Toyota Atlantic Series Presented By Yokohama
source: loudspeakercommunications.com Round 7 of 12: Toronto Molson Indy, Toronto, Ontario Canada Peterborough native Tim Hauraney fought through a tough weekend at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in his local Toyota Atlantic debut during the Toronto Molson Indy weekend. After posting the fastest time in Friday's practice session in the C2 class, Hauraney's weekend was a mixed bag of emotions all the way up to Sunday morning's final. Hauraney and his Enerlog Systems/Spanky's Harley Davidson/Condor Motorsports team proved to be the combination to beat after Friday morning's practice session, posting a class-best time of 1:11.433, ahead of C2 championship leader, Justin Sofio. "We were really quick right off the trailer" said Hauraney, "but I really wasn't pushing all that hard. I was just trying to get my rhythm for the weekend and figure out some of the new pavement they had laid down in a few corners from last year." Things changed for the talented 23 year-old in the afternoon's qualifying session, as a brush with the outside wall coming out of turn two broke a suspension mount on the gearbox and forced him to retire from the session. Prior to his retirement, Hauraney again set the session's quickest time of 1:11.326, but lost this time due to ChampCar's red-flag rule. Since he brought out the red flag, he lost his best time of the session. "I was pushing it" an un-apologetic Hauraney claimed. "I had to find the car's limit and I was doing my job. I just came into the corner carrying as much speed as possible and drifted wide on exit and brushed the wall." The Condor Motorsports crew worked feverishly late into Friday night to repair the damage and get the car ready for Saturday. Saturday's sessions brought some more experience to Hauraney, who was driving in only his third ever Toyota Atlantic race. The morning's practice session was held after the Trans-Am
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