{"id":18640,"date":"2015-04-26T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=18640"},"modified":"2015-04-25T09:52:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T13:52:51","slug":"news-and-notes-from-the-icebreaker-road-race-style-qualifying-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/news-and-notes-from-the-icebreaker-road-race-style-qualifying-day\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Notes from the Icebreaker, Road Race Style Qualifying Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ken<\/a>– John Raudat set the fast time in Group 1 qualifying, posting a 1:23.685. Raudat had not seen the 1.7 mile Road Course at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park before today\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

– Raudat, driving a 1999 Mazda Miata time gave him is his first Pole Award in his career.<\/p>\n

– Raudat, from Madison, CT, is followed by youngster Matthew Chimbolo, who posted a 1:24.142. Xiang Li qualified third with time of 1:25.096.<\/p>\n

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– Matthew Chimbolo is a budding, young star, according to John Raudat. \u201cHe\u2019s a real smooth driver. He improved greatly throughout the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Ken Payson, in his 1999 Mazda Miata, led Group 2 qualifying, posting a 1:22.477 circuit, besting his personal track record.<\/p>\n

– Payson gained a full 2 seconds, from first practice to Qualifying.<\/p>\n

– Payson, on his personal best lap, \u201cThe track was pretty cold, so we bumped up all the air pressures a pound or two. We also ran two laps, after that the tires get too hot.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Rounding out the top 3 in qualifying, Payson, followed by Rob Sturgis, posting a time of 1:23.271, and John Raudat with a 1:23.443.<\/p>\n

– Jeff Swann set an OTB Promotions record in Group 3, recording a time of 1:20.626.<\/p>\n

– \u201cLet\u2019s be clear, two reasons why you go fast: a great car, and a great pit crew,\u201d expressed Swann. \u201cThe Gen-3 is a phenomenal thing. It was my first time out (in the car), and I\u2019m very impressed. It\u2019s a lot of fun, and a lot of power.\u201d<\/p>\n

– The top 3 qualifiers in Group 3 were Swann, George Kline, who recorded a 1:28.450, and Morgan Duffy, with a time of 1:29.139.<\/p>\n

– Kline suffered a mechanical failure with his primary car, experiencing a broken clutch, subsequently ending his day with that vehicle. Walter Ryan, a participant in Group 1, has loaned Kline his ride, and will share the automobile in each of their respective groups. \u201cWe just want to go out and have a good time. It\u2019s a great day, because we are at the track.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– John Raudat set the fast time in Group 1 qualifying, posting a 1:23.685. Raudat had not seen the 1.7 mile Road Course at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park before today\u2019s event. – Raudat, driving a 1999 Mazda Miata time gave him is his first Pole Award in his career. – Raudat, from Madison, CT, is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[196,41],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-18640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-thompson","tag-thompson-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18642,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18640\/revisions\/18642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}