I'm not sure if many of you have been following Troy Ermish's 510 SCCA GTL efforts. Troy has been racing the car in SCCA's west coast Majors Series this season to qualify for a chance at the National Championship at the Runoffs. The SCCA Runoffs event crowns a National Champion for each of the club's classes in a winner take all one race format. The Runoffs in 2014 will be at Laguna Seca.
In April Troy scored two (2) 1st place finishes at Buttonwillow and lowered the track record by .4 second doing it. Dropping a track record is no small feat, but with the continued reduction of restrictor sizes on all the larger GTL engines doing it today is certainly a major accomplishment.
Troy raced this past weekend in Portland, OR. Early in race one he spun off in the rain getting stuck in the gravel trap ending any hopes of a decent finish. In race two with a growing 20 second lead over second place, the transmission locked in 4th. Troy managed to finish out the race with a spot on the podium in 3rd. The event results in Portland assured him an invitation to the Runoffs in September.
When I spoke with him earlier this week while heading home from Portland, I told him it would be great to see a 510 on the podium at the Runoffs again.
Troy's winning GTL 510
been a minute hasn't it? Work's been crazy. Moving to San Antonio. I see free time on the horizon though! I also see a larger two car garage! I see progress on my 510!
