{"id":1387,"date":"2023-08-21T11:02:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T01:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2023-08-21T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T01:02:14","slug":"okeeffe-caught-in-bend-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/okeeffe-caught-in-bend-carnage\/","title":{"rendered":"O\u2019Keeffe Caught in Bend Carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"

A crash in the third and final Carrera Cup race at the OTR SuperSprint was a bitter end to Dylan O\u2019Keeffe\u2019s best round of the year in the one-make Porsche category.<\/p>\n

After qualifying second and finishing Races 1 and 2 third and sixth respectively, O\u2019Keeffe was turned around in the first corner of Race 3 and subsequently collected by another competitor, ending his day and causing substantial damage to his RAM Motorsport\/Dexion Victoria Porsche 911.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Keeffe\u2019s GWR Australia team now faces a significant workload to repair his car ahead of the next round at Sandown on 15-17 September.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing into this weekend, I said the priority was to stay out of trouble in Race 1 \u2013 we did that, but unfortunately trouble found us in Race 3,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the first three rounds of the season, we\u2019ve started off poorly and had to fight our way through the field, but this weekend was the opposite \u2013 we started strongly with some great pace in qualifying, but then went backwards in the races.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first race, I didn\u2019t quite do enough at the start and lost a couple of positions. In Race 2, we made some changes to the car which didn\u2019t turn out to work as we\u2019d hoped and lost a few more places, and unfortunately that put me in the mid-pack danger zone for Race 3, where I got taken out altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n

While disappointed with the way his weekend ended, O\u2019Keeffe said his qualifying speed was a big tick for his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe GWR team gave me a fantastic car for qualifying, which built upon everything we learned at our recent test session, so that\u2019s a positive we can take from the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext up we head to Sandown, where I had a race win last year, so I\u2019ll be looking to repeat that form and kick off the second half of the season on a much brighter note,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe concluded.<\/p>\n

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Carrera Cup Round Results Summary
\n<\/u>Qualifying: <\/strong>2nd<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 1:<\/strong> 3rd<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 2: <\/strong>6th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 3:<\/strong> DNF<\/p>\n

Overall:<\/strong> 8th<\/sup><\/p>\n

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Carrera Cup Championship Points<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Callum Hedge \u2013 557<\/li>\n
  2. Jackson Walls \u2013 522<\/li>\n
  3. Max Vidau \u2013 383<\/li>\n
  4. Dale Wood \u2013 379<\/li>\n
  5. Alex Davison \u2013 281<\/li>\n
  6. Simon Fallon \u2013 254<\/li>\n
  7. David Wall \u2013 248<\/li>\n
  8. Nick McBride \u2013 244<\/li>\n
  9. Fabian Coulthard \u2013 240<\/li>\n
  10. Thomas Maxwell \u2013 232<\/li>\n
  11. Dylan O\u2019Keeffe \u2013 229<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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