{"id":1473,"date":"2024-03-24T19:58:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T08:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2024-03-24T19:58:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T08:58:35","slug":"okeeffe-stages-points-salvaging-mission-at-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/okeeffe-stages-points-salvaging-mission-at-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"O\u2019Keeffe Stages Points Salvaging Mission at Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dexion\/RAM Motorsport\/GWR Australia racer Dylan O\u2019Keeffe says he is thankful to salvage some solid points from the opening round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup at the Australian Grand Prix after a litany of incidents threatened to derail his weekend.<\/p>\n

The dramas started in qualifying, when O\u2019Keeffe was twice interrupted by a red flag while on a fast lap, leaving him eighth on the grid for the first two races. With the new-for-2024 qualifying format rewarding drivers for their two fastest lap times, it was a frustrating situation but as O\u2019Keeffe explained, it could have been worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was at least able to set a couple of banker lap times, but it could have been so much better,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second red flag was actually caused by another competitor who turned into me, and then speared off the track \u2013 there was a fair bit of damage to my car as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the opening race, O\u2019Keeffe gained a place to finish seventh, capitalising on some good late-race speed.<\/p>\n

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Returning to eighth on the grid for Race 2, O\u2019Keeffe again demonstrated strong race pace and crossed the finish line in sixth, but was relegated to 10th<\/sup> due to a time penalty for jumping the start.<\/p>\n

The combined points from Races 1 and 2 put O\u2019Keeffe seventh on the grid for Race 3, but he was lucky to even survive the first corner after copping a hefty hit from another competitor which sent him on a safari through the gravel trap. He fell to 11th<\/sup>, but was able to recover to eighth at the finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that last race, I was very lucky to finish at all \u2013 it was a big hit in the first corner,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car wasn\u2019t great after that, but thankfully I was able to make up some spots and bank some points.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last two seasons, the Grand Prix round hasn\u2019t been great for us, so this weekend it was good to at least come away with a respectable points haul and give ourselves a base to build upon for the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next Carrera Cup round will be held at New Zealand\u2019s Taupo circuit, 19-21 April.<\/p>\n

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Round Results Summary<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Qualifying (Race 1): 8th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Qualifying (Race 2): 8th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 1: 7th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 2: 10th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 3: 8th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Overall: 7th<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

Carrera Cup \u2013 Top 10 Points<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Harri Jones \u2013 169<\/li>\n
  2. Dale Wood \u2013 134<\/li>\n
  3. Marcos Flack \u2013 128<\/li>\n
  4. Ryder Quinn \u2013 126<\/li>\n
  5. Bayley Hall \u2013 92<\/li>\n
  6. Jackson Walls \u2013 90<\/li>\n
  7. Dylan O\u2019Keeffe \u2013 75<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Scott Pye \u2013 71<\/li>\n
  9. David Russell \u2013 68<\/li>\n
  10. Marco Giltrap \u2013 65<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dexion\/RAM Motorsport\/GWR Australia racer Dylan O\u2019Keeffe says he is thankful to salvage some solid points from the opening round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup at the Australian Grand Prix after a litany of incidents threatened to derail his weekend. The dramas started in qualifying, when O\u2019Keeffe was twice interrupted by a red flag […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1477,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions\/1477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}