{"id":6570,"date":"2023-05-22T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamusascholarship.org\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2023-05-22T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:40:08","slug":"jackson-lee-ims-recap-burger-bash-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/teamusascholarship.org\/?p=6570","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Lee: IMS Recap, Burger Bash and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

AVON, Ind.<\/strong> \u2013 We are headed to the checkered flag in the Month of May! Before we get to the racing recap, a reminder of a couple of events this week supporting our charity partners.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tonight (Monday, May 22) is the Prime 47 Burger Bash supporting cancer research at the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. It\u2019s in the back parking lot of the USAC building at 16th and Main in Speedway with front gate of IMS in the background. It is a free event open to everyone who would like to come. There will be a live broadcast of \u201cTrackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee\u201d and a live taping of \u201cSpeed Street\u201d podcast with Conor Daly and Joey Mulinaro. There will also be Appearances made by IndyCar, Indy NXT, and USF Pro Championship drivers, a professional level racing simulator provided by Indy Simulations, Burgers available for purchase from Prime 47\u2026 Indy\u2019s Steakhouse, Drinks from Indy\u2019s Brew Bus and auctions with proceeds benefiting the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. I hope to see you there.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, we are helping with a new event benefitting Race for RP and autoimmune disease research. It\u2019s at the SILO Auto Club downtown from 6-9 pm. Defending Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson will stop by along with NBC\u2019s Leigh Diffey, James Hinchcliffe, Townsend Bell and my Dad. Former F1 and IndyCar driver and commentator Derek Daly will be hosting and we\u2019ll have simulators, a live performance with Clayton Anderson and auction items. Tickets are $150 each and available at SILO Race For Research Event – Campaign. We hope to see you this week!<\/p>\n

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It’s always a joy to race at the Brickyard (Gavin Baker photos).<\/p><\/div>\n

Now, to racing. I had my first race of the month at the Indy GP as well as watching preparation for this year\u2019s Indianapolis 500 with practice and qualifying. The Brickyard has been in full form with tens of thousands of people flooding in for practice and qualifying. It is truly a special place and a special time of year.<\/p>\n

We kicked off the month with the Indy GP. This is one of the events I always look forward to each year. Not only is it in front of my home crowd, but it\u2019s at a place that I\u2019ve dreamed about racing at since I first got behind the wheel. I\u2019ve also made big strides in learning the USF Pro 2000 car. I felt very confident going into the event and was ready to come out of the gates strong. And we did exactly that.<\/p>\n

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The Turn 3 Motorsport Tatuus was fast at IMS.<\/p><\/div>\n

We had the car running towards the front in every session and finished each practice in the top 10. Qualifying was on a wet but drying track. The conditions were just in between the wet and the dry tires. We knew the wet tires would be better at the start, but we would have to make a call on which tire would be better at the end of the session. We decided to stick with the dry tire. It was very difficult to hold on to the car at the start of the session, but as the track dries and the tires heat up, the times will only get quicker. Each lap, we found more and more pace. Right at the end of the session, the conditions finally switched over to make the dry tire quicker. We had just enough time to get one good lap which put us up to P9 to start race 1.<\/p>\n

Race one was also in very tricky conditions. The race started dry. Early on I was struggling under braking and lost a couple spots. After that, the rain came back. At this point, the race director red flagged the race and required a switch to rain tires. But by the time we were ready to resume, the track had dried. The entire field had wet tires on a dry track. While it was manageable for a lap or two, the rain tires aren\u2019t designed to get as hot as they would without being cooled by the water on the track. So, after about two laps, everyone\u2019s tires had lost significant amounts of grip. While everyone\u2019s car was very difficult to control, I felt like I could manage it well. I was able to pick up a few spots and get back to where I qualified ending my race ninth.<\/p>\n

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Huge thanks to all our supporters who came out to watch.<\/p><\/div>\n

Race two was back on a completely dry track. The team had made some positive changes to the car since qualifying and we had an extremely fast race car. Starting again from P9, I was immediately able to make up a position within the first couple of laps and was working on one more before the yellow came out. At this point I had the fastest race lap and knew I was going to keep moving forward. But before the race could be restarted, I had a mechanical issue with the car and my race was over. During the yellow, I had a wheel speed sensor fail and the computer in the car shut off. This one hurt. I think the car was capable of a podium and was for sure going to keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

But we move on. We have one more race this month on Carb Night, Friday, May 26. We will be on the oval at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. This is our only oval of the year so it is important for us to get laps in and learn as much as we can.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a great first half of the month! I can\u2019t wait for what\u2019s to come!<\/p>\n

Stay Fast!
\nJackson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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