Monterey, CA, May 12, 2012
Dyson Racing took home second place P1 points in the six-hour American Le Mans Monterey race here at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in their ModSpace/G-OIL Lola Mazda coupe. “I am happy for Mazda and AER to get another solid six hour finish with no reliability problems,” said Mr. Chris Dyson.

The team lost time at the five-hour mark when they had to take the car back to the garage to repair the debris damaged front diffuser, which was cutting off cooling air to the radiator.

Johnny Mowlem joined the team for the six hour enduro that has moved back to its traditional spring time running. “The first part of my stint I used to get my hands around the car and during the second part I was starting to feel comfortable with the car. It was comfortable for the track conditions at the time and the only car faster than us was the Muscle Milk car. At least we got second place P1 points which is good for the championship but more work needs to be done before the next race.”

Eight-year Dyson Racing veteran Guy Smith echoed the sentiment. “We have been out of sorts with the car during this weekend and are still looking for more speed.”

“We struggled for pace today and pretty much all through the weekend and I think today was definitely a character building day for the whole organization,” commented Dyson. “We have our work cut out for us in the next eight weeks to be in a better competitive position for Lime Rock and to turn it around and to get back on top. Ultimately we will take both the negatives and the positives from this weekend and learn from them knowing what we have to work on for performance.”