LONDON, Ontario — One of the longest trips to the BITNILE.com Open Wheel Showdown will be made by the Ryan Litt Racing team from Ontario.
Driver Ryan Litt will be among those chasing the $50,000 top prize in the second annual event at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Litt’s journey to Sin City will be more than 2,000 miles.
“I love the track,” exclaimed Ryan. “It’s a great layout and configuration for sprint cars. It’s not too small where you can’t pass, and it’s not too big that the cars get strung out. The pavement is in good shape; it’s really smooth and has a ton of grip. It’s not exactly the same as any tracks we race in the Midwest but it’s somewhat comparable to a mix of Birch Run and Owosso.”
The team now has notes on both the track and some technical differences which took them some time to adjust to last year. Litt and the team compete predominantly in the Must See Racing series with their Leitch-powered Diablo chassis.
“It’s nice that we have some notes to go off of, so we should be really close right out of the trailer,” Ryan noted. “Last year it took us quite a few sessions to figure out the fuel settings with the restrictors, and also what RPM range we needed to run in with the lower power.
“Of course, it always feels great switching over to a softer tire compound as well. I forget just how locked down you are on Hoosiers. It gives you a lot of confidence in the car, and makes you feel like you can stick it anywhere you need to in traffic.”
Litt, who won a Must See feature at Berlin Raceway earlier this year, ran in the top five during last year’s Open Wheel Showdown before dropping out with a mechanical issue.
“We had a really strong effort last year so we’re definitely looking to build on that,” Litt said. “It’s unfortunate how that race ended for us because I think we definitely had a podium finish secured. It would have been pretty cool to have two Canadians in the top three.”