I watched the race on Speedvision. Looks like the race started under
semi-wet conditions and most of the competitors had chosen wet setups. The
#1 qualifier Toyota spun in the first lap and lost a lot of time getting
back onto the track, eventually finishing fifth. Barry had an off during the
second or third lap (barely covered on camera) which dropped him well back.
Partway during the race things dried out enough that the few cars that had a
dry setup started making major inroads on the leaders. Tom ran in second
until about lap 15 (out of 20). Barry finished quite a ways down,
Speedvision didn't give him very much airtime.
Congratulations to both Barry and Tom for getting their Tigers into the
Runoffs and making people sit up and take notice.
Theo Smit
-----Original Message-----
From: Stu Brennan [mailto:sbrennan@master.ncounty.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 2:37 PM
To: Tiger Email Network
Subject: Runoffs report
>From the SCCA Runoffs web site:
TOM PATTON
Third Place
"I thought I had the right setup on tires. But a short
wheelbase car like mine is difficult in
the corners but fast on the straights. In the second half of
the race the tires went off so
much that I thought something had broken in the back of the
car. I'm happy to be third,
but I would have been happier to be on the top step. The
handling was so bad that I had
to go to half throttle in some corners where I usually don't.
Incidentally, this is my 21st
year of running this same car."
As Barry Schonberger reported a few days back, Tom qualified first on
Tuesday, but got protested to the back of the grid over some question
about which were the legal heads. The lap chart said he made it to
fifth on the first lap, and ran as hagh as second. I'm sure Barry will
have more shortly.
For more info:
http://www.scca.org/amateur/club_racing/runoffs/00results/index.html
Stu Brennan
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