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2021.04.18 - 1730 - End of TrackBattle DAY 2

Favorable track conditions on day 2 led to some great laps being set in the time attack competition, and some edge of your seat racing in GRIDLIFE Touring Cup. In the Falken Tire Club TR class, “Jimmy Diggs” (Jackie Ding’s Mustachioed alter ego) set the pace for what is surely going to be one of the most interesting classes to watch this year with a 2:19.103 taking the top spot for the weekend. In Sundae Cup, Matt Williams continued his multi-year domination and besting his competition by nearly 2 seconds with a 2:36.457. In Street class, we saw the first win from a naturally aspirated car in quite some time, and some intense competition between the event podium. Driver Brandon Ranvek piloted his beloved “Twitch” (BMW E36 M3) to an astounding 2:13.884, with Josh Halka settling for second with a personal best 2:15.714. In Street GT, newcomers Doug Francis and Jacob Hunt took the top 2 positions with a 2:14.616 and 2:14.917 respectively. In FCP Euro Street Mod, Alex Moss continued to dial in his new DCT gearbox and improve his overall pace. Though a couple of seconds down on event winner Jackie Ding (2:07.967), Alex and the ASM team are pleased with the progress being made on track with a personal best 2:10.968 set this weekend. In TrackMod, Jimmy Rauck took the top spot in his stunning Porsche GT2 RS with a 2:08.422. Overall FTD and Unlimited winner Steven Luca improved on his Saturday time and finished with a 2:06.804. There was also plenty of action in GLTC, with Andy Smedegard making a pass on Jeremy Swenson at the end of Race 2 to take P1. Race 3 was much more chaotic with several drivers getting caught up in a collision resulting in several DNFs. As the yellow flags cleared, and the track went to green it was Jeremy Swenson able to hold off a charging Andy Smedegard and take his first P1 finish in GLTC with his impressively quick C5 Corvette build. In Race 4 a grid inversion typically shakes things up. This event was no exception with many of the front runners starting deep into the mid-pack. By the end of the race it was Tom O’Gorman taking the top spot and the checkered flag in his recently completed k-swapped S2000 built by Andy Smedegard of ASM. By the end of the weekend, it was Andy Smedegard taking the top spot for the overall podium, with Aaron Leichty in 2nd position, and Eric Kutil not far behind in 3rd place. Great racing by the GLTC field this weekend at a track that is difficult to master. Thanks to everyone who put in the hard work to make this event possible, and for all of the drivers that spent their weekend with us at NCM Motorsports park. We’ll see you all at TrackDay Picnic at Blackhawk Farms on May 22-23 for what is one of the best events on the GRIDLIFE calendar.

TRACKBATTLE HEAT 4 RESULTS
TRACKBATTLE HEAT 5 RESULTS
TRACKBATTLE HEAT 6 RESULTS

GLTC RACE 2 RESULTS
GLTC RACE 3 RESULTS
GLTC RACE 4 RESULTS

2021.04.17 - 1730 - End of TrackBattle DAY 1

Drivers took to a damp track as they shook out the cobwebs from the winter break early this morning. With many fresh builds being put together this off-season, there’s plenty of growing pains to go around as these new cars get dialed in. GRIDLIFE newcomer Steven Luca in his Unlimited prepped Shelby Mustang GT 500 made waves in session 2, with a 2:07.011 before pulling in for a noise violation on track. Street Modified frontrunner Jackie Ding in his TA90 Supra improved throughout the day, ending with an impressive 2:08.460. To our knowledge, this is now the 200tw tire record here at NCM Motorsports Park. In GLTC, 35 cars set times in qualifying, with Andy Smedegard and his S2000 taking pole position. He had a great race 1 but was being chased by 2021 rookie Jeremy Swenson before Swenson suffered a mechanical resulting in a DNF. Andy was able to finish P1 from pole position, and show everyone how well he knows this track. With things just heating up on Saturday, everyone should be looking forward to an exciting Day 2 from NCM.

TRACKBATTLE HEAT 1 RESULTS
TRACKBATTLE HEAT 2 RESULTS
TRACKBATTLE HEAT 3 RESULTS

GLTC QUALIFYING RESULTS
GLTC RACE 1 RESULTS