked away from West Virginia with their fifth consecutive win of the 2008 season.

Next up on the exciting WORLD Racing schedule, Chris and the team will be at Pocono North Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, September 6-7th for Super Street Super Lap Battle where they hope to round up their sixth consecutive win! Stay tuned!

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