SG Motorsport competing in two Haltech-equipped Genesis 2.0T at the Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC) at ICAR, Mirabel, managed two wins and three podium finishes. Both cars used Platinum Sport ECUs with custom harnesses.
“Haltech ECUs have controlled the engines flawlessly. With just a simple sensor set I have consistent fueling at all times. The integration to the AIM MXL dash over CAN BUS is the fastest, lightest and easiest solution out there that was previously available only to very expensive motorsport ECUs.”
Here is SG Motorsport’s take on the event:
After arriving late Thursday night and realizing we had missed a full test day, I walked the track trying to learn all of the new sections that were added since last year. The track looked ridiculously bumpy, reminiscent of Sebring, just without the long straights or history.
The first couple laps in qualifying I was driving 110% and sliding off the track left right and center. Wrong gears, locking tires, bouncing curbing. It wasn’t fast. I came in to make some shock adjustments and went back out and took it a little easier and turned a time just one tenth faster than Bob, enough for 3rd place. Bob was 4th. Some of our best qualifying results ever!
We didn’t have a good start on Saturday. Protecting the inside first corner I ran a really tight line and bogged really hard coming off the corner. I got passed by 4 or 5 cars including Bob, moving to 7th or 8th. By the end of the lap I had made up a few positions and after a few laps I re-passed Bob for 3rd. A few laps beyond that I was really hustling and started to pressure Borgeat for 2nd. I was able to pressure him into a few mistakes and setup a nice pass. The next car to catch was Fayer. He was really on it and even though I was closing on him I was too far behind to catch him. 2nd was good and I would have been happy if the race ended at that point.
Suddenly, and to my surprise, with only a few laps to go, Fayer goes into the pits! So without any effort on my part I was now running 1st, and Bob right behind me in 2nd. This was to be our best ever finish for the team, and that’s after completely revamping the cars by switching to 2L engines, different wiring harnesses, ECUs, suspension systems! Bob’s car was just a shell a couple moths ago, built entirely by SG minus the cage!
When the race finished I was ecstatic. I knew I got lucky and I felt bad for Fayer but for Bob and I to be 1-2 so early in the season was just incredible!
As soon as the green flag dropped for the second race on Sunday, our luck seemed to run out. After an okay start I had the car sideways and in a full lock on the first corner. While spinning I could see the entire field drive by narrowly avoiding my car. Luckily no one else hit me! I don’t even know where Bob is, or how he was running. To my surprise, the car still feels driveable so I get back on the track and keep going.
With adrenaline pumping I’m doing my best to catch up with the field. Amazingly within a few laps I had moved up into 3rd. Unfortunately, I damaged a toe link during the chase and the car starts wobbling down the straights, shifting from side to side on turn in and direction changes.
With the yellow light on, (another car bit the dust) and two Solistices right behind me, I knew when the light goes green I won’t be able to hold them off. With the light green, in less than a lap I went to last place, with the back of the car wiggling and shaking down the straights, behaving crazy in braking, and unable to turn. It was sad. Keeping 3rd would have been so awesome. On the last lap I stopped right after the start finish line, I selected 1st gear and put my right foot all the way down then dropped the clutch. Donuts and tire smoke made me feel better. I straightened her out and got back into the pits.
In the end, the burnout cost me $1000 and I’m now on probation for the remainder of 2011.
Bob won, it was his first win and he couldn’t have been happier. I was very happy for him as well.
