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DTOMRacing scores class win at NASA 9 hour enduro to clinch SouthEast E2 Championship fuel cell credited with victory.
Atlanta, GA
12/16/09

With pro drivers James Clay and Seth Thomas joining the BW JV All-Stars team of talented amateur Dave White and journeyman Jim Robinson, the #36 car took home a 1st place finish in the most competitive enduro class (E2) and enabled the JV All-Stars to lock up the season championship. Despite the quick pace of the DTOMRacing #36 car it was the team’s ability to fill up the tank that team owner Jim Robinson attributed the victory to. “Sure we’ve been fast and consistent but what has really won races for us this year has been how quickly we can fill up the tank. Fuel Safe has made the difference in every race even those where we set fastest lap, or ran a car without the fuel cell.”

When asked exactly what a fuel cell is, and how it could win the race especially in a car that isn’t equipped with one Robinson noted, “That is a testament to the quality product Fuel Safe makes, when we had motor problems earlier in the year and had to run Craig Geegar’s car the mere presence of the fuel cell made his POS car perform that much better. Did I mention that Fuel Safe makes the best fuel cells, they don’t explode or nothin’. When that miata hit me from behind in August my first thought was, here we go I should be engulfed in a ball of flame any second, but sure enough those darn Frenchies know their business when it comes to cowardly stuff like safety. It didn’t even burn a little bit, let alone explode.”

James Clay and Seth Thomas returned to the team to lead it to victory despite not eating a hot breakfast for the second consecutive year. James Clay said, “Listen we all know how important breakfast is, the govt. put something out saying you have to eat it I think. Apparently our ‘team owner’ didn’t get the memo since all he provided was a selection of gummi candies and peanut butter crackers. I’m pretty sure Swedish Fish aren’t the official breakfast of Sweden no matter what Jim thinks.”

For Seth Thomas missing breakfast was just as disappointing. “I had to start the car on an empty stomach. Let me tell you I almost missed the green flag because I couldn’t hear the radio over my stomach rumbling! That has to be a first. Usually for our early World Challenge races James has a personal chef that makes omelet’s to order. I should have known after last year that this was more of a bush league setup.”

To Dave White, however, the shoddy team management came as no surprise. “When I signed up with Jim earlier in the year I figured I could help him learn from his mistakes. All my suggestions fell on deaf ears. I’d say how about an Air Conditioned driver’s lounge, or a team masseuse, and he’d just mumble something about brake pads, or that the car wouldn’t run. After about three races I started to find ‘schedule conflicts’ so that I wouldn’t have to show up.”

Despite the comments from his team Robinson seemed upbeat about the season. “For me it is about giving back, and although we completely ignored the charity component of the race, I do try to give back to the racer community. This year we asked Steve DeVinney to run a race with us at CMP, and by with us we meant alone by himself. But just even being that close to a successful racing operation like DTOM was enough to bring joy into an otherwise dark and shallow convertible-filled existence.” Jim also said, “Come to think of it that was really just a transparent ploy to get more season points, I guess Steve felt good about his third place finish though so that is important (to him).”

When asked to summarize his team’s performance this year Jim observed, “Winning a season championship is mostly about showing up first, and second having enough cheater gimmicks like the fuel cell up your sleeve, the third most important thing is having awesome quasi-support from sponsors like BimmerWorld and a crack mechanic like Brendan Digel BUT right after all that is the driving. I’m hopeful we’ll be able to come up with something next year to repeat these awesome results. My wife asked what I got for winning the 9 hour and coming in 3rd overall. When I showed her the small plastic trophy, she said, “Is that it? No money or anything?” I told her about all the kids we could have helped if we hadn’t been so lazy, so that gives us something to shoot for next year, and maybe just maybe a hot breakfast….”

Stay tuned to DTOMRacing.com for up to the month coverage on the team’s plans for 2010.