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Jason Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

The 2012 car racing season got off to shaky start for our intrepid SpecE30 car and driver. The driver, Jason Tower, is still not back 100% after surgery to repair a torn ligament in his hand, but none-the-less headed to the Virginia International Raceway to try his luck at a weekend of SpecE30 racing. <\/p>\n

The first race on Saturday was a disaster after a series of mishaps: <\/p>\n

“… a car went off in turn 3 on the first lap which summoned the
\nemergency vehicles to the spot. The next time around another car
\nfailed to see the yellow flag, went in too hot, and spun once he
\nfinally saw what was happening. The car behind him had to take
\nevasive action to avoid contact so he drove off track and smashed into
\nthe wrecker, damaging it and totaling his car. “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since track authorities take a dim view of crashing into their wrecker the entire race field was banned for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

The second day started out with promise and then evaporated as Jason was forced in the grass to avoid hitting a car that wasn’t even in his race: <\/p>\n

“… a slower out of class car offered me
\na clean line around the outside of turn 15 which i gladly accepted.
\nhowever he was unable to hold his inside line, drifted outside towards
\nme, and i was forced to drive off track to avoid contact. As a result
\nI spun across the track (fortunately no one was behind me), nearly
\nflat spotted my tires, and wound up deep in the wet grass. By the
\ntime i got back on track i was hopelessly behind the leaders and had
\nlittle choice but to circulate the track in relative solitude until
\nthe checker flag. Despite all this rotten luck i still managed a
\nsixth place finish thanks to attrition and a couple of late passes on
\nthe last lap.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inside the car view from Sunday’s first race:<\/p>\n