Congratulations! What a wonderful race! Don't you wish that for races like
that, our brains were capable of playing the whole thing back with nothing
deleted?
At 10:38 PM 6/25/2004, jaboruch wrote:
>I had one of my best races ever last weekend at Lime Rock. This was
>with the SCCA's Historic Racing Group (HRG) (formerly known as Volvo
>Historic Series). I was fortunate to start the race from the pole. I
>got lucky with this, since my fast lap was my second lap. On about
>the third lap of qualifying a Camaro oiled the downhill and no one
>went fast after that.
>
>For the start, I had a Mustang next to me, a Mini behind me and 25
>other assorted cars behind that. At the start, the Mustang took off
>and a big block Vette came flying by and the Mini tucked in behind me.
>We went around a few times in that order, since I could not get by the
>Vette. The Mini got impatient and got by me in the left hander, only
>to get stuck behing the Vette himself. For a few laps, a would pass
>the Mini on the straight only to have him take it back in Big Bend. I
>was able to pass the mini on the uphill in traffic and was able to
>make that stick. A couple laps later I got by the Vette in traffic on
>the main straight and pulled away from him. Now I was running second,
>behind the Stang. With six laps to go a full course yellow came out,
>due to a car in the guardrail on the uphill.
>
>The green came back with 3 laps to go. On the restart, the Vette came
>flying by again, but this time I was able to stay inside him through
>big bend and beat him to the left hander, pulling well away from him.
>On the last lap, I set myself up for a fast run at the uphill, knowing
>that the Stang would brake for it and I don't. I passed him at the
>top of the hill and was able to get back on line for West Bend. At
>the top of the downhill the Stang pulled along side me on the inside,
>but then backed off. I was able to stay in front of him to the finish
>line taking my first overall win. Later the Stang driver noted that he
>was looking to come down the hill along side me, but realized that he
>could never make it without taking both of us out, so he backed off.
>What a race!!! I hardly slept that night, re-living that last lap
>over and over. Joe(B)
uncle jack
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