Boersma Racing’s Whirlwind Season Finale!
Chris Boersma and the K-Tuned Honda Civic team headed to Toronto Motorsports Park for Round 5 of the CSCS season its final event. Chris and team headed into this event confident they would be able to break the record they had previously set closing the gap between Super Street and the Unlimited records.
The weather for this event was perfect for breaking records with no rain in sight, a nice change from all the other events this year. The team worked hard to prepare the car for this event, making some small aero changes and working to address an oil pressure related issue they had been dealing with all season.
The car performed flawlessly in qualifying with Chris setting the 2nd fastest time in class after hitting some traffic in his qualifying run. After looking at the data from the car it was clear that they were on pace to break their record finally getting into the 1:13 lap time range. With the data gathered, the team worked to prep the car for the final timed runs where Chris would put it all on the line.
The final timed runs started and Chris set his safe first lap and started on his second flyer. He was attacking every corner as hard as he could, the predictive lap time on the dash was showing a 1:12 lap time when Chris caught the car in front of him. This isn’t supposed to happen as the cars gape when they are sent out, the car in front had broken and decided to parade around the track rather than get off. Chris attempted to pass but was blocked. Chris was given an extra lap to try and repeat, however, the car began to overheat and the temperature protections kicked in and robbed him of another great lap.
Without his flyer laps, Chris had to settle for 2nd place, finishing behind the car that had ultimately blocked him on track. It was an unfortunate end to their CSCS season, “After working so hard to lose in this manner was one of the most disappointing things I’ve ever experienced in Time Attack” Chris said.
Leaving the event the team re-focused on getting the car ready for the SpeedRing event the following weekend, trying to think of the positives. The car was working better than ever and that means they had a real shot at doing well at that event. Chris’s dad put it best “Onward and upwards!”
Boersma is running Konig Ultraform in 18×10.5 et 25 front and 17×8 et 35 rear. The Konig Ultraform is Flow Formed.
