[Fot] Racing Anomaly

[DAVE HOGYE]

Thankfully an entertaining event in the end.  Pretty amazing.
Thanks for sharing this...with images.
Dave H. 
> On 07/29/2024 7:00 PM PDT finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>  
> The lighter side of racing:
> 
> Sunday during the Pittsburgh Historic medium bore sprint race, I was 
> racing down the back stretch in my TR6 when I saw a car in front of me 
> kick up a piece of rubber (marble) and it was coming my way. My natural 
> reaction was to blink and I heard it hit my car.  I thought nothing more 
> of it until I went to look at my dash mounted rear view mirror which was 
> now turned sideways.  On the next lap at the end of the front straight 
> away, I navigated the hard left hand turn and pushed the throttle which  
> wouldn't fully open.  Glancing down, I saw this piece of rubber on the 
> floor wedged under the throttle pedal. Fortunately after breaking and 
> taking the next a hard left, it became dislodged and I was able to 
> finish the race with normal controls. What are the odds of that?
> 
> It's the biggest 'marble' I ever captured and is now just another 
> keepsake for my racing display case.
> 
> Mike Kurtz
> Yellow TR6 #51
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