2023 Super Production Challenge season comes to a close!
August 29, 2023 at 3:39 pm,
No comments
And with that, the 2023 Super Production Challenge season comes to a close!
The Futec Motorsports
car showed promising lap times all through testing on Friday,
consistently setting lap times in the top 3 in the constantly changing
weather conditions.
By
the time qualifying came around, an electrical issue caused the car to
cut power over bumpy corners. Despite setting the 2nd fastest lap for
most of the session, mechanical issues meant Blok couldn't improve his
time, and qualified down in 7th. Fortunately, this issue would be fixed
prior to the first race.
Starting
the first race in 5th after penalties were applied, there was a
extended caution for a major accident with Jacques Gravel. Once the race
got started, Blok would finish in 4th, marking his best finish of the
season and the best ever finish for Futec Motorsports.
The
final race of the season, would have Blok starting in 2nd. Being
squeezed into the inside wall in turn 2 on the opening lap by another
driver in a Nissan 370, left him nowhere to go. Despite a severely
damaged rim and car as a consequence, he managed to hold onto 2nd place
and begin to catch up to Gabriel Lacombe in 1st. Unfortunately the
electrical issues appeared to return again as he slowly slipped down the
order leading to an early retirement from the race.
It
was a growing season, but we know everything we need to do now for
2024. The car is fast, we just need to fix our reliability issues. It
was a challenging year as a team owner, but Blok is confident we can be
even faster next season!!
Big
thanks to Tom Russell, Brandon Lepine, Steve Blok, Sandra Blok , and
Jeff Steenbakkers for all the help and work this season!