We tore the T1 car all apart in impound and handed the parts to the tech
guys and hauled ass for the airport at Columbus and made it to Monterey by
9pm. I started 29th and finiished 8th, I heard I got a little help around by
the 04 car in T3, was very glad to keep it off the wall ;-)
sbw
-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Madams <darren@madams.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 3:21 PM
Subject: What I did this weekend...
>Well I had a really fun weekend. I went to watch the American
>LeMans at Laguna Seca along with the Womens Global GT series and
>the Speedvision World Challenge (Touring) and Ferrari Challenge!
>
>What a load of fun! I got to see Scotty White battle it out in
>his beautiful C5 Corvette in the Touring 1 class (or whatever
>they call it these days.... Scotty just came back from runoffs
>(I still can't figure how, since he raced Friday morning right?)
>so didn't get a chance to qualify so he had to start last. After
>gaining 3 or 4 positions in the first 3 turns, they tried to go
>3 wide around turn 4 (which is almost possible) and with a little
>bumping and rubbing Scotty came out of the corner real loose and
>saved it once, twice, but lost it on the third wag and spun. He
>got going again and fortunately there was a yellow flag so he was
>able to catch up the field. So much for those cold tire driving
>skills, huh Scotty? :) Eventually, he managed to work his way
>up to 9th place (this in a 20+ car field, no?) followed by his
>team-mate who was higher but looked to be suffering from a rapidly
>failing motor! What a fantastic drive from Scotty!!! Fortunately
>I was in the turn 4 grandstands and got a perfect view of his
>spin while explaining to the people around us that autocrossers
>do so much better on cold tires! :)
>
>I also got to see the Alex Job Racing team and the new car that
>replaced the one that Greg Fordahl raced at Nationals. So yes,
>it was a LeMans GT car and yes they're really high-tech and cool!
>And, they had 2 of them there! Sheesh! :) Greg was there too
>but he was busy eating lunch. Those professional teams have it
>rough, big shade tents, catered lunches, air conditioned trailers,
>etc.!!! :)
>
>I got to watch Belinda Endress in her ohsocute Panoz with eyes
>and lashes! I don't know where she ended up, but she looked to
>be doing pretty well! Those Panoz' sure sound slow (even their
>prototype cars) but damn are they fast!
>
>We also saw Jeff and Sandy Glorioso (Shaunas parents) hanging
>out trying to get news of how Shauna was doing at runoffs. How
>terrible that must have been to know she was in a big accident
>and not being able to be there!
>
>
>And then on Sunday we went over to Fresno for a fresno chapter
>autocross and drove on one of the best courses I've ever been
>on! What a perfect weekend!
>
>I'll upload pictures tonight and post 'em
>
> --Not So Ace Reporter, Darren
>
>p.s. Matt Murray, can you get me the numbers of the girls that
>were working the Speedvision tent during the autograph signing
>session! :)
>
>
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