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Sunday Report (9.19.10) - Championship Race:
Team Enterprise Automation/Malcolm-Racing roller coaster ride continued on Sunday at the 2010 NASA National Championships at Miller Motorsports Park, in Tooele, UT. Based on the two qualifying races, the team qualified 8th in class, Performance Touring (PTD). As the green flag flew to kick off the start of the race, driver Derrick Malcolm moved into sixth place as the field entered turn 1. Four turns later the team moved into fifth place while making a pass going into 'black rock hairpin' (turn 5). Malcolm moved into fourth place later in the opening lap with a pass going through 'club house corner' (turn 21). After a smooth 'wind up' (turn 22) and 'release' (turn 23), Malcolm moved into third place just before crossing the start/ finish line to complete lap #1. So in one lap, Malcolm piloted the Team Enterprise Automation/Malcolm-Racing Nissan Sentra SE-R from eighth to third place. After a few more laps, the team was within reach of second place. Malcolm got a few looks at trying to make a pass on second but couldn't make anything stick. Lapped traffic soon became another factor in the battle for second. On the second to last lap, coming out of the 'attitudes' (turns 16-18) Malcolm noticed a slight drop off in power. There didn't appear to be any overheating and oil pressure drop off. But after going through 'Tooele turn' (turn 19), the engine let go. As the car coasted to stop well off outside of 'wind up' the white flag was flying on the front straight. The team was less than two and a half minutes away from a podium finish.

Friday Report (9.17.10) - Qualifying Race #2:
Team Enterprise Automation/Malcolm-Racing finished third, in class, in qualifying race #2 at the NASA National Championships. In qualifying, Malcolm turned in a lap of 2:18.3 which qualified the team 2nd in class. The team stayed out of trouble during qualifying race number two. After a relatively uneventful race, at least from the teams perspective, Malcolm went on to finish 3rd in class, and posted a fast lap of 2:16.8.

Thursday Report (9.16.10) - Qualifying Race #1:
The team got a great jump at the start and drove into the lead (in PTD), and 6th overall, with a Miata and Camaro trailing behind. A few laps later the out of class Camaro made a late pass coming through 'witchcraft' (turn 7) and moved ahead. The team was behind, but still on the inside going into the first of the 'attitudes' (turn 16) when the Camaro braked earlier than expected. Unfortunately, Malcolm unintentionally touched the Camaro as the two entered the turn. The contact made the Camaro loose and spin in the corner. The incident was enough the allow the trailing Miata to make a pass just before 'Tooele turn' (turn 19). The remainder of the race was spent following the Miata and passing lapped traffic, secure in 2nd place in class. The team finished with a personnel best 2:15.7 in the race. But because of the incident with the Camaro in the race (avoidable contact, causing damage) the team was disqualified for qualifying race #1.