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It’s been awhile since I have done my last blog and a lot has happened since our last race of 2011…]]> It’s been awhile since I have done my last blog and a lot has happened since our last race of 2011 to say the least! Where do I start? The first great thing was the announcement that we formed a… 2012-02-20T14:55:00-0500 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-thats-a-wrap/ 1090915
It’s hard for me to believe we are done with the season. We had tested at Mid-Ohio two weeks…]]> It’s hard for me to believe we are done with the season. We had tested at Mid-Ohio two weeks prior to the race and we knew what we were dealing with in regard to grip and how the ambient temperature… 2011-10-10T12:01:00-0400 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-one-more-to-go/ 1086971
Coming off the trailer at Watkins Glen we were feeling pretty good. We were back to two race cars again…]]> Coming off the trailer at Watkins Glen we were feeling pretty good. We were back to two race cars again with Mark Blundell and Zak Brown with us in the No. 23 UBS car and we had a good plan for both cars… 2011-08-30T11:38:00-0400 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-a-hot-one-in-new-jersey/ 1085093
Was it really that hot? The answer is YES ... I’m sure you heard all about the heat issues at New…]]> Was it really that hot? The answer is YES ... I’m sure you heard all about the heat issues at New Jersey, but let me tell you we saw 106F ambient and 147F track temp for two of the three days of… 2011-08-09T12:31:00-0400 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-finally-back-to-two/ 1082549
It took us awhile but we were finally able to get the No. 23 car back out for a Rolex race. We really…]]> It took us awhile but we were finally able to get the No. 23 car back out for a Rolex race. We really looked forward to having Matt Bell and James Davison in our car and getting the Crown Royal car up… 2011-07-14T15:40:00-0400 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-reflecting-on-road-america/ 1080917
Going back to Road America for the first time since our Atlantics days, we had the luxury of testing…]]> Going back to Road America for the first time since our Atlantics days, we had the luxury of testing at two weeks prior to the race there. The test went very well and we had a very productive two days.… 2011-06-30T15:40:00-0400 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-things-are-looking-up/ 1079163
I will call this my triple blog as I neglected to get a story out about our race at VIR as well. My PR…]]> I will call this my triple blog as I neglected to get a story out about our race at VIR as well. My PR manager Matt Cleary will have to forgive me as writing a blog for me is a tough labor of love. The… 2011-06-16T13:57:00-0400 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-tough-weekend-at-barber/ 1073223
This is a tough SPEED.com column to write, for the first time in seven complete seasons of Rolex Series…]]> This is a tough SPEED.com column to write, for the first time in seven complete seasons of Rolex Series racing, we were not able to secure the funding to compete with two cars for the weekend. This is… 2011-04-14T21:26:00-0400 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-lots-of-drama/ 1070337
We were all pretty happy after the Daytona race. Not one of the three cars went to the garage during…]]> We were all pretty happy after the Daytona race. Not one of the three cars went to the garage during the entire race which was a real tribute to all the crew members, drivers and support personnel we had… 2011-03-17T08:28:00-0400 1792915 http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/shank-the-dash-for-cash/ 1066985
After getting through the three-day test in pretty good shape, we came home and made sure we fixed…]]> After getting through the three-day test in pretty good shape, we came home and made sure we fixed all the issues we had during test. We looked at tons of data and put what we thought was a very good… 2011-02-10T12:13:00-0500