{"id":2177,"date":"2013-07-26T15:33:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T15:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamusascholarship.org\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2013-09-25T00:21:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T00:21:26","slug":"pigots-first-pro-mazda-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/teamusascholarship.org\/?p=2177","title":{"rendered":"Pigot’s First Pro Mazda Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m back home in Florida for about a week after a long and eventful stint in Canada. We had a very difficult weekend at the Toronto Indy. Things were much better this past weekend and I can share some good news with you guys, we won at Mosport!! It was a big day for the team after everything we\u2019ve been through this season.<\/p>\n

Before we got on track at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Mosport), I was invited by American Le Mans \"\"<\/a>Series driver Kyle Marcelli to play in a media hockey game. I knew how to ice skate but had never played a game of hockey in my life. Of course, everyone I was with had been playing hockey since they were 5, as most Canadians do. Not to mention an ex-NHL player. I was just trying not to embarrass myself! Somehow I ended up scoring a goal – beginners luck I guess!<\/p>\n

We had a few problems in practice on Thursday and Friday. First was an issue with the steering. Since some of the suspension was new after Toronto it needed a little bit of adjusting. We struggled with the balance of the car both days so we decided to make some bigger changes overnight for qualifying. It transformed the car; instead of being outside the top\u00a0five we qualified on the front row just a few hundredths off pole.<\/p>\n

I held on to second at the start of the race. Going down the back straight on lap two I got past Shelby Blackstock for the lead. Quickly after that a full course yellow came out for Juan Piedrahita who had a big \"\"<\/a>crash. Fortunately he was alright and was back at the track the next day. After the incident was cleared we only had four laps of racing left. I made a mistake in Turn One on the last lap, I got really sideways and just hung on to it. Shelby and I were side by side on the back straight but I kept the lead to take the win. It was a huge relief for me to finally get a Pro Mazda win. It took longer than we wanted but after Toronto it felt awesome for the whole team.\u00a0 To make it better, I set fastest lap of the race, which secured pole position for Sundays race.<\/p>\n

Race two started off great. I led the first half of the race. Our session was right after the ALMS race so there was a lot of different rubber down on the track. Unfortunately it didn\u2019t agree very well with our set-up and I really started to struggle with rear grip. Shelby passed me and I got really sideways which allowed a couple more guys by and I fell back to fourth. It would have been nice to get on the podium again but overall it was a really good weekend. Just what we needed.<\/p>\n

Next up is Mid-Ohio, I\u2019m looking forward to going there. We were fastest in the series test in May so hopefully we can pick up where we left off.<\/p>\n

Special Thanks to Team Pelfrey, Gap Guard, Mockett, The Stutz Indianapolis, Mazda, Calcium Pro, California Scents, OMP and RaceLite Protection for their support.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n

Spencer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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