Team MGR Racing Debuts New Car at Buttonwillow Raceway Park
Buttonwillow, CA, May 17, 2009. Team MGR Racing – WOT Performance tested the new car under race conditions for the first time at ASC Racing’s second event of the season at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. Although some last final adjustments to the car prevented the team from taking advantage of Friday’s open test sessions, the new racecar passed tech inspection and was ready to compete on Saturday morning. Manuel Gil del Real sat for the first time behind the wheel of the new Ford Fusion ASC Unlimited car during Saturday’s early morning practice session. With a lap just 4 seconds off the leaders’ pace, he was very encouraged with the way the car handled on the twisty racetrack configuration. “Frankly, the first time you test a new car you want to build speed little by little to make sure that everything is fine. I only drove the car about 75% of its potential but I could already see that it is going to be a fast racecar once we get it sorted out,” said Gil del Real after the session.
With Pete Andreas and Ralph Byers, the team’s crew, working 12 hr days all weekend, the WOT Performance Ford Fusion became progressively faster over the weekend. On Sun
day’s qualifying session, Manuel Gil del Real was able to qualify in fourth place, just one second behind the leading ASC contender. During the race, recorded what ended up being his fastest lap of the weekend, this time just 0.6 seconds off the ASC winning car. Unfortunately, while it was running in third place, an engine failure prevented the 27 Ford Fusion from finishing the race.
day’s qualifying session, Manuel Gil del Real was able to qualify in fourth place, just one second behind the leading ASC contender. During the race, recorded what ended up being his fastest lap of the weekend, this time just 0.6 seconds off the ASC winning car. Unfortunately, while it was running in third place, an engine failure prevented the 27 Ford Fusion from finishing the race.“Aside from the engine failure at the end, which we still need to look into, I am very encouraged with the progress that we’ve made this weekend. Both Pete and Ralph have done a terrific job getting the car in race shape and making all the necessary adjustments over the weekend in extremely hot and humid conditions. We have a fast car and it’s just going to get faster as we get ready for our next race,” said Manuel Gil del Real.
The team’s next event will be at California Speedway, the famous NASCAR track, on July 31-August 2. For more information, please visit http://www.mgrracing.net/ or http://www.wotperformance.com/
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