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September / October 2015 48 E ndurance racing, by its very nature is a test of man and machine. The goal is to finish. To do so re- quires reliability, effective- ness and efficiency. In the many years I have competed in Endurance Racing, I have been very fortunate to have had great reliability and solid drivers. In the case of World Racing League (WRL) race at Racers Park of the Midlands (RPM, formally MAM, Council Bluffs), one of the two factors in the man/machine equation was to desert me. With the current demise of the Road Course at Heart- land Park Topeka, and the expense of the KC Speed- way, RPM is now effec- tively our Kansas City Re- gion PCA's local track. That being the case, how could I miss an Endurance Race there? WRL is one of the new Endurance Race Se- ries. It uses a very simple Power to weight Ratio to class car. My car Helga runs GP2, whereas Boxsters run GP1, and our Car 54 Bud- dies running the 944 are classed GP3. The format for the weekend was a 9hr race Saturday and a 7 hour race Sunday. Our previous race had been with Chumpcars at Hast- ings. In that Series Helga gets starting penalties (don't ask me why as I could write pages on my views, on pen- alties). In that race a front lower suspension control arm had failed on the Satur- RACING ADVENTURES By Richard Bennett Racing Trials & Tribulations AFTERMARKET PARTS Lots of money had been spent on repairs and funds were depleted, so to reduce costs, we decided to camp at the track... what could go wrong?