What a race!

Ok so many of you read about the part failures we had through the night. Even though we did not win I am very proud of our performance. The MX 5 was fast and the drivers were awesome ! We were way faster than any other car in our class and the crew fixed the car in record time. All of the breakdowns occured within a few hours of each other in the early morning hours. When the last broken shock was fixed we were about 30 laps down. By the end of the race we had made up many of those laps. I can't say enough about the positive attitude everyone had. We all worked great together and did better than any other team would have under the same conditions. I will look back at this race with a smile. I got to work with the best teammates a guy could ever ask for and work through some great challenges!

A word from the Team Owner...

First I would just like to say thanks to the five drivers that allowed me to challenge myself to such a great event, Andrew, Sammy, Mark, Jonny and Matt. It takes a great driver line up and crew to make this race happen. Thank you.

First, I only had two weeks to prepare and test the car for haly a test day before going to the race. Which meant securing drivers, money, half test day, money, rebuilding the car and oh that other thing money. Ultimately we took a set up with changes that I was happy with to the track.

I must say that Brain, Jonny and I all have the same mind set and goals when it came to working together and setting a race pace the car could survive on and hopefully win with. Twelve hours in to have are first mechanical problem was unbelievable. Right front wheel hub, done. Mind you that this car got new front hubs, brake pads, rotors, rear pads and rotors, plus all the fluids changed again before the start of the race. We weren't taking any chances. Any way 12 hours and no trannies and diff changes.

- Jason Hoover

Hi all...

Hi all,
I made it back to Bend, OR around 7:30 last night, record time. I guess I was still in race mode and the roads were dry. This morning the adrenaline has worn off and I’m stiff, sore and still tired.

Ditto what Johnny said, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire team of co-drivers and crew, what a great group! I look forward to racing together again some day.

I’ve said this before to many friends, but I will say it again here – If you race, run the 25 Hours of Thunderhill at least once. It is an absolute blast and a great adventure, I'm already looking forward to next year.

Best, Mark P.