SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR
August 8, 2023 at 1:57 pm,
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Nathan Blok racing with Futec Motosports had their first appearance at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres with the Super Production Challenge, which was our best chance yet to get on the podium yet. Starting 9th for race 1, Blok was able to make his way up into 6th place and closing in on the battle for 3rd before running out of time.
Setting the 6th fastest time in race 1 with the top 7 places on the grid being inverted, Blok would line up on the front row. After being engaged in a race long battle with Todd Chiappino and Guillaume Labbe for 2nd place, an issue with the differential saw Nathan lose performance with 5 laps to go and although he fought hard, he was only able to muster up a 5th place finish.
The team tried some last minute fixes to help the problem before the final race of the weekend on Sunday. A rough start would see Nathan's 7th place starting position quickly fall to a 10th place by lap 2 after some contact & aggressive driving by some other competitors. After a full course yellow, he got himself up into 5th place before the differential began to seize again, eventually losing one spot to finish 6th.
We have a plan to work on the differential, and looks like the finale at Complexe ICAR at the end of the month will be our last shot to get a podium and a win in 2023.
