WBF Member Andrew Diller finished off an eventful weekend at Road Atlanta with a win in the second Spec Miata race of the weekend at NASA's Hotlanta Challenge. Diller struggled with intermittent electrical problems all day Saturday. Aided by Steven Bunnell and Adam Thomas, it was determined that the ECU had packed it in and as nobody wants to race a 2-cyl Miata, it looked like the weekend was over.
Andrew Diller attempts to retrieve the chicken bones used in the ECU voodoo exorcism. He was unsuccessful.
As luck would have it, Jason Moritz was heading home on Saturday evening and had planned to leave his car with Racing Analytics at their Dawsonville, GA facility. Diller agreed to deliver the car in exchange for a chance to drive in Sunday's race.
After a bit of fiddling with the harnesses and a quick spin around the paddock, Diller was set to race the next day.
Sunday began with a mid-pack qualifying effort but quickly Diller charged to the front of the Spec Miata pack shortly after the start, finally passing Yan Dia with only a couple of laps remaining. It was clear sailing from there with Diller winning going away.
Andrew Diller (right) poses next to his borrowed race car with WBF member Adam Thomas.