[Fot] Line question

[Allen Washatko]

Bob,

Great story and great advice. PLN was a class act!

Allen
On Jun 24, 2012, at 11:03 PM, Bob Bownes -Seiri wrote:

> I have to add a short story of my own...
>
> While in one of my first races in the spit that Marty now has my  
> little GP
> Spitfire was lumped in with all the other prod and GT classes. Given  
> that
> there was a National several days later and an IMSA race the next  
> week, there
> were a few of the local Big Bore teams doing test and tune.
>
> It came as no surprise to anyone to find an IMSA/GT1 car with a big  
> name
> driver on the pole and me on the other end of the grid as the lone  
> GP entry.
>
> At the driver's meeting I approached him and said I'd do my best to  
> stay out
> of the way. He turned and said 'Just hold your line and drive your  
> race son.
> Let me worry about getting around you.' Those words rang loudly in  
> my head as
> I came into Turn one alone at the back of the pack about four or  
> five laps
> later with his Camaro thundering down on me. I held my line, tracked  
> out, he
> ducked inside of me and was gone. We repeated that a few more times  
> and then
> took the checker about half a lap apart.
>
> It was no surprise that we both placed first in class. But the  
> victory lap
> with the checkered flag was just as sweet.
>
> We raced one more time in the following years. I was sorry when he  
> left us a
> couple of years ago, especially since one of his first race cars was  
> a TR6.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> On Jun 24, 2012, at 22:02, marty sukey <trmarty at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Big thanks to all of you for your advice. I got it, hold the  
>> line! :)   I
> will
>> try and put that to practice when I get my next engine together. It  
>> should
>> actually make it easier for me to drive that way as I found myself
>> concentrating too much on keeping out of other peoples way than  
>> proper
> driving
>> which I am sure did nothing for my lap times. I guess I just need  
>> to trust
> the
>> fact that you will find a way around me. I am sure that as my  
>> confidence
> level
>> grows that will be second nature. Thanks for tolerating me during my
> learning
>> curve.
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