I can't imagine losing a brake line while on the course.I'm glad you and your car are safe. What caused the failure? Brand?

Ahmad

It had rubbed the inside of the wheel at one point before I zip tied it back. It didn't look damaged but apparently it was. I was almost at a complete stop when it popped so no harm. I did lose the brakes at VIR one time at 120MPH! the seat is still brown!

Here is a nice article that DrivingLine wrote about the car. More updates coming next!

http://www.drivingline.com/articles/...touring-champ/

Next up on the whirlwind Optima Tour for me was Charlotte in July. Even though Charlotte is 6 hours from Virginia Beach where I live, it's almost like my home track because my oldest son lives near the track. Charlotte ended up better than Bowling Green for me, there were still a full house of high level cars, and no the D&E portion was not kind to me again. I'm getting pretty used to that by now. I ended up with 359 points and did well in each event, and even ran third in the Hot Laps behind Kyle Tucker's 1st place. I was honored to say the least when they announced I had won the Participants Choice award! That means a tremendous amount to me because my fellow racers voted for my car! (I need them to talk to the D&E folks!) This was my third event and catapulted me into 2nd place in the points chase for a trip to Vegas. I knew it wouldn't last long, but at least I could brag for a couple of weeks to my buddies!

It was also a huge highlight to have both of my sons compete with me, my oldest in his LS383 Camaro, and my youngest with his Special Edition Honda Civic Si, Mugan edition (only 1000 made) Even better was that my Dad, Sister and Niece all flew in for the weekend, so the gang was all there.

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You going to be on TV? Which episode?

Yeah, they did a whole interview and highlight on the car for the NJ episode! The Bowling Green episode had my car in it a few times, and my name flashed up with the top five in GTV, Not sure about the Charlotte or Nola event, they haven't aired yet. I stood on the podium in both of those.

Cool. Can I have your autograph? LOL

Congrats on the nice finish and the family weekend.
I forgot you were in Va. I was there all last week . It would have been nice if you had time so I could check out the car.

I'm in Virginia Beach, I saw your post about sitting the kids, where were you?

Just a short distance away, in Suffolk Va.