//Report received from Jerry Vento - Team Owner and Driver//

We had clean race, finishing 4th in a very competitive field under challenging circumstances. Behind the scenes we dealt with heat, crashes, car handling issues and on and on------------hey what's new that's racing.

Our team worked hard to optimize the car platform and set-up for the smooth course at Miller with sweeping fast turns in 2,3, 4 and 7.

Miller's location in a desert bowl makes for interesting course condition changes. Think of driving through a sand storm with a good dose of sand often coating parts of the track. When a car goes off track or crashes and you are following, its like driving in complete brownish darkness until you make it out to the clearing. Hold your breath and keep your foot down.
Throughout the race, we struggled with strong under-steer, a two car collision in turn 6 that caused a full course yellow early in the race. While we were a car length behind the crash, we avoided the pile-up steering clear of the mess.
About 55 minutes into the race, we took advantage of a full course yellow to pit for a driver change, tires and fuel. The strategy of waiting for a full course yellow, even though we were low on fuel remaining, paid off and set us up to quickly advance after the pit stop.
Heat played a contributing role in the race. The ambient outside temperature was 104 degrees. The outside and car temperatures and the strain from our cooling gear causes a dangerously low voltage problem. With over an hour left in the race we were forced to shut down the cool suit, fan and lights. It was truly "Shake and Bake" time.
We finished the race without a scratch after a grueling two hours and forty-five minute race and our 4th place finish will be great for points.

Looking forward to Lime Rock in two weeks.