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MillerBarrett's Blog - Bryce Miller: A Weekend At Homestead-Miami
Bryce Miller: A Weekend At Homestead-Miami
By:
MillerBarrett
On:
3/7/2010 12:55 PM
Posted To: GRAND-AM
Bryce Miller pilots the No. 48 Porsche GT3 in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16. In his blog, he recaps the race weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Thursday, March 4
I met up with the team today at the track. Lee outlined to Luke and I our rollout plan for tomorrow and we discussed some possible strategies and weaknesses to improve on from our race here in October. Tire wear was an issue then, but the ambient is quite different now and the new Pirelli tire is even more resilient.
Our October setup should lean more in the direction that we'd like to take the car for this weekend. That should help us establish a starting point. There is quite a bit of track time tomorrow but the sessions are stacked upon one another making the larger changes to be performed in the garage a more critical play call, as many times it will mean having to forfeit live track time.
We tried to walk the circuit tonight but were kicked off after being sprayed with tire marbles by the jet engine hanging off the safety trucks. Wish us luck tomorrow...
Friday, March 5
We were pleased to roll out with a good starting setup today with both some speed and drivability in the car. During one of our sessions, we got caught out chasing an understeering condition and were able to determine a slight sticking of the throttle at idle as being the culprit.
Luke had a punctured tire coming out of NASCAR Turn 4 in the beginning of the afternoon session and the car was stranded there for the duration. He brushed the wall slightly but fortunately he was able to maintain control of the car, giving the crew an opportunity to prepare properly for qualifying.
Luke did a great job qualifying the car 8th. This makes us the lead Porsche GT3 on the grid going into tomorrow's race.
Saturday, March 6
It's been a long day but we're really looking forward to the race. We used this morning's warm-up to bed brakes and scrub tires.
I think we have a good race car to take to the front assuming we can keep it clean and stay free of contact and mechanical issues.
We've debriefed on our racing strategy and Luke and I had some really good driver change practice runs clocking in at 20 seconds each. The crew is on form and looks good on the pit stops. Keep an eye on us; I have a good feeling for a result today.
Grand Prix of Miami
We led the Porsche charge today but a faltering gearbox tampered with our differential and then failed. It is unfortunate as our team put together a really good car but it is nice to know we have the pace amongst the Porsche's.
Unfortunately, the 1st Porsche finished three laps down but I'm sure Porsche will do better at the next events.
Our next race is at Barber Motorsports Park where Porsche's runs its driving experience so hopefully we can do something there. Keep the faith. We'll bring one home sooner or later.
You can learn more about Bryce Miller at: http://www.millerbarrett.com/.
