Unfortunately, the EP race was not very good. I was hoping to get chance to play with Sam in his E labeled FP Miata, but had my rear bumper removed on the first lap (got it back after the race) in Turn 5 by Brian Haupt, spinning me sideways and then hit me broadside in my passenger door and breaking my rear suspension.
I'm not one to protest, but my crew was insisting since several had seen the incident from our paddock. I was more disappointed that when I discussed this with the stewards, the message I took was that you could protest but nothing would ever happen (probably due to last race group). They agreed to talk with Bryan, so I left it at that.
I was amazed when he stopped by my trailer while I was loading my damage car and said it was "unfortunate, that he thought I saw him, but he had gotten a really great start". My crew had to walk off is disgust.
The only other racer I got to talk to afterwards was Charlie Clark and he politically stated that Bryan was taking a high risk, low reward maneuver and like me, he's had many similar encounters. If anybody saw anything different, please let me know because I feel like this was a easily avoidable incident.
Don Tucker
EP Miata
