What if the Downhill became the Uphill?
What if a handful of Modified drivers wanted to test at Lime Rock Park?
… but would do it the “wrong” way?
Well, it happened. On Tuesday, September 29, True Value Modified drivers Ken Barry, Jack Bateman, John Cleary and Jimmy Dolan did a few laps at Lime Rock “counter-race.”
That is, the Uphill became the Downhill and the Downhill became the Uphill, for about 40 minutes. After the first session, a tirewall chicane was moved out to near the top of the “new” Downhill to keep the speeds reasonable through that corner.
“It was good, our Spafco Race Chassis car felt pretty much at home,” said Barry. “It was loose through the righthander (the Lefthander), and I was getting some push heading onto the straight, but it’s nothing we couldn’t fix with a rebound adjustment to the right-front shock.”
Click here for a few more photos of the “backwards day” at Lime Rock Park.