[Fot] Racing Anomaly

[Mike Harmuth]

Mail it to George Russell, his car could use the extra weight.

mike h

On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 9:48 AM JS Performance Motoring, LLC via Fot <
fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Mike,
>         That's gotta be $20 worth of race rubber right there!!
>
> Not as exciting, but I had a bit of rubber hit me in the eye shield on the
> back stretch this weekend.  It was a good reminder why it's important to
> ALWAYS put the shield down, even in a tin top!!!
>
>
> Jason Sukey
> JS Performance Motoring, LLC
> 440.984.7720
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>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 10:10 PM finishing Touch via Fot <
> fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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