2019 SVRA COTA

The Kingdom Racing team competed at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX this past weekend as well as hosted Miles of Smiles guests. This was the second race for the “new” 1964 Sting Ray Corvette, and crew chief Matt Barton and team was still working on getting some of the bugs worked out. Even with the bugs, driver George Del Canto turned in a quick time of 2:36 in the Friday qualifying session around the 20 turn 3.427 mile race course That time is 5 seconds faster than any laps he had turned in prior events driving the #33 Ford Mustang.

The 20 minute sprint race on Saturday had George starting 14th overall and 5th in class in the 38 car field and finishing 11th overall and 4th in class. High track temps caused some handling issues but it was a solid run for George in the #86 Sting Ray.

The KR team also hosted a Miles of Smiles group on Saturday, partnering with BeReal Austin, which is part of Upbring. We have worked with Upbring on several events at COTA in years past, but this was the first time with the BeReal group. Mike Burke did an amazing job of hosting the group as they began the day hearing the history and mission of KR to “deliver God’s Word through motorsports”. After getting an amazing view of the race course from high above in the COTA Tower, the guests received a Texas BBQ lunch in the paddock followed by a tour of a $2.2 million RV! Wow! The competitive juices began to flow as they made their way to COTA Karting, and set some fast laps of their own. Rumor has it, someone in the group was so hot on the throttle, they ended up going through the wall barriers and into the tire barriers! After cheering on George during the sprint race, the group got the chance to meet up with him and the rest of the team and get up close to the racing operation. The best part of the day though, is when we get to share what God has done in our lives and for us through the sacrifice of His son for our sins. Mike and George both have huge testimonies and we were thankful to have Mike host the group and dedicate his time and resources to an amazing MoS event.

As Sunday morning rolled around, KR driver Davey Hamilton started the 60 minute endure race and turned in a quick time of 2:34 before a mechanical issue forced an early exit for the team.