Current Race Season 2020-2021
24/10/2020
Opening night for Baypark Speedway in Tauranga is where not only
the RMRacing team were kicking off their race season, but where the
majority of the midget class teams were making their season
debut. With the night quickly getting underway, the marble
draw saw Ricky start heat one from grid position 6. A hard
charging drive saw Ricky pass into third position fairly quickly
and begin swapping places with the current NZ champ before
finishing a solid 3rd place. Heat two saw
Ricky starting from grid position 11, and with the track starting
to slick off much faster than the team anticipated, the cars
gearing was too high and causing the engine to sit on the rev
limiter towards the end of the straights. This didn't Hold
Ricky back too much though, and he was able to move forward to
finish in 7th position.
Our heat race points qualified the team to start the feature in
grid position 6, and after a few changes to the setup the team was
ready to hit the track. Although the team dramatically
changed the gearing on the midget before the feature, it was
dramatic enough and the car was losing its top end speed from
hitting the rev limiter far too early. Although this caught
Ricky out on the first two laps where he lost some spots, he
quickly found a driving style to combat this and started to make
his way forward again. Just like in both heat races, lap
traffic played a big part in this race and at the end of the 20-lap
feature Ricky had made his way back to finish in 6th
position. A great shakedown run for the team, no damage at
all, and valuable information gained on the car setup for next
time. The team will miss the next few weekends racing due to
prior commitments, however will be back at Baypark Speedway again
on the 5th of December for our second race meeting of
the season. Armed with some lower gearsets, the team can't
wait to get back out there!